Mediagazer: The New Yorker plagiarises itself, refuses to acknowledge error (Edirin Oputu/Columbia Journalism Review)

8:05 AM ET, April 28, 2014

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Net Neutrality: A Guide to (and History of) a Contested Idea — This week, news broke that the Federal Communications Commission is considering new rules for how the Internet works. — In short: the FCC would allow network owners (your Verizons, Comcasts, etc.) to create Internet …

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Barbara van Schewick / Center for Internet and Society:

The FCC changed course on network neutrality. Here is why you should care. — Wednesday's press reports of the new network neutrality rules proposed by FCC Chairman Wheeler have been met with anger and confusion. According to the Wall Street Journal, “[r]egulators are proposing new rules …

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Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
As “open internet” is threatened, policymakers could consider solutions like public spectrum

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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The FCC's new net neutrality rules will kill Aereo, even if the Supreme Court doesn't

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David Carr / New York Times:

Cable providers cling to bundled TV channels as viewing habits evolve — New Challenges Chip Away at Cable's Pillar of Profit — For decades, cable television has been an almost magical source of profits, in large part because of the bundle, the packaging of channels that compels subscribers …

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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:

Raleigh News & Observer reporter's investigations of scandals at UNC spark reform and outrage — University of North Carolina Is at Odds With a Raleigh Newspaper — RALEIGH, N.C. — There have been violent threats, angry screeds, Twitter flame campaigns and an entire website predicated …

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Michael Cavna / Washington Post:

41 years later, The Post publishes spiked ‘Doonesbury’ Watergate comic for the first time. Here's why... THIS WEEK, The Washington Post ran, for the first time, a comics-page strip in which a character declared former Nixon attorney general John Mitchell guilty for Watergate crimes.

Associated Press:

Comcast shedding 3.9M subscribers to ease deal with Charter — Comcast selling some cable systems to Charter — PHILADELPHIA — Comcast would shed about 3.9 million subscribers in deal with cable competitor Charter Communications Inc. to help Comcast's acquisition of Time Warner Cable clear regulatory hurdles.

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Edirin Oputu / Columbia Journalism Review:

The New Yorker plagiarises itself, refuses to acknowledge error — The New Yorker's plagiarism blunder — “The problem is the degree to which you are a victim of your own success” — Elizabeth Kolbert's Comment “Rough Forecasts,” published in the April 14 issue of The New Yorker …

Economist:

In Pakistan, being a journalist becomes increasingly lethal — Journalism in Pakistan: The silencing of the liberals — THERE was a time when Hamid Mir, Pakistan's most famous journalist, had little reason to fear his work might put his life in danger. In a country where his trade …

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Jeff Jarvis / Mediashift:

LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman and Knight Foundation fund CUNY's new Masters in Social Journalism — CUNY to Launch Master's in Social Journalism — Some big news at CUNY: We are developing a new master's degree in social journalism. We've considered calling it a degree in community information and engagement.

Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:

Ad Buyers Slowly Taking Digital NewFronts More Seriously — Agencies Bring Digital Players in For Early Development Meetings, Just Like TV — Creativity Top 5 — Digital platforms are aggressively seeking TV dollars again in this year's NewFronts presentations, which kick off on Monday.

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Justice Department urges Supreme Court to pass up James Risen's case on confidential sources — Justice Department urges SCOTUS to pass up reporter's privilege case — The Obama Administration is urging the Supreme Court not to take up New York Times reporter James Risen's plea …

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Trevor Timm / Freedom of the Press Foundation:
State Dept Launches ‘Free the Press’ Campaign While DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Force Reporter James Risen Into Jail

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Wall Street Journal:

Omnicom, Publicis Merger Threatened by Power Struggle — Ad Company Executives Said to Disagree on Future Roles, Who Is the Buyer — Personal battles over position and power are upending the slated $35 billion “merger of equals” between advertising firms Omnicom Group Inc. and Publicis Groupe SA.

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