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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Does the American Media Get Big Stories Wrong? — A magazine publisher has written a provocative article raising that question. I try to offer some answers. — In an article titled “Our American Pravda,” Ron Unz, the businessman, writer, and publisher of The American Conservative …
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@ron_fournier, @tinkuray, @charlesfrith and Talking Biz News
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The Journalist's New Escape Plan: Start-Ups — Tech start-ups are fishing vets from old media. And old media vets are biting. — Image by Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla, File / AP — At first glance, it all makes sense. Leave the broken, somewhat depressing world of media …
Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
Apple fights to dismiss evidence in ebook price fixing row — Apple was battling to limit the torrent of emails which could be used as evidence in its price fixing trial on Monday, as dozens of damning messages painted a picture of a coordinated attempt to force the prices of ebooks upwards.
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Justice Department releases slides showing alleged Apple ebook conspiracy
Justice Department releases slides showing alleged Apple ebook conspiracy
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Gregory Warner / NPR:
For Young Somali Journalists, Work Often Turns Deadly … Shabelle Media is Somalia's largest news outlet — and a very dangerous place to work. Of the 12 journalists gunned down in the country last year, four were reporting for Shabelle. — A number of the reporters are teenagers, some as young as 15.
New York Times:
Advertising on Social Media Bumps Up Against Free Speech — As social media sites pursue advertising in a bid for new revenue, they are finding that they must simultaneously create a safe space for the advertisers they attract. — With the money, they are discovering, comes responsibility.
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
New York Stock Exchange Joins Content Marketing Push First foray into brand journalism in conjunction with Time Inc. — The 225-year-old New York Stock Exchange may be perceived as old-school, but it's trying to prove it's as digital as the next brand by capitalizing on the content marketing trend.
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Tim Wu / New Republic:
The Right to Evade Regulation — How corporations hijacked the First Amendment — Every time you fill a prescription at a drug store like Walgreens, the pharmacy keeps a record of the transaction, noting information such as your name, the drug, the dosage, and the issuing doctor.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix, Hulu Dominate Mobile TV Viewing … The bulk of TV content watched on smartphones and tablets today is provided through Netflix and Hulu Plus — not networks or pay TV providers, according to a new study. — About 64% of TV shows viewed on smartphones and 54% on tablets were via Netflix …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Liberty Global Shareholders Approve Virgin Media Acquisition — Chairman John Malone calls it “one more brick in the wall of scale in Europe,” as his CEO discusses U.K. pay TV giant BSkyB, in which News Corp. owns a stake. — LONDON — Shareholders of international cable operator Liberty Global …
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
‘The Chilling Effect’ Is Here — On Sunday, New York Times editor Jill Abramson appeared on “Face the Nation” and echoed what has become a common refrain in the wake of the Justice Department's media investigations. — “The reporters who work for the Times in Washington have told …
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New York Times:
Jordan Blocks Local Access to 300 News Web Sites — AMMAN, Jordan — The Jordanian government has blocked local access to 300 news Web sites under a new law that the sites' editors and international journalism experts have derided as dangerous censorship aimed at quelling criticism of King Abdullah II.
Anna Mulrine / Christian Science Monitor:
Bradley Manning: Patriotic whistle-blower or American traitor? — The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning began Monday. Manning has said the documents he sent to WikiLeaks served a valuable purpose. Others agree, but that might not help him legally. — WASHINGTON