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Guardian:
27 of the world's top editors challenge claim that the Guardian aids Britain's enemies — ‘What the Guardian is doing is important for democracy’ — On Thursday the Daily Mail described the Guardian as 'The paper that helps Britain's enemies'. We showed that article to many of the world's leading editors.
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@glinner, @kgosztola, @attackerman, @ggreenwald, @ottocrat, @kimdotcom, @jayrosen_nyu, @xor, @weeddude, @arusbridger, @callum_th, @mrlockyer, @borjaechevarria, @davidfolkenflik, @jmcolberg, @maxringham, @janinegibson, @danversj, @leohickman, @barryeisler, @jaredbkeller, @andrew_drinks, @macroscopist, @pierre and @tom_watson
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Leonard Downie Jr / Committee to Protect Journalists:
The Obama Administration and the Press — Leak investigations and surveillance in post-9/11 America — U.S. President Barack Obama came into office pledging open government, but he has fallen short of his promise. Journalists and transparency advocates say the White House curbs routine disclosure …
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Mediashift, RT, CNET, Associated Press, Poynter, Columbia Journalism Review, Hit & Run, CBS News, Wired, The Republic, GlobalPost, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, TechPresident, Firedoglake, US News, thenation.com/blogs/174784, Guardian, Big News Network.com, Al Jazeera America, @nprinskeep, Voice of America, RIA Novosti, Free Press, @cpjinternet, Boing Boing, IRE.org, Guardian, Erik Wemple, @pierre, @pressfreedom, @westwingreport, @ggreenwald, @froomkin and @rj_gallagher
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Tow Center for Digital Journalism:
The Effects of Mass Surveillance on Journalism — Mass surveillance of the kind practiced by the NSA produces a chilling effect on journalism, because sources do not feel they can have a private conversation with a reporter. That's the message of a group of scholars, journalists …
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@niemanlab, @evacide, @timkarr and Committee to Protect …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Obama Administration Has Gone To Unprecedented Lengths To Thwart Journalists, Report Finds
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Committee to Protect …
Amy Hollyfield / PolitiFact:
PolitiFact to launch PunditFact, checking pundits and media figures — PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking website of the Tampa Bay Times, will soon launch PunditFact, a site dedicated to checking claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers and the hosts and guests of talk shows.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Follow-up on Flipboard: We can't pay salaries with ‘brand awareness’ — Are Operations Like Flipboard Scams Against Publishers? — Since we'd gotten a number of questions from readers, I jotted down a short post a couple days ago explaining that we've removed TPM from Flipboard …
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Nieman Journalism Lab, @injuryexpert, @davewiner, @politicalwire, @coudal, @jmcolberg and @choire
Bloomberg:
Sinclair tried to top Gannett's $1.5 billion offer for Belo stations — Sinclair Losing Belo Leaves Gray as Deal Option: Real M&A — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (SBGI) tried and failed to steal Belo Corp. (BLC) from the clutches of Gannett Co., leaving Gray Television Inc. and Lin LLC …
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@gdinges, Gannett Blog and TVSpy
Andy Fixmer / Businessweek:
Hulu Said Close to Naming Fox's Mike Hopkins CEO of Web Service — Hulu LLC, the streaming service controlled by Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox Inc., is close to naming Fox executive Mike Hopkins as its new chief executive officer, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Bloomberg, AllThingsD, GigaOM and Variety
Associated Press:
2 Philly Inquirer owners sue company, publisher — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two owners of The Philadelphia Inquirer have sued their company and publisher over the firing of Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Bill Marimow. Former New Jersey Nets owner Lewis Katz and cable TV mogul H.F. “Gerry” …
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JIMROMENESKO.COM
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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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GigaOM, Home Media Magazine, Hillicon Valley, Broadcasting & Cable, TechCrunch, The Verge, Consumerist, Forbes, CNET, Associated Press, AfterDawn.com, Radio & Television …, Engadget, CNET, GigaOM and Deadline.com
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Broadcasters Denied Injunction Against Aereo in Massachusetts
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Techdirt, bizjournals, multichannel.com/rss, Plagiarism Today, AdAge, CNET and Variety
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Aereo's TV streaming service coming to Android devices on October 22
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PC Magazine, VatorNews, Mashable, VentureBeat, The Verge, The Next Web, Broadcasting & Cable and @jeffjohnroberts
Brian Abelson:
Whither the Pageview Apocalypse? — This is the first in the series of two posts about pageviews. This post will deal with some of theoretical baggage tied up in the metric, while the second will detail some research I've conducted on the correlates of pageviews. … The pageview is dead.
Discussion:
AdExchanger, @jennifersun, Digiday and @derekwillis
AllThingsD:
Vivian Schiller Is a Lock as Twitter's Head of News — Vivian Schiller, NBC News' SVP and chief digital officer, is being tapped for Twitter's head of news position, according to sources familiar with the matter. AllThingsD reported last week that she was the leading pick for the high-profile job.
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@mikeisaac, Digits, @tcarmody, The Verge, FishbowlNY, @andreahong, @coryhaik, @edcauchi, Betabeat, GigaOM, Engadget and Medium
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Liberty's Malone says cable companies should create Netflix rival — (Reuters) - Cable pioneer John Malone said on Thursday that cable companies should team up to create a Netflix-like (NFLX.O) rival that would deliver programming to consumers over the Internet on a national basis.
Dave McNary / Variety:
Nickelodeon Pays $11 Million To Writers Following WGA Claims Of Late Payments — Guild had threatened to strike shows — Following a strike threat, the Writers Guild of America has reached an agreement with Nickelodeon for the network to pay $11 million in residual payments and interest for writers who work on Nick shows.
Discussion:
Deadline.com and Los Angeles Times
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Papers plan European legal action if they are penalised for regulation stance — Publishers fear increased costs in libel and privacy actions if they do not back government's royal charter-backed regulator — The country's largest newspaper groups plan to mount a European legal challenge …
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