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Twitter Won't Suspend NY Post And Daily News For Posting Grisly James Foley Covers — When the news of James Foley's beheading by jihadist group ISIS started to make headlines yesterday, there seemed to be a common plea: Don't tweet graphic images from the video showing the American photojournalist's gruesome death.
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Twitter To Suspend Accounts Of Anyone Tweeting Graphic Images Of Photojournalist's Alleged Execution — A video emerged last night appearing to show photojournalist James Foley being beheaded by a member of ISIS. — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced in a tweet on Wednesday morning …
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UK warns that viewing, downloading or sharing Foley video may be a crime under terrorism legislation — Police warn sharing James Foley killing video is a crime — Met says passing on clip of Isis militant murdering US journalist on social media could lead to proseution under anti-terror laws
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White House Knew of Recent ISIS Threat to Kill US Journalist — ISIS had recently threatened to kill U.S. journalist James Foley to avenge airstrikes the United States has conducted in Iraq, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. — The White House had been aware of the threat prior …
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James Foley and the daily horrors of the internet: think hard before clicking — Outcry over footage of Foley's apparent beheading raises difficult questions about editorial ethics - and our own choices — With depressing frequency in this summer of diverse horrors, we hear tales …
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AP CEO: Foley murder a war crime
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Questions mount over how Jim Foley, believed to be held by Assad, was captured by ISIS

A message from Jim's mom, Diane Foley
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NYT will comply with Afghanistan's order for correspondent Matthew Rosenberg to leave country — NYT's Rosenberg expelled from Afghanistan — The New York Times will comply with an order from the Afghan attorney general's office ordering correspondent Matthew Rosenberg to leave the country …
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New York Times Reporter Ordered to Leave Afghanistan Over Election Story — New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg is in big trouble: A story he wrote covers some not-so-flattering aspects of recent Afghan elections. Yesterday, news broke that he was being barred from leaving the country …

Al Jazeera America's problem: it's a cable operation built for a pre-digital age — Al Jazeera America struggles to get off the margins — A quality-first strategy faces huge hurdles — When Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based cable news giant rolled out its massive new American affiliate one year ago …
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Al Jazeera Says Al Gore's Claims of Fraud Are ‘Blatantly False’
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Barnes & Noble and Samsung officially launch the $179 ‘Galaxy Tab 4 Nook’ — Barnes & Noble and Samsung today unveiled a new Nook-branded tablet at a press event in New York. The $179, 7-inch “Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook” is available today. — Speaking on stage at the event …
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Medium plans to launch its digital magazine for music next month, edited by Jonathan Shecter, co-founder of The Source — Next Up on Medium's List: A Music Magazine — Medium, the startup led by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, is preparing its next foray into Web publishing: A digital magazine dedicated to stories about music.
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News Corp Australia leaked accounts show 1,000 jobs cut across mastheads — Major leak of confidential operating accounts reveal extent of losses with the Australian losing about $30m a year — The financial health of News Corp Australia's newspapers has been laid bare by a leak …
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NowThis bypasses websites, uses others' apps to publish news, including headlines in Snapchat — The Weird Near Future of News — NowThisNews was started a couple years ago as a “brand new video network built from scratch for people who get their news on mobile devices and through social streams.”
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Newspapers Canada reveals proposal for a national press council — Newspapers Canada is soliciting feedback from its members on a proposal for a national press council to be launched in 2015. — The proposed council would hear unresolved complaints about the adherence to standards …

Police officer who pointed gun, threatened protesters on video is relieved of duty in Ferguson — Police officer suspended for pointing rifle at protesters, threatening them — A police officer who pointed an assault rifle at people in Ferguson on Tuesday night and threatened to kill …
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