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George Clooney / USA Today:
George Clooney slams Daily Mail, says the paper crossed “into the arena of inciting violence” — Exclusive: Clooney responds to ‘Daily Mail’ report — I want to speak to the irresponsibility of Monday's Daily Mail report. I seldom respond to tabloids, unless it involves someone else and their safety or well being.
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New Yorker to open up all articles and archives for three months, then launch metered paywall — The New Yorker Alters Its Online Strategy — The New Yorker is overhauling its website, making all articles it has published since 2007 available free for three months before introducing a paywall for online subscribers.
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Arif Durrani / Campaign:
Guardian plotting English language launch in India — The Guardian's open, digital journalism has plenty more room for growth, including plans to launch in India, according to deputy chief executive David Pemsel - just don't mention GQ's Michael Wolff. — Speaking to Campaign …
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Columbia Journalism Review and @abeaujon
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Gideon Spanier / The Independent:
The Guardian's chief executive on digital, global expansion, and the future of print — Andrew Miller: The death of newspapers has been exaggerated — As the owner of The Guardian overcomes the decline of print with strong digital revenues, its chief executive tells Gideon Spanier how it is adapting to the new age of publishing
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@gideonspanier, Press Gazette and London Evening Standard
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Tibetan Writer Says Invitation to U.S. Embassy Preceded House Arrest — Chinese security officers placed Tsering Woeser, the prominent Tibetan writer and advocate who lives in Beijing, and her husband under house arrest after Ms. Woeser received a call inviting her to the United States Embassy …
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Megha Rajagopalan / Reuters:
China tightens state secrets rules for journalists
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Grace Huang / Bloomberg:
Disney Halts On-Demand Movie Sales on ITunes in Japan — Walt Disney Co. (DIS), the world's largest entertainment company, halted on-demand sales of new movies through Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s online store in Japan after the two companies couldn't reach a final agreement on sales.
Jack Shafer:
Al Jazeera America is spending millions in the US but viewers respond with a shrug — What's more rare — a unicorn or an Al Jazeera America viewer? — Al Jazeera America draws such a teensy audience — 15,000 on average during prime time, according to Nielsen — that if you dropped …
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TVNewser, Associated Press, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, @bgrueskin and Deadline.com
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Dean Baquet's first digital initiative: adding editors — The New York Times is adding deputy-level editors assigned to increase the volume and quality of its digital product. They'll sit in each of the paper's major editorial departments, executive editor Dean Baquet announced in a staff memo obtained by Capital.
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Poynter, Politico, @kateaurthur, @kateaurthur, @damiencave, @lpolgreen, @buzzfeedben, @jswatz, @katierogers, @lexinyt, @lexinyt, @stevebuttry, @ceodonovan and @loriamontgomery
Bharatha Mallawarachi / Associated Press:
Sri Lanka bans NGO news conferences, releases — COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has banned civil activist groups from holding news conferences and training for journalists, with the organizations rejecting the move as unconstitutional. J.C. Weliamuna, a lawyer from the Civil Society Collective …
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Business Standard, NDTV News, ucanews.com, The Hindu, NIDAHASA, Al Jazeera English, @stansteam2 and @eleanorbloom
Aarti Shahani / NPR:
In Google's World Cup newsroom experiment it avoids negative headlines, offers news-on-demand — In Google Newsroom, Brazil Defeat Is Not A Headline … If you do a Google search on the World Cup game in which Germany slaughtered Brazil 7-1, the top results will say things like “destroy,” “defeat,” and “humiliate.”
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Adam Sherwin / The Independent:
Google tells popular music website to censor album cover art in ‘sexually explicit content’ ban — A leading music website has censored album covers by artists including Sigur Rós and Lambchop after they fell foul of a Google ban on “sexually explicit content”.
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The Drum, New Zealand Herald, @seaninsound, @helienne, @tomdefeat, @robhastings, @independent and @alannamcardle_
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Former BBC head Chris Patten to lead committee advising Pope Francis on media strategy — Britain's Patten to lead Vatican communications re-vamp drive — (Reuters) - Former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten will head a committee to advise Pope Francis on how to re-vamp and modernize …
Matt Medved / Billboard:
The Monstercat Label Model: From YouTube Channel to One Million Record Sales — Monstercat CEO and founder Mike Darlington never intended to make a record label. — “People don't need record labels anymore,” he says. “Artists can do everything on their own.
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