Mediagazer: Orgs Ask DNI to Preserve Access to World News Connection (Steven Aftergood/Secrecy News)

11:20 PM ET, December 25, 2013

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Barton Gellman / Washington Post:

Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission's accomplished — MOSCOW — The familiar voice on the hotel room phone did not waste words. — “What time does your clock say, exactly?” he asked. — He checked the reply against his watch and described a place to meet.

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Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Edward Snowden calls for a restoration of privacy in Channel 4′s Alternative Christmas Message — Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked intelligence about the security agency's surveillance activities, has broadcast a Christmas message to the world.

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Mariia Shamota / Kyiv Post:

Prominent journalist, civic activist Chornovol beaten near Kyiv (UPDATED) — Prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol was brutally beaten outside Kyiv just after midnight on Dec. 25. — hornovol is in reconstructive surgery now, opposition Batkivshchyna Party member of parliament Serhiy Pasynsky said.

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New York Times:

Are You Qualified to Be a Journalist in China? Take the Test — What is the essence of the Chinese Dream? What did Marx and Engels ask of newspaper reporters? How do Chinese and Western views on journalism differ? — Those are some of the questions Chinese journalists can expect …

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Reuters:
China To Media: Don't Report ‘Wrong Points Of View’

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

White House's Jay Carney and ABC News' Jon Karl butt heads in press room — It doesn't take long, or take very much, for the Jon and Jay show to get rolling at the daily briefing — the ritual meet-the-media sessions in the White House press room. — “But, Jay,” starts Jonathan Karl …

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Dan Amira / New York Magazine:

How the Media Would Have Covered the Birth of Jesus — Tomorrow, billions of people across the world will commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ 2000-ish years ago. The arrival of the messiah would have been a huge media event at the time had there actually been any media aside from the guy …

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Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:

Mobile photography magazine FLTR launches as iPhone-only app — Journalist Q&A: Olivier Laurent, editor of new digital magazine FLTR — Associate editor of British Journal of Photography and editor of recently-launched FLTR Olivier Laurent answers questions on the iPhone-only digital magazine dedicated to mobile photography

Steven Aftergood / Secrecy News:

Orgs Ask DNI to Preserve Access to World News Connection — More than a dozen professional societies and public interest groups wrote to the Director of National Intelligence last week to ask him to preserve public access to foreign news reports gathered, translated and published …

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Google penalizes ranking of lyrics site Rap Genius for SEO practices, founders seek resolution — Google Destroys Rap Genius' Search Rankings As Punishment For SEO Spam, But Resolution In Progress — Google hit back hard today after it learned lyrics site Rap Genius had been using dubious SEO tricks …

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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

What can't you say on Twitter? Thanks to Courtney Love, Americans may soon find out — When do you defame someone on Twitter? Despite the platform's reputation for outrageous insults, American courts have yet to say when — if ever — users cross the line.

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Barbara Hollingsworth / CNSNews:

U.S. Will Spend $3.35M to ‘Improve the Quality of Media Content’—In Armenia — (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is planning to spend $3.35 million to “improve the quality of media content and strengthen the media's capacity to meet professional standards” …

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Wuaki.tv hits 1m users for its on-demand movie and TV streaming service, 125k from the UK alone — Wuaki.tv has surpassed one million subscribers for its on-demand movie and TV streaming service, in part because of 125,000 new users in the UK that have signed on since it launched on the island in September.