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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: John McCain Will Attack Vladimir Putin in the Pages of Pravda — In a first-of-its kind arrangement, the editors of Russian newspaper Pravda have tentatively agreed to publish a column by Sen. John McCain that will attack the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Joshua Keating / Slate:
Has McCain Read Pravda Lately? — My former FP colleague John Hudson has stirred up a bit of mischief today. After Sen. John McCain joked that he would “love to have a commentary in Pravda” to respond to Vladimir Putin's op-ed in the New York Times, Dmitry Sudakov, the English editor of Pravda …
Erik Wemple:
Time magazine misses Snowden wave — Barton Gellman had a busy summer chasing down big national security stories stemming from the document trove of former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. Late last month, Gellman and Greg Miller published a story on the government's $52.6 billion …
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New York Times:
The Payday at Twitter Many Were Waiting For — SAN FRANCISCO — In June 2007, Evan Williams was looking for investors for a quirky Internet communications service called Twitter that he had co-founded. — He had already signed up a number of well-known Silicon Valley financiers …
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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Why TV will play a big role in Twitter's IPO — We don't know much about Twitter's planned IPO, thanks to the company's decision to file its papers with the SEC confidentially. But we do know is that the timing is perfect. — The fall TV season is just about to begin.
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Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
How Joota puts content at the heart of social networking — The platform lets users create Joota cards for particular pieces of content, where they can host conversations, and curate cards into followable groups — Just over a year ago, a new social network based in Malaysia launched in beta …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR to offer employee buyouts — In an effort to stave off a budding financial crisis, NPR will offer buyouts to its employees, with a goal of reducing its staff by about 10 percent, one of the largest reductions in the organization's history, it said Friday.
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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
NPR Names Paul G. Haaga, Jr. Interim CEO
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Bauer Media stops publishing magazine accused of being pro-Nazi — Bauer Media is to cease publication of the controversial magazine, Der Landser, which has been accused of honouring pro-Nazi troops who fought in the second world war. — The Hamburg-based company made the announcement …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
How much will Bezos and Buffett invest in their newspapers? — The newsonomics of Jeff Bezos' (and Warren Buffett's) “runway” — Let's consider Jeff Bezos' runway. — “Runway” was one of the benefits he recently said his purchase of The Washington Post would give the institution — “runway” as in financial room.
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PandoDaily, @zacestrada, @weymouthk and @niemanlab
Greg Cook / ARTery:
Alternative Media Won? —Remembering The Late Boston Phoenix — Last night, the old gang—the alums and the refugees and the orphans of The Boston Phoenix, the alternative publication that folded last March—gathered once more to celebrate the old days and pick over what went wrong.
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Dan Catt / Slate:
10 Good Reasons BuzzFeed Is Going to Pay My Invoice for Copyright Theft — A listicle from a disgruntled photographer. … Two weeks ago BuzzFeed posted a highly successful listicle “18 Everyday Products You've Been Using Wrong.” It went viral, and you can see why.
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
John McCain Makes the Case for A La Carte Cable (Q&A) — Would we be better off buying cable stations one at a time instead of in bundles? Sen. John McCain says yes, and has introduced legislation that would make it happen. — TheWrap spoke with the Arizona Republican and 2008 presidential candidate …
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Aereo Argues Courts Should Ignore Rival FilmOn X's Legal Setbacks — FilmOn X, which offers digital streams of broadcast signals, lost in court again on Thursday, with more signs that a string of legal defeats may affect not just its business but that of its rival, Aereo.
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Plagiarism Today, Broadcasting & Cable, GigaOM and CNET
Dave Winer:
The govt should stay out of journalism — The US government is hoping to legislate who is and isn't a journalist. This is serious stuff. They aren't deciding who can and can't get a Pulitzer Prize, instead they're deciding who goes to jail for publishing leaks “without authorization.”
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Blogs rail over bill defining media
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@fusiontea, thenation.com/blogs/174784, The Week, TechCrunch and @politico
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