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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Second worst year on record for jailed journalists — For the second consecutive year, Turkey was the world's leading jailer of journalists, followed closely by Iran and China. The number of journalists in prison globally decreased from a year earlier but remains close to historical highs.
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
71 journalists killed in 2013 ‘in connection with their work’ — In 2013, 71 journalists were killed in connection with their work, some 20% fewer deaths than the year before, according to the Paris-based press freedom body, Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Reporters Without Borders, Columbia Journalism Review and Kirk LaPointe's …
Nina Ognianova / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Turkey—world's top press jailer once more — For the second year in a row, our prison census shows, Turkey jailed more journalists than any other country. The number of journalists behind bars is 40; down from the 61 reporters in October 2012, and less than the 49 we recorded on December 1, 2012.
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Craig Silverman / Poynter:
The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013 — Error of the Year: ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi report — As is often the case with Error of the Year, the award is given partly because of the mistake itself, and partly because of the mistake's fallout.
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The Huffington Post, @nickbaumann, @rosiegray, @jilldlawrence, @buzzfeedandrew, @moorehn, @jamesrbuk, Gawker, @mmfa, @pgourevitch, @brendannyhan and Pressing Issues, Thanks:@craigsilverman
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
The New AllThingsD Has Hired Ken Li As Managing Editor — And now, for a little inside baseball... Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg have hired Kenneth Li, formerly of Reuters, to be managing editor at their new tech focused website. — Swisher and Mossberg are moving on from Dow Jones …
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@mccarthyryanj, @edgecliffe and @fmanjoo
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
‘Hatching Twitter’ Book Optioned For TV Show Development By Lionsgate — New York Times' columnist Nick Bilton's book Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, on the dramatic origins of Twitter, has been optioned by Lionsgate for production as a TV show.
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AllThingsD, The Wrap and Variety
DealBook:
Brash Agent at William Morris Extends Reach in IMG Merger — Over the past two decades, Ari Emanuel has climbed — brashly, ruthlessly — into Hollywood's power center with one position in mind: king. — With a nighttime raid on his own office files at International Creative Management in 1995 …
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WWD Media Headlines, The Wrap, Forbes, Forbes, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, @deanemurphy and Capital New York
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism:
2014 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award Winners Announced — CBS & NBC Honored for Breaking News Coverage CIR Wins Two Awards & ESPN Wins For the First Time — Fourteen winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards were announced today by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
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TVNewser, LA Observed, Capital New York, Poynter, The Center for … and CBS Boston
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Time Inc. out of Forbes race — Time Inc. Chief Content Officer Norm Pearlstine — Time Inc. is out of the running to buy Forbes, Media Ink has learned. — The publishing giant has been rumored to be a top contender. Forbes was recently put on the block and Deutsche Bank …
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FishbowlNY
Reuters:
Al Jazeera weighs bid for $1 billion Turkish pay-TV firm Digiturk: sources — (Reuters) - Television broadcaster Al Jazeera is considering a bid for a majority stake in Turkish digital pay-TV operator Digiturk, three banking sources aware of the plans said, in a move by the Qatar-backed broadcaster to further expand its footprint.
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
Hulu's positive 2013: $1B in revenue & 5M paid subscribers — Hulu's new CEO Mike Hopkins just posted a new report that shows the company grew revenue to upwards of $1 billion for 2013, which is up significantly from $695 million in 2012. Hulu's paid Hulu plus subscription service …
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Hulu Blog, Gigaom, TechCrunch, Home Media Magazine, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, Variety and CNET
John McDermott / Digiday:
NPR's $10 Million Digital Bet — Even though its broadcast ratings remain steady, NPR (National Public Radio) is making moves to become more of a tech player in order to stay relevant in the mobile media era. That's why NPR is putting nearly $10 million toward the creation of a new Web and mobile platform due out in 2014.
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
The Conservative Media Arms Race Coming To An Internet Near You — Last week, with two high-profile acquisitions, a conservative media company catapulted itself from successful but largely below-the-radar company to a player with a portfolio that could make it the next news empire on the right.
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FishbowlDC
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Time Warner Cable app comes to Kindle Fire — sorry, Apple TV — Time Warner Cable added Kindle Fire to the list of devices that can access its TWC TV app, which enables subscribers to stream live channels and watch videos on demand. — Related stories — Get a Kindle with Special Offers for $49 shipped
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Bloomberg Media Poaches GE Exec Paul Marcum — Newly installed Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith has made his first major hire in his tenure with the addition of GE marketing exec Paul Marcum. — Marcum, a three-year veteran of GE, will join Bloomberg on Jan. 13 as its head of global digital innovation …
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FishbowlNY and @jpmarcum
Jim Schachter / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Breaking audio out of radio's boundaries — What do I think 2014 will bring for the future of news? — You can detect the near-term future in what we can see with our own eyes right now. When I was an editor at The New York Times, I gradually watched the newspapers on my morning train commute give way to smartphones and tablets.
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Co.Labs, @markstencel and @niemanlab
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