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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Times Journalist Injured in Iraqi Kurd Helicopter Crash — ERBIL, Iraq — A helicopter of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous government carrying aid to stranded Yazidi refugees in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq crashed on Tuesday, killing the pilot and wounding other passengers including …
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Politico, FishbowlNY, @nycscribe, @jayrosen_nyu and Mashable
Felix Salmon / Medium:
Don't compare BuzzFeed's valuation to newspapers'; compare it to agencies, reaching young, mobile, social audiences — Normally, when some big deal is announced in the business world, a rah-rah press release goes out and then smart journalists start explaining what's really going on.
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@profjeffjarvis, @pkafka, @nxthompson, @felixsalmon, @riceid, @mathewi, @mims, @lpolgreen, @espiers, @mattzeitlin, @riceid, @jhweissmann, @cdixon, @dkthomp, @gaberivera, Tubefilter and The Hill
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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
With $50 million, BuzzFeed growth calls for sharper lines between news and the other stuff — The New York Times' Mike Isaac was the first to report late Sunday night that BuzzFeed had raised $50 million in new venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz. … The story was followed by a chorus of blog posts and press releases.
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
Jonah Peretti, Ze Frank, and Jonathan Perelman talk about vision for BuzzFeed Motion Pictures
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@geoffgolberg, @geoffgolberg and @erickschonfeld
Joel Mathis / Philadelphia Magazine:
The Long Fall of Philly Newspapers — Oh, what an ugly difference a dozen years can make. — At the beginning of the 21st century, the newspaper business was a happy one, fed by fat profit margins and a lack of competition in most cities. Philadelphia was no different: Yes …
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Nieman Journalism Lab, @abeaujon, @pkerkstra, @phillymag, @steveouting, @robcurley, @wendywarren and @ckrewson
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Journalists Face Tear Gas, Police Threats While Covering Protests Against Killing Of Michael Brown — Journalists encountered a threatening response from police as they tried to cover the protests in Ferguson, the Missouri town that has been upended by the police killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager.
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Poynter, msnbc.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, @dunndunndunn, @pdpj, @brianhaas, @mattdpearce and @micchiato
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James Poniewozik / TIME:
Hashtag activism after a fatal police shooting serves as grassroots media criticism — IfTheyGunnedMeDown and What Hashtag Activism Does Right — Social media protests have their limits, but one thing they're very, very good at is grassroots media criticism. — The injury, a deadly one, came first.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Standalone Tribune Publishing Q2 earnings: $15.2M net income; ad revenue down, circ revenue up — Standalone Tribune Publishing reports an earnings slide — Tribune Publishing began life as a standalone newspaper company with a dip in earnings and revenues for the second quarter of 2014.
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Variety, Talking New Media and Business Wire
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Sun crime reporter Anthony France to face trial for conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office — The Crown Prosecution Service today announced that Sun crime reporter Anthony France is to be charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.
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Latest News & Headlines, BBC, Press Association and @fleetstreetfox
The Intercept:
NPR covers claim that terrorists changed tactics post-Snowden, fails to note source's CIA ties — NPR Is Laundering CIA Talking Points to Make You Scared of NSA Reporting — The new headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) on North Capitol Street in Washington (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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@antderosa and @jasonabbruzzese
Associated Press:
Turkish journalist killed in Iraq during clashes — ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A journalists' rights group says a Turkish journalist has been killed in Iraq during clashes between Islamic militants and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and has demanded an investigation into the circumstances of her death.
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rudaw.net, @iwmf, Reporters Without Borders and Committee to Protect …
Ben Livesey / Bloomberg:
Pandora Climbs After Report Says It Could Be a Target — Pandora Media Inc. (P), the biggest internet radio service, rose after a report said the company could attract buyout interest. — Shares of the Oakland-based company gained 4.2 percent to $26.38 at the close in New York …
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AllAccess.com and Benzinga
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Tribune Media Q2 earnings: $82.9M, with growth in retransmission fee revenue — Tribune Media Second-Quarter Earnings Rise — CEO Peter Liguori touts retransmission fee increases and upcoming political advertising opportunities — Tribune Media Co. on Tuesday reported improved second-quarter earnings …
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Wall Street Journal
Jezebel:
Jezebel staff accuse Gawker of not dealing with trolls posting violent porn images in comments — We Have a Rape Gif Problem and Gawker Media Won't Do Anything About It — Working at Gawker Media is a dream job for many of the women on staff here at Jezebel.
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@joeljohnson, BuzzFeed, Nieman Journalism Lab, @xeni, The Huffington Post, Digiday, @rukmini_shrini, @glassresistor, @cormier_ht, @jessieflux, Washington Post, @jeffjohnroberts, @nixie, @tieguy, @juliachanb, The Wrap, @melissastetten, @emilyslist, Mashable, @kashhill, @jennpozner, PandoDaily, @glennf, @americasbaby1, @jessicacoen, @zimman223, @kateharding, Capital New York, @allisonkilkenny, FishbowlNY, @monikabauerlein, @susanarendt, @chsommers, @ericmjohnson, Business Insider, @nathanjurgenson, @michellesnarks, @boyreporter, @taramurtha, @ronhogan, Talking Points Memo, @csoghoian, @adrianchen, @codinghorror, @digg, @ishaaran, @abeaujon, @justinnxt, @nbj914, @mzhemingway, @codybrown, @sarahjeong, @rgay, @cl_kitchens and @morisy
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Jezebel staffers wanted to 'light a fire under management's collective ass'
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Gigaom, The New York Observer, Mediaite and @mathewi
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