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Associated Press:
Bradley Manning's defense attorney says soldier is a whistleblower who wanted to inform public — FORT MEADE, Md. — U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is a whistleblower who wanted to inform the American public about the troubling things he saw in the war zone, and the soldier is willing to pay …
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Press Conditions In Bradley Manning Trial Compared To Libya — Tensions continued to flare between the military and journalists covering the closing arguments in the Bradley Manning trial on Friday. — On Thursday, journalists reported that armed military officers were walking the aisles …
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@carwinb, Firedoglake, Freedom of the Press … and Boing Boing
Brian Fung / Wonkblog:
Why Bradley Manning's court-martial matters for civilians — Can a government employee be convicted of espionage for leaking classified information to the media? The Obama administration has charged at least seven individuals with violations of the Espionage Act, but so far none of those cases have been ruled on by a judge or jury.
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Guardian and Kirk LaPointe's …
Andy / TorrentFreak:
UK Porn Filter Will Censor Other Content Too, ISPs Reveal — On Monday David Cameron told his citizens that by the end of the year broadband subscribers will be required to go through a compulsory system which will decide what they can and cannot see on the Internet.
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Yahoo! News, Softpedia News, Plagiarism Today, TechCrunch, Boing Boing and Techdirt
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Dave Lee / BBC:
Chinese firm Huawei controls net filter praised by PM — Huawei has had considerable operations in the UK for almost a decade — The pornography filtering system praised by David Cameron is controlled by the controversial Chinese company Huawei, the BBC has learned.
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Fast Company, ANIMAL, China Real Time Report, Groupthink, Engadget, Electronista, Techdirt, Quartz, Beijing Cream, Mashable, Boing Boing and Business Insider
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Pearson puts FT Group's Mergermarket up for sale — • Company is exploring possibility of selling off financial intelligence business — • Chief executive John Fallon insists Financial Times remains valued part of business and is not for sale — • FT Group reports flat revenues of £217m in first half of year
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Ebooks now make up 33 percent of Penguin's US revenue
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Digital Book World, PublishersWeekly.com and Stock Investing Advice
Simon Zekaria / Wall Street Journal:
Pearson Posts Loss as Restructuring Continues
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Washington Post launches a new site focused on state and local government — The Washington Post is taking a different approach to its government reporting. On Aug. 19 the Post will launch GovBeat, a site that focuses on the interaction between Washington, D.C., and state and local governments around the country.
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Mediashift, FishbowlDC, NetNewsCheck Latest and Columbia Journalism Review
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
WBEZ president Torey Malatia resigns — Torey Malatia, the longtime general manager of public radio station WBEZ-FM 91.5, is resigning his post effective Friday. — He announced his decision in a joint statement issued by parent organization Chicago Public Media, where he served as president and CEO.
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@billadairduke, @rsamer, @rsamer, @theboxfactory, @kairyssdal, @robertfeder and Current.org
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Greenwald To Testify Before Congress — A congressional hearing next Wednesday on the National Security Agency's surveillance efforts will include testimony from critics, including the journalist who first reported on the programs. — Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) told The Guardian …
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Guardian, @ggreenwald, The Huffington Post, @mattortega and @jeffjarvis
Jim Romenesko:
Newspaper editor admits he's ‘in the way of progress’ and steps down — Kudos to Joe Butkiewicz for being refreshingly honest about his decision to resign as executive editor of the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: “In my old-fashioned way, I'm in the way of progress.”
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The Times-Tribune and The Huffington Post
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Journalists and their funders: Whose job is it to measure impact, and how should it be done? — Chuck Lewis didn't mean to become the Yoda of nonprofit journalism — it just sort of happened that way. He was a reporter for decades before founding his first nonprofit, the Center for Public Integrity …
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Says Snowden Wouldn't Face Death Penalty — Holder Also Rules Out Torture in Bid to Reassure Russia — WASHINGTON—U.S. authorities say National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wouldn't face the death penalty—and also promise he wouldn't be tortured—in a new letter hoping …
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New York Times, Reuters, VentureBeat and The Verge
Elias Biryabarema / Reuters:
Uganda to deport U.S. journalist for illegal presence — * Was arrested while filming opposition protest — Uganda said on Friday it would deport a U.S. freelance journalist arrested while filming opposition activists clashing with police in Kampala, accusing him of working in Uganda illegally.
Erik Wemple:
Sponsored content confusion: PolitiFact R.I. raps BuzzFeed for toothpaste thing — It's a challenge of which fact-checking trainees dream. On July 14, BuzzFeed published a list — 11 Awesome Facts You Never Knew About Rhode Island — that included one hilarious assertion: “In Providence …
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Rob Evans / Guardian:
Prince Charles's letters: judges allow appeal against block on publication — High court judges give the Guardian right to challenge cabinet move to keep secret so-called ‘black spider memos’ — Three high court judges have given permission for an appeal to be mounted against a decision …
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