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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
On the meaning of journalistic independence — This morning, I see that some people are quite abuzz about a new Pando article “revealing” that the foundation of Pierre Omidyar, the publisher of First Look Media which publishes The Intercept, gave several hundred thousand dollars to a Ukraininan …
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PandoDaily, @qhardy, @glennf, @mathewi, @kljdavis, @jfagone, @mattyglesias and @tilojung
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
First Look Media could preempt controversy by publishing a statement of principles endorsed by employees and investors — The price of eggs — Glenn Greenwald has responded to Pando Daily's story about the Omidyar Network and Ukraine with the force and speed we have come to expect. Good.
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@albertocairo and @jayrosen_nyu
Mark Ames / PandoDaily:
Pierre Omidyar co-funded Ukraine revolution groups with US government, documents show
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Omidyar Network, emptywheel, @jilliancyork, @jason_pontin, @jayrosen_nyu, @evgenymorozov, @howardweaver, @emptywheel, @mmasnick, @jason_pontin, @davewiner, @mathewi, @espiers, @jeffjarvis, The Raw Story, @timothys, @howardweaver, @coopeydoop, @espiers, @clarajeffery, @philgreaves01, @jaredbkeller, @mathewi, @mathewi, @mattyglesias, @mathewi, @billmon1, @mathewi, @peterkmurphy, @op_israel, @sanfranciscoba, @colmorrisdavis, @kbandersen and @markamesexiled
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Comcast Is Acquiring Video Ad Company FreeWheel For $320 Million — Over the years, FreeWheel has become the go-to ad-serving platform for many TV networks that stream their content online. And it's about to become part of one of the biggest distributors of content online and off.
Isabella Steger / Wall Street Journal:
Thousands Take to the Streets to Support Hong Kong Press Freedom — Attacked Hong Kong Journalist's Condition Improves — HONG KONG—Thousands turned out Sunday in Hong Kong to support media freedom after the condition of former newspaper editor Kevin Lau, who was the victim of a brutal knife attack, took a turn for the better.
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Bloomberg, San Francisco Chronicle, Voice of America, Agence France Presse and New York Times
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
End of an Era? Clinton Media Strategy May Be Due for an Overhaul — WASHINGTON — Soon after Hillary Rodham Clinton left the State Department, her longtime spokesman talked wistfully about their paradise lost. — “We knew the golden age was coming to an end,” Philippe Reines said.
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@jasondhorowitz, @arimelber and @arimelber
Los Angeles Times:
TV news employee rescued after being trapped in waist-deep mud — (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / February 28, 2014) — This post has been updated. — A TV news employee trying to report from the scene of an unstable Azusa hillside Friday got stuck in waist-high mud and had to be rescued.
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Mediaite, Gawker, NY Daily News, BuzzFeed, LA Observed, Daily Mail, Deadline.com and The Huffington Post
Robin Wauters:
WhatsApp CEO scolds former TechCrunch writer for 2011 fundraising scoop — An unexpected chat with WhatsApp founder Jan Koum — Things were getting pretty quiet in the speaker / press lounge backstage at the 4YFN conference in Barcelona. I was there earlier this week for attending that event …
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@pkafka and @danprimack
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Why the rise of sites devoted to explanatory journalism is a trend worth celebrating — Everyone complains about the weather but no one does anything about it, a famous curmudgeon once said. The same criticism could have been made — until recently at least — about the media's relentless focus …
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Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, Poynter, @moorehn, (Re)Structuring Journalism, @rgibbs, @hancush and Politico
Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
Social ‘lie detector’ will help journalists verify online rumours — Following the rumours that came out of the London riots, researchers are developing a platform to automatically verify information from social media — A social media “lie detector” is being developed to help journalists verify rumours and other information online.
Peter Elkind / Fortune:
Employees at Bloomberg LP are attempting to unionize — Exclusive: If a drive to organize at the data-and-media giant is successful, it would be a first for the former New York mayor's company. — FORTUNE — Fearful of layoffs and unhappy with work conditions, employees at a unit of Bloomberg LP …
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@jtotoole
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Washington Post expands fact-checking project — and not just to movie trailers — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Leonardo DiCaprio are getting the same fact-checking treatment thanks to the latest evolution of The Washington Post's Truth Teller project. — The actor and the senator each figure prominently …
Karen Fratti / 10,000 Words:
Contextly, Woopie, Beatroot present at demo day for second class at media accelerator Matter — Digital Publishing Gets A Little Smarter (and Better Looking) With Matter's 2nd Round of Startups — This week, Matter's second round of start-ups took over New York City for a demo day at WNYC's Greene Space.
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