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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
British Newspaper Has Advantages in Battle With Government Over Secrets — LONDON — Alan Rusbridger, the mop-haired, soft-spoken editor of The Guardian newspaper, finds himself in a shadowy battle with the British government over purloined secrets that the government will have a hard time winning in the Internet age.
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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Conspiracy to commit journalism — “If sunlight coalitions are to succeed, they won't succeed by outwitting surveillance. Not better technology, but greater legitimacy is their edge.” — The mood toughened just over a month ago, when I received a phone call from the centre of government telling me: “You've had your fun.
Julian Borger / Guardian:
NSA files: why the Guardian in London destroyed hard drives of leaked files — A threat of legal action by the government that could have stopped reporting on the files leaked by Edward Snowden led to a symbolic act at the Guardian's offices in London — Guardian editors on Tuesday revealed …
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Al Jazeera Makes Limited American Debut — There was ample attention in journalistic circles as Al Jazeera America had its premiere on Tuesday — particularly among those who could not watch. — The news channel — which replaced Current TV at 3 p.m. Eastern time — was expected to be carried …
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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Al Jazeera hints at new online programming for cord cutters and cable hold-outs — Al Jazeera launched its U.S. cable network Tuesday, but a significant part of its potential audience couldn't tune in: Viewers used to watching Al Jazeera's international channel online found themselves blocked …
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Deadline.com, The Wrap, @riy, Variety, USA Today, Inside TV and Broadcasting & Cable
Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
AT&T Sued Over Refusal to Carry Al Jazeera Cable Network
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Justin D. Martin / Quartz:
One thing Al Jazeera could do to gain credibility: hire an ombudsman
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@qz, PolicyMic and @digiphile
Facebook Newsroom:
Mark Zuckerberg: Is Connectivity a Human Right? — For almost ten years, Facebook has been on a mission to make the world more open and connected. Today we connect more than 1.15 billion people each month, but as we started thinking about connecting the next 5 billion, we realized something important …
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Business Insider, @evelynrusli, @tcarmody, @thestalwart, @margafret and @brandonbailey
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Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Facebook Leads an Effort to Lower Barriers to Internet Access — MENLO PARK, Calif. — About one of every seven people in the world uses Facebook. Now, Mark Zuckerberg, its co-founder and chief executive, wants to make a play for the rest — including the four billion or so who lack Internet access.
Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Fox Confirms Brian Lewis Fired for ‘Financial Irregularities’ (Updated) — Executive vice president of corporate communications and longtime employee suddenly leaves the company — Brian Lewis, senior advisor to Roger Ailes and Fox's executive vice president of corporate communications …
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Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Gawker and Variety
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
New Revelations Detail How The NSA Scans 75% Of The Internet Through Telco Partnerships — Today the Wall Street Journal reported the existence of several NSA programs that were either previously unknown, or little was known about. Meet Blarney, Fairview, Oakstar, Lithium and Stormbrew.
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Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
A look at Storyful's Open Newsroom verification project — A look at the first two months of the project, which involves a Google+ community working together to verify content shared online — A couple of months ago the team at social newswire Storyful took to Google+ with its Open Newsroom initiative …
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@grove and @niemanlab
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post considered using robot sportswriters — Last year, The Washington Post considered using automated writing to cover the region's many high-school sports, Brook Silva-Braga reports. Currently, the paper has four reporters on that beat, and deputy high school sports editor …
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@howardkurtz, @nprrussell, @leongettler and @niemanlab
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Andrew Blankstein leaving LA Times for NBC News — Andrew Blankstein has been a go-to reporter on the law enforcement beat for the Los Angeles Times for a long time. In all, he has been with the paper for 23 years (and more than 4,000 bylines of various kinds), per today's unusual …
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@anblanx, The Wrap, Deadline.com, @lajourno, @kyoshino, @rungomez and @laobserved
Andrew Blankstein / Los Angeles Times:
Coroner, family link Michael Hastings to drug use at time of death — An LAPD officer investigates the scene of a firey crash that killed journalist Michael Hastings. Hastings died when his vehicle crashed into a tree and caught fire in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles in June.
Erik Maza / WWD:
Hearst Hires Buzzfeed, Fashionista Editors — HEARST HIRES BUZZFEED, FASHIONISTA EDITORS: Early on Tuesday, it seemed as though a housecleaning was underway at Hearst Magazines. — Amina Akhtar, the executive editor of Elle.com, tweeted she'd been laid off, and it was later confirmed Abby Gardner …
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable:
Hearst Replaces Top Digital Editors
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Carl Franzen / The Verge:
Barnes & Noble clarifies Nook hardware isn't dead: more, lower cost e-readers are coming — Barnes & Noble posted its latest quarterly earnings statement today, and the results were even worse than expected, with the company posting an $87 million cumulative loss compared to a $40 million loss a year ago.
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Michael Kinsley / The New Republic:
A Q&A With Jill Abramson The Times' top editor on mean bosses, liberal biases, and the demise of the Washington Post — For generations, the publishers of the great American newspapers were accidents of birth—sons and daughters (and assorted other relatives) who inherited their positions atop the masthead.
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Marc Tracy / The New Republic:
How to Build a Smarter Times, According to the Times' Own Journalists
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Gawker, @tnr, GigaOM, @jessicalessin and The New Republic
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