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12:05 AM ET, August 20, 2014

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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
ISIS Reportedly Beheads U.S. Journalist James Wright Foley on Camera  —  According to multiple reports, ISIS claims to have executed American freelance journalist James Wright Foley.  Politico's Blake Hounshell was one the first to report the news on Twitter, saying the militant Islamic group …
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Facebook:
A message from Jim's mom, Diane Foley  —  We have never been prouder of our son Jim.  He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people.  We implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages.  Like Jim, they are innocents.
Shane Harris / Foreign Policy:
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Condé Nast to Sell Fairchild Fashion Media for $100 Million  —  Condé Nast announced on Tuesday the sale of Fairchild Fashion Media, a group of trade publications including Women's Wear Daily and Footwear News, to Penske Media.  The sale price was about $100 million, according to a person briefed on the deal.
Our Bad Media:
Team who discovered BuzzFeed editor's plagiarism reveal Fareed Zakaria as serial plagiarist  —  Did CNN, The Washington Post, and TIME Actually Check Fareed Zakaria's Work For Plagiarism?  —  WHEN AN “ISOLATED” INCIDENT ISN'T  —  Following our reports on Benny Johnson and plagiarism last month …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Fareed Zakaria responds to plagiarism charges  —  On Tuesday, two anonymous Twitter users — @blippoblappo & @crushingbort — published a report citing 12 instances in which the journalist Fareed Zakaria appeared to have lifted passages wholesale from other authors.
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
After new plagiarism allegations, Time magazine will review Zakaria's work again
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ condemns ongoing harassment, arrests of reporters in Ferguson
Discussion: Medium and Washington Post
John Cook / The Intercept:
Ryan Devereaux released, hit with beanbags by police, not rubber bullets; was arrested, not just detained
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Digital First puts 51 newspaper buildings on the market  —  Digital First Media has listed 51 newspaper buildings for sale, according to a press release from the real estate firm Twenty Lake Holdings.  —  The properties are “for sale across seven states including California, Connecticut …
Discussion: @lparsons69 and @abeaujon
Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:
Netflix is now paying Time Warner Cable for direct access and faster streams  —  Netflix, the online streaming giant, has signed a paid peering deal with Time Warner Cable, meaning that it now has deals with the four biggest U.S. ISPs.  —  Time Warner Cable signed a direct interconnection deal with Netflix …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
YouTube Music Key aims to beat competition by including songs exclusive to YouTube  —  YouTube Music's Secret Weapon: Music You Can't Get Anywhere Else  —  You Tube has already said, on the record, that it is launching a music subscription service.  And YouTube has explained, on the record …
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Liam Spradlin / Android Police:
Google to launch “YouTube Music Key”, $10/month, ad-free service with offline support
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
How Taboola and Outbrain are battling a bad reputation... and each other  —  Outbrain and Taboola's founders set out to make the Internet a better place.  So why does everyone seem to hate their products?  Outbrain is Yaron Galai's fourth company, but it's the one he wanted to build all along.
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
Editing to be diminished under Gannett's new model, as staff compete for fewer jobs  —  Gannett cribs from Advance Publications playbook for struggling newspapers  —  Staff compete for fewer jobs; ‘readers become the assignment editor’  —  Gannett's latest Great Leap Forward will go …
 
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Newsweek, resurrected in print, now turns to the web
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The 60-second interview: Reto Gregori, deputy editor in chief, Bloomberg News
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Al Jazeera Says Al Gore's Claims of Fraud Are ‘Blatantly False’
Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat working on integrating video, news and ads, with new service Snapchat Discovery
Discussion: Gigaom
Clay Shirky / Medium:
With the age of print coming to an end, journalists must prepare for digital-age roles
 Earlier Picks: 
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Layoffs to hit CNN and other Turner properties as part of corporate restructuring
Discussion: @alexweprin
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fox Sports partners with YouTube's LA space to produce daily web-video series
Discussion: mUmBRELLA
Jason Hughes / The Wrap:
CNN's Don Lemon and Jake Tapper Flee Tear Gas in Ferguson (Video)
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku's First Streaming-Video TVs Ready to Hit U.S. Market