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The Inquirer:
Lewis Katz, co-owner of The Inquirer, dies in plane crash — Lewis Katz, 72, co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily News and Philly.com, died Saturday night in the crash of a private jet at a Massachusetts airfield. — Katz's death was confirmed by Inquirer editor Bill Marimow …
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Associated Press:
Gerry Lenfest says deal for control of Inquirer papers will proceed after death of Lewis Katz — Partner: Inquirer sale will proceed as planned — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A businessman says he expects the upcoming sale of The Philadelphia Inquirer to proceed despite the death of his partner in a plane crash.
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NewsWorks
David Carr / New York Times:
Amazon Absorbing Price Fight Punches — Books, we are told, are relics that have reached their sell-by date, put out by an industry that is a desiccated shell of its former self. — Someone forgot to tell the book business that it was dead. Last Thursday afternoon …
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USA Today, New York Times, @laurahazardowen, @publisherswkly, @carr2n and Slate
Tow Center for Digital Journalism:
User-generated content study shows varied standards of newsrooms, poor labeling and crediting — Tow Center Launches Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content in TV and Online News Output — by Claire Wardle, Sam Dubberley, Pete Brown — Crediting is rare …
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@cward1e and Kirk LaPointe's …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Journalists say Jay Carney's most notable achievement, is that he did nothing notable — Jay Carney vs. the press — Jay Carney spent three years successfully keeping the press at bay even as reporters grew increasingly disenchanted and adversarial with the administration.
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TIME, Telegraph, @meetthepress, Vox and The Wire
Fergus Pitt / Tow Center for Digital Journalism:
Sensor journalism study recommends more reporting, access to data from publicly funded sensors — Sensors and Journalism, A Major Report — Today, the Tow Center is publishing a report about the uses, the opportunities and the risks of sensors and journalism.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Amid Moves on Shield Laws, Journalist Tells of a 2011 Subpoena Fight — WASHINGTON — A former Fox News journalist disclosed on Thursday that he had been subpoenaed in 2011 for notes and testimony identifying his confidential sources in a leak investigation, adding a new public chapter …
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Boing Boing and Congressman Alan Grayson
Roger Parloff / Fortune:
Why the Supreme Court should hear James Risen's case — The Pulitzer Prize winning Times reporter has been ordered to give up a source at a criminal trial, based on a murky, hoary, inapt precedent. The Court should take a fresh look. On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court its expected …
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@megan
Roy Peter Clark / Poynter:
What journalists can learn about authorship from Maya Angelou — In 2006 the Canadian scholar Stuart Adam and I co-edited a collection of essays titled “Journalism: The Democratic Craft.” It is a rich — and largely unread — anthology of work that reflects on the key aspects of knowledge …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Fortune And Money Launch New Sites And Split Off From CNN Money — Two of Time Inc.'s business and finance publications, Fortune and Money, are getting new online homes today. — You're probably familiar with the magazines, and you've probably read some of their articles online.
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CNNMoney.com, New York Post, Fortune, Capital New York and Talking Biz News
John Beck / VICE News:
Witnesses Undermine Egypt's Case Against Al Jazeera Journalists — A key part of the prosecution case against three Al Jazeera journalists being tried in Egypt was undermined in a hearing today when witnesses contradicted previously submitted written testimony.
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Guardian, Daily News Egypt, World Bulletin, The Huffington Post, english.ahram.org.eg and Al Jazeera English