Mediagazer: The L.A. Times won't publish letters from climate deniers (Lindsay Abrams/Salon)

10:10 AM ET, October 10, 2013

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Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Aereo's TV streaming service coming to Android devices on October 22 — Aereo, a controversial start-up that slings over-the-air TV channels to laptops and mobile devices for $8/month, will be available to millions more customers later this month. — The company, which had earlier …

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Ted Johnson / Variety:

Aereo Supreme Court Review: Broadcasters Will File Petition — Justices will have to choose between taking case or letting legal proceedings play out further Broadcasters plan to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings that have allowed Aereo to continue offering unauthorized streams …

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Patrick Smith / The MediaBriefing:

The many unanswered questions of the UK's press regulation shambles — There is so much bile and unrest surrounding the vexed (and vexatious?) question of whether and how to regulate UK newspapers that it's hard to know where to begin. — Sir Brian Leveson was called before the Department …

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Guardian:
Press still plans self-regulation despite ministers' rejection, says Times editor

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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Twitter Appears To Be Exploring Personalized Breaking News Notifications With @Eventparrot Experiment — Twitter appears to be exploring introducing breaking news notifications tuned for you to its apps, if a new experimental account is any indication. An account called @eventparrot …

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Ruth Bazinet / Medium:

Twitter's New Media Evangelist Needs More Than 1,200 Tweets … Twitter's attrition rate is hindering its ability to adequately grow its user base, and ultimately its revenue. Twitter is currently losing money, and its losses are accelerating as it heads towards an IPO.

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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Could Twitter Help Fight Cord-Cutting? Here's Proof It Can — Underlying the ever-deeper partnerships that Twitter is forging with TV networks is the premise that getting viewers to tweet is a way the television industry can help itself. When people tweet about what they're watching …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Twitter Gets Its Strongest TV Tie-Up So Far, With an Ambitious Comcast Deal

Laura Bennett / The New Republic:

The Andrew Wylie Rules — How the literary agent still makes millions off highbrow — Among literary agents, Andrew Wylie is as old school as they come. Dubbed “the Jackal” for his aggressive poaching of other people's clients, his distaste for commercial fiction and his disinterest in social media is legendary.

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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:

For Journalists Who Seek Out Hidden Things, a More Visible Brand — A LEADING nonprofit organization in the field of investigative journalism is getting a free branding and advertising campaign, courtesy of a leading creative agency. — How did the organization, the Center for Investigative Reporting …

Spiegel Online:

Huffington Post Germany Faces Resistance from Skeptical Readers — Arianna Huffington hopes to replicate the success of her other international blog and aggregation sites in Germany — but she may face more resistance here than in other countries. — The latest international edition …

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Lindsay Abrams / Salon:

The L.A. Times won't publish letters from climate deniers — The paper distinguishes between opinions and factual inaccuracies — After conservative news outlets attacked it for refusing to publish letters from climate deniers, the Los Angeles Times has been forced to give its readers …

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Jodi Enda / Pew Research Center:

In print, newspapers cut opinion — Much has been written about newspapers cutting staffs, news pages and bureaus in response to financial pressures in recent years. But a growing number of dailies also have reduced the amount of newsprint they devote to editorials and commentary …

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Al Jazeera will launch a dedicated online channel, bring videos back to YouTube — Quatar-based TV news network Al Jazeera will launch a dedicated online video channel within the next few months. The channel was announced at the MIPCOM industry convention in Cannes this week …

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