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AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed, reporter Kathy Gannon injured in Kabul — AP PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED, REPORTER WOUNDED — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A veteran Associated Press photographer was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on Friday when an Afghan policeman opened fire …
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Michael Calderone / Huffington Post:
AP Photographer Killed And Reporter Wounded As Attacks On Journalists Rise In Afghanistan — NEW YORK — Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed and reporter Kathy Gannon was wounded Friday in Afghanistan, marking the third deadly attack on journalists in the country over the past month.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
David Letterman to Retire From CBS in 2015 — Tells studio audience: 'It's been great ... but I'm retiring' — In a move that will complete the generational transition in latenight, David Letterman is preparing to retire from CBS next year. — Letterman is expected to discuss his plan …
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS Approached John Oliver for Late Night Show as Major Shuffle Looms (Exclusive)
CBS Approached John Oliver for Late Night Show as Major Shuffle Looms (Exclusive)
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Al Jazeera English:
Turkish court rules YouTube ban violates human rights, limits restrictions to 15 videos — Turkey court eases YouTube restrictions — Court limits restrictions to 15 videos after ruling that blanket ban on social-media site violated human rights. — A Turkish court has ruled …
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MarketWatch:
NUVOtv Parent Company SiTV Media to Acquire Fuse Network From The Madison Square Garden Company — Deal Significantly Expands Business Opportunities With Addition of Premier Music-Focused Network — NEW YORK, Apr 04, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — NUVOtv parent company SiTV Media …
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Massacre at The Newark Star Ledger, The Paper That Makes Chris Christie Squirm — New Jersey's biggest paper gets gutted—right when local reporters are most needed in Newark and Trenton. — Outside The Star-Ledger's offices in Newark, N.J., on Thursday afternoon, a man in his late fifties took a drag of his cigarette.
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Univision Radio cuts dozens of workers, centralizes programming — Univision Radio now is located in Univision's Los Angeles building, pictured here in a 2003 file photo. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press / August 5, 2003) — Univision Communications is restructuring its radio division …
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Correspondent:
AFP creates fund to help son of slain Afghanistan correspondent Sardar Ahmad — Helping Abuzar — AFP is setting up a permanent fund to help the son of Sardar Ahmad, an AFP journalist who was killed by the Taliban. … Suivre @AFPblogs — On Thursday, March 20 at 8:30 p.m. …
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Alex Pham / Billboard:
YouTube delaying music service to debut polished product with differentiated focus from rivals — Business Matters: What's Behind YouTube Music Service's Delays — YouTube was a source of music in the prior week for a third of all people surveyed by Edison Research and Triton Digital for their annual Infinite Dial report.
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Steve Neavling / Motor City Muckraker:
Stabbings? Shootings? Detroit police stop reporting violent crimes to media, public — Is Detroit suddenly safer? — You might think so by picking up the newspaper or watching TV news because police have stopped reporting most murders, shootings and other violent crimes to the media and public.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Hacking trial: ‘No record’ of bags allegedly containing Brooks's ‘porn’ — News International worker tells court she took possession of black bin bags at company HQ but did not make record of them — The News International security worker who took possession of the black bin bags allegedly …
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Hana Stewart-Smith / Alliance News:
Daily Mail Sheds 2 More Recruitment Assets, Broadbean And Jobrapido — LONDON (Alliance News) - Daily Mail and General Trust PLC said Thursday that it had disposed of its job distribution software business Broadbean and job search engine Jobrapido, as it continued to shed its recruitment assets.
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Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
Sun-Times subscribers can pay with bitcoin — The Chicago Sun-Times has started accepting bitcoin for yearlong print subscriptions and subscriptions to the newspaper's digital replica. Payments will be processed via Coinbase digital wallet technology. — The cheapest, digital replica option costs $47.88 for 12 months.
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