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Washington Post:
U.S. staged secret Syria operation in failed bid to rescue Foley, other journalists, hostages — U.S. staged secret operation into Syria in failed bid to rescue Americans — On Wednesday, President Obama spoke at a news conference in Martha's Vineyard about American journalist James Foley …
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James Ball / Guardian:
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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Jack Shafer, Guardian, Gigaom, Digital Life, @dankennedy_nu, @chionwurah, PandoDaily, @mlbrook, @losowsky, @millie, @hazelpress, @moorehn, Mediaite, Business Insider, @samirashackle and The Huffington Post
Caroline Moss / Business Insider:
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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New York Times, ABC News, Politico, BBC, @alirosa, @hunterw, @sarahw, @neetzan and @socarolinesays
Siraj Datoo / BuzzFeed:
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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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
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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@dangillmor, @vaultsan and @joshhalliday
RT:
Obama condemns killing of photojournalist James Foley
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New York Times, The Wrap, Business Insider, Poynter, Capital New York, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, The Wire, Washington Post, US News and Hot Air
Michael B Kelley / Business Insider:
Questions mount over how Jim Foley, believed to be held by Assad, was captured by ISIS
Facebook:
A message from Jim's mom, Diane Foley
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GlobalPost, CNN, The Wrap, Washington Post, Committee to Protect …, Business Insider, Hollywood Life, @digiphile, Gawker, Syria Deeply, @pressfreedom, @tomrisen, @ap_ken_thomas, Guardian, USA Today, NationalJournal.com, FishbowlNY, @ke11yfoley, The Huffington Post, @postbaron, Hot Air, WAVE-TV, New York Magazine, @uofnh, Politico, Associated Press, The FJP, @ivadixit, @bklynmiddleton, TheBlaze.com, Foreign Policy, @sherylhugg, @jecon, @monicagprieto, @nycjim, The Week, BBC, @bethanyheitman, @yahoonews and TechCrunch
Hadas Gold / Politico:
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, FishbowlNY and RT
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Katie Zavadski / New York Magazine:
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 …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
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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PandoDaily, @mattdennewitz and @olli101
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
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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Gigaom, Media & Entertainment, Forbes, ZDNet, Softpedia News, Publishers Weekly, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint and GalleyCat
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Startup that places women in tech jobs plans journalism vertical — News organizations have one great advantage over tech companies, Katharine Zaleski says: They're used to people working remotely. “For years now, decades, newsrooms have been set up where someone can work remotely because of the bureau system,” she said.
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@weinbergrrrrr, @kalanigordon, @poynter, @jen_mcfadden and @powerstofly
Steve Cavendish / News, Nashville Scene:
The Tennessean's ‘newsroom of the future’ means cuts, turmoil and rock-bottom morale at present — Future Shock — Chas Sisk had had enough. — The Tennessean had just fired Sisk and the entire staff of the paper the day before and asked them to reapply for their jobs.
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Amanda Meade / Guardian:
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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Crikey, Sydney Morning Herald, Crikey, mUmBRELLA, Crikey, @chrismurphys, @ivorytowerjourn and @peterjhinton
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