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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Snowden's leaks: Are journalists ‘fencing stolen material’? — It's against the law to steal classified government material. But is it also a crime for a journalist to sell a story to a newspaper or Web site based on that material? — Some elected officials and government appointees …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Intelligence chairman accuses Glenn Greenwald of illegally selling stolen material — A top lawmaker argued Tuesday that journalist Glenn Greenwald is illegally selling stolen material by asking news organizations to pay for access to U.S. intelligence secrets taken from the National Security Agency.
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New York Times, Mediaite, @mathewi, @froomkin, @kgosztola, Guardian, @puellavulnerata, thenation.com/blogs/174784 and @declanm
Washington Post:
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers grills FBI director about reporter “accomplices” selling stolen material — FBI Director Comey discusses legality of reporters, stolen Snowden documents — In Tuesday's hearing of the House Intelligence Committee on “Worldwide Threats,” Rep. Mike Rogers …
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@ggreenwald, @lorenzofb, @declanm, @youranonnews, The Huffington Post and Techdirt
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Administration Has Told Egypt To Release Al Jazeera Reporters — “We have strongly urged the government to drop these charges and release those journalists and academics who have been detained,” White House spokesperson Jay Carney said Tuesday. He wouldn't say if aid would be in jeopardy if detention continues.
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Politico, Reuters and The Huffington Post
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Video of Journalists' Arrest in Egypt Seen as Threat to Media
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TVNewser, @pattyculhane, The Huffington Post, @kenroth, @kfahim, @mostafasalem8 and Kirk LaPointe's …
Maxime Zech / NL Times:
Dutch journalist flees Egypt after being accused of aiding terrorist network linked to Al Jazeera
Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:
Journalists protest at Egypt's Nairobi embassy over detention of Al Jazeera staff
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BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett earnings report hints at a coming problem with paywalls — By virtue of tough expense control and the acquisition of Belo Corp. TV stations, Gannett reported decent fourth quarter and full-year financial results yesterday. Its share price was off .06 percent for the day.
Discussion:
Nieman Journalism Lab and @jeffjarvis
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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Gannett Q4 income falls 12% due to lower ad sales
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Poynter, Broadcasting & Cable and Gannett Company, Inc.
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Andy Carvin, a pioneer in using Twitter for real-time journalism, joins Omidyar's First Look Media — First Look Media — the new media entity that eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is building and has promised to fund to the tune of at least $250 million — is still in its formative stages …
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Andy Carvin's Waste …, Nieman Journalism Lab, Washington Post, Poynter, @michaelwolffnyc, @jasonleopold, @davidbauer, @_arianna and @antderosa
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media Names Michael Rosen Chief Revenue Officer
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Interim Dow Jones chief charts course correction — William Lewis, who was named interim C.E.O. of Dow Jones after the ouster of Lex Fenwick two weeks ago, has fired off his first missive to the troops. — No major headlines here, but in a memo issued Monday and posted online …
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Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Insight: Dow Jones CEO's sudden exit followed revenue slide
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
High-ranking execs laid off at Time Inc. — The cutbacks began Tuesday as expected at Time Inc. and it took a heavy toll among some of the top echelon executives as the company abolished its three-cluster system centered around brands and put everything into one pot.
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AdAge, @rjmcgarvey, Variety, New York Magazine, Business Insider, Mashable and Canadian Magazines
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Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Source says Time Inc to lay off 500 employees globally
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Poynter, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, Folio, New York Times, MediaPost, New York Post, @daveweigel, FishbowlNY, The Huffington Post, National Sports … and Los Angeles Times
Jim Romenesko:
Students are tired of hearing there's never been a better time to be a journalist — Kyle Clauss writes: “My roommate [Alex Reimer] and I are students at Boston University's College of Communication. We've listened to our fair share of self-righteous, out-of-touch journalist guest speakers, so we created this bingo board.
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@feldmaniac, @jbenton, @caseymcdermott, @ktmboyle, @maggiekb1 and @danfagin
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Staying In Sochi Is A Hilarious Adventure — The North American media has descended on Sochi, and...how do we put this gently? Sochi's not ready. — The athlete accommodations are fine, if a bit cozy and, um, social. But the media hotels, along with much of the hastily-built city infrastructure, are decidedly lacking.
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WorldViews, @chanders, @rosahwangctv, @anneapplebaum, @harrycnn, @ihnatko, @stacystclair, The Verge and NPR
Emmy Favilla / BuzzFeed:
It's fanboy, not fan boy: BuzzFeed releases internal style guide — BuzzFeed Style Guide — The BuzzFeed Style Guide aims to provide a prevailing, and evolving, set of standards for the internet and social media. — BuzzFeed publishes news and entertainment in the language of the web …
Discussion:
Nieman Journalism Lab, Poynter, @ericaperel, @mbyhoff, @jnchapel, Erik Wemple, @mathewi, @doreeshafrir, @sarahkendzior, @summeranne, @fimoculous, @hullosandyallen, @shani_o, @sfnick, @brianstelter, @andybechtel, @nolanfeeney, @mattbellassai, @raniakhalek, @rachelysanders, @elivalley and @gregorydjohnsen
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Netflix plans to spend $3 billion on content this year — Good news for Netflix subscribers looking to burn through more movies and TV shows: The company declared in its 2013 Annual Report this week that it intends to spend close to $3 billion on content in 2014.
Discussion:
VatorNews and @peterlauria3
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix to Raise $400 Mil in Additional Debt to Fund Original Content, Euro Expansion
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BGR, TechCrunch, The Verge, VentureBeat, WebProNews, CNET and Business Insider
Eliza Brooke / Fashionista:
Vogue Goes Digital With a New Flipboard Partnership — Vogue has been making a concerted effort to get more multi-channel and tech-happy this year, with a new emphasis on video content and getting its editors involved in social media (hello, #voguestagram).
Discussion:
@carlmartin, Thanks:@eliza_pb
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Video News Aggregator Watchup Raises $1M From Microsoft Ventures, Others — Video news startup Watchup, is announcing that it has raised $1 million in additional funding. — Co-founder Adriano Farano, a former journalist himself, has said that his goal is to create a new version of the daily newscast.
Discussion:
VentureBeat, @jskstanford, Watchup, @ibarguen, @xdamman and @farano
Juliette Garside / Guardian:
BBC to slash YouView investment — BT and TalkTalk remain as the major shareholders in set-top box television project created to rival Freeview — The BBC and other broadcasters are planning to slash their investment in the YouView set-top box, leaving BT and TalkTalk as the major shareholders …
Stacia L. Brown / Salon:
How breaking news is breaking us: The rush to report Philip Seymour Hoffman's death — Philip Seymour Hoffman died yesterday. This was the first and only thing we were told. Arguably, we were told too soon. The news came via a tweet from the Wall Street Journal, preceded by that all-too-familiar word, “Breaking.”
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Journalism.co.uk and The New Yorker Blog
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