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Xan Brooks / Guardian:
Oliver Stone to direct adaptation of Guardian journalist Luke Harding's book on Snowden — Edward Snowden NSA whistleblowing story to be filmed by Oliver Stone — Director of Platoon and JFK will direct a big budget adaptation of Guardian journalist Luke Harding's book about Snowden's role in exposing the NSA's surveillance culture
Associated Press:
Supreme Court rejects Risen's appeal to avoid being forced to testify and reveal his sources — Justices reject reporter's bid to protect source — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to get involved in the case of a reporter who has been ordered to testify at the trial …
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Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef winds up TV show due to safety fears — Show was seen as a barometer for free speech in Egypt, but Youssef claims he is no longer safe to work — The television satirist seen as the barometer for free speech in post-revolutionary Egypt, Bassem Youssef …
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Max Fisher / Vox:
The real tragedy of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef's censorship is he played a role in it
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@patrickkingsley
Myles Tanzer / BuzzFeed:
American Prospect lays off some staff, returns to roots as an academic journal, say sources — American Prospect Mass Exodus Begins — The publication that created a pipeline of digital journalists is going back to its roots as an academic journal. “The ownership is saying they are preserving …
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@buzzfeedben, @rachellarris, @alyssarosenberg, @danagoldstein, @suzykhimm and @patcaldwell
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
New study from University of Texas shows increasing demand for “solutions journalism” — Readers like stories about problems more when they also include possible solutions — If you tell someone about a problem, it's best to offer up a solution.
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@ceodonovan, @danhaugen and @jcstearns
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon teams up with Mattel to streams kids TV shows alongside related merchandise — Amazon and a Mattel Unit Plan a ‘Content Hub’ Focusing on Children — LOS ANGELES — “Fireman Sam,” a cartoon aimed at preschoolers, has long been a hit overseas. Now Mattel and Amazon are teaming …
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Marketing Pilgrim, @awallenstein, C21Media and Los Angeles Times
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
Following Disney deal, Maker Studios laying off 10% of 380 staff — Maker Studios to Lay Off Staff After Disney Deal — Maker Studios will lay off about 10 percent of its staff of 380, according to individuals familiar with the large network of online video channels.
Evan Hansen / Medium:
Update on Medium's Paid Collection Experiments — Building and learning — About a year ago, we began hiring people to run some collections for Medium. We deputized them as publishers and editors-in-chief of their own mini-publications on Medium, free to hire and pay (or not) …
Discussion:
@aliteralgirl, Gigaom and @felixsalmon
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
As TV time-shifting grows, networks move toward C7 deals, get paid for 7 ad days instead of 3 — GroupM Striking Upfront Agreements With Networks to Use C7 — Big Shift to Paying for Viewing Up to a Week Later Instead of Only Three Days — Marc USA — GroupM is striking agreements …
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Variety, Radio & Television …, Multichannel News and Hollywood Reporter
Lydia Tomkiw / Nieman Journalism Lab:
A Ukrainian factchecking site is trying to spot fake photos in social media — and building audience — The photograph, published on a Russian politics website and then spread quickly to many blogs, was said to show a morgue full of dead bodies in Slovyansk, Ukraine.
Lisa De Moraes / Deadline.com:
Study: Colbert Report viewers more informed about campaign financing than actual news viewers — Study: Stephen Colbert More Effective Than Journalists At Explaining Campaign Financing During Last Election Cycle — A new report warns just how much this country stands to lose …
Discussion:
Mediaite, TVNewser, Splitsider, Politico, The Huffington Post, US News and @absegel
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Hires Paul Caine As New Revenue Chief … The terminal business may be Bloomberg's main moneymaker, but Justin Smith, the newly-minted chief executive of the company's media unit, has promised a “new direction” to lure ad dollars to Bloomberg's financially beleaguered news side.
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Radio & Television …, @perlberg, @justin_b_smith, @paulcaine and @samanthamcaine
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