Mediagazer: Newsweek Seeking President of Publishing (Alexandra Steigrad/WWD)

10:25 AM ET, March 25, 2014

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‘Not a shred of evidence’ says Al Jazeera's Peter Greste as Egypt ‘terrorism’ trial adjourned again — Three Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt will spend at least another week in prison awaiting trial on “unsubstantiated” charges of spreading disinformation and aiding terrorists.

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

Ronald Grover / Reuters:

Exclusive: Disney to buy YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million — (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy Maker Studios for $500 million, becoming a major online video distributor through the purchase of one of YouTube's largest networks, according to a person familiar with the deal.

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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Why Disney Is Taking the Huge Risk of Buying Maker Studios

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

WSJ's Baker: ‘We generally avoid reporters breaking news on Twitter’ — Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Gerard Baker spoke at City University, London, Monday, and Journal social media editor Sarah Marshall took notes. Baker went through a list of things the Journal is doing that he thinks …

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Jim Romenesko:

Ben Richardson quits Bloomberg News over handling of investigative piece — Ben Richardson has resigned from Bloomberg News after 13 years to protest editors' handling of an investigative piece reported from China - a story that the bosses feared would get them expelled from the country.

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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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Ben Thompson / stratechery:

Advertising will no longer sustain journalism, but new business models are possible — Newspapers Are Dead; Long Live Journalism — This is Part 3 in a series on the future of news and newspapers. Previously: — Part 1: FiveThirtyEight and the End of Average link

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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:

Newsweek Seeking President of Publishing — NEWSWEEK'S HELP WANTED: Newsweek is on the hunt for a publisher. The IBT Media-owned magazine has discreetly been seeking a “president of publishing” to oversee revenue growth across advertising, consumer revenue and new streams of growth …

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Paul Carr / PandoDaily:

First Look publishes new editorial independence statement after Pando reveals Omidyar White House ties — Yesterday I revealed a series of meetings between representatives of Pierre and Pamela Omidyar's Omidyar Network and high ranking White House officials, including the President and First Lady …

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Turkish Journalists' Association files complaint in local court, claims Twitter ban violates freedom of information — Journalists Group and Internet Lawyers Challenge Turkey's Ban on Twitter — ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's leading press organization and two experts in Internet law took legal action Monday …

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:

New program aims to foster diversity in newsrooms with internships for journalism instructors from historically black colleges — Back to the newsroom: A new program lets professors go back to the thick of today's news work — Before joining the faculty of Savannah State University …

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Angela Haggerty / The Drum:

AOL partners with Channel 4 News, ITN and MyMovies to launch premium AOL On video platform in UK — AOL has partnered with Channel 4 News, ITN and Scripps Networks International among others to launch its AOL On video platform in the UK. — Following launches in the US and Canada …

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