Mediagazer: New York Times to pay academic interns minimum wage (Rachael Levy/Borough Buzz)

9:10 PM ET, March 25, 2014

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Ben Richardson shares more details about why he resigned from Bloomberg over China coverage — Another Bloomberg Editor Explains Why He Has Resigned, Over Its China Coverage — Four months ago, the New York Times ran a big story contending that Bloomberg editors had quashed an investigative report …

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Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Bloomberg gets a taste of transparency

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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

What the Oregonian's new web strategy gets right and what it gets wrong about online media — There's been much sound and fury in media circles about a leaked internal presentation from The Oregonian that lays out the newspaper's goals for its web content and sets performance measurements for reporters and editors.

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Tarantino: Gawker Fabricated ‘News Story’ to Enable Script Theft — The director's lawyers compare the “Hateful Eight” leak post to a newspaper that reports on a film piracy ring by instructing how, where and when readers can buy their own pirated copies. — Quentin Tarantino

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

The Atlantic names Bob Cohn and James Bennet co-presidents — Leadership shuffle at Atlantic — Atlantic Media announced a string of leadership changes this morning, including two promotions at its flagship print and digital title, The Atlantic. — James Bennet and Bob Cohn …

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Daniel Hurst / Guardian:

Peter Greste trial: Tony Abbott must do more to secure release, says Labor — Tanya Plibersek says opposition will support efforts to free Australian journalist on trial in Egypt — Peter Greste stands in a metal cage during his trial in a court in Cairo. Photograph: Al Youm Al Saabi newspaper/Reuters

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Press Gazette: ‘Not a shred of evidence’ says Al Jazeera's Peter Greste as Egypt ‘terrorism’ trial adjourned again

Kurt Wagner / Mashable:

USC Is Offering a Google Glass Course for Journalism — OK, Glass, it's time to change journalism — That will be the collective mindset of students taking “Glass Journalism,” a new course slated for the fall semester at the University of Southern California, where students will be tasked …

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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

Oculus Rift Just Put Facebook in the Movie Business — Commentary: Virtual reality headsets pose (very) long-term threat to the theatrical business — Just as the movie industry gathered this week at CinemaCon to discuss its future, Facebook came along and changed it without even bothering to show up in Las Vegas.

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Rachael Levy / Borough Buzz:

New York Times to pay academic interns minimum wage — The New York Times will start paying minimum wage to its academic interns, who previously could have been paid as little as $3.85 an hour. — The interns will be paid $8 an hour and will be paid back wages for work already completed this semester …

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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:

U.S. condemns Saudi Arabia's denial of visa to Jerusalem Post reporter covering Obama — The White House has condemned Saudi Arabia for denying a visa to the Jerusalem Post's Washington bureau chief, who is traveling with President Obama. — Reporter Michael Wilner, an American …

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Deron Lee / Columbia Journalism Review:

Journalists should take up the fight for municipal-fiber networks in their communities, argues open-Internet advocate Susan Crawford — Journalists should take up the fight for municipal-fiber networks in their communities, argues open-Internet advocate Susan Crawford

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Turner Overhauls Ad Outreach, Names Speciale President, TV and Digital Sales — Time Warner's Turner unit is radically changing the structure of its ad-sales staff, resulting in the elevation of one of its top sales executives and the departure of another from the company.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Risen: Obama administration is this generation's ‘greatest enemy of press freedom’ — “It won't take me long to alienate everyone in the room,” Jeffrey Toobin told an audience in New York Friday. “For better or worse, it has been clear there is no journalistic privilege under the First Amendment.”

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Cass R. Sunstein / Bloomberg View:

The Dark Side of New York Times v. Sullivan — Quiz question: What is the most important free speech ruling in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court? — The best answer may well be New York Times v. Sullivan, decided 50 years ago this month. In that case, the court ruled, for the first time …

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