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3:25 PM ET, August 24, 2014

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Al Jazeera:
Peter Theo Curtis, US journalist kidnapped in 2012, freed in Syria after Qatari mediation  —  Kidnapped US journalist freed in Syria  —  Peter Theo Curtis' release comes just days after the beheading of US journalist James Foley by the Islamic State group.
Fox News:
US, UK eye rapper as British-born militant who beheaded journalist James Foley  —  American and British intelligence officials are eyeing a British-born rapper as the militant who beheaded journalist James Foley.  —  A senior Western intelligence official told Fox News that 23-year-old …
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The case for a social media standard on sensitive content
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and VICE News
David Weigel / Slate:
Politico says Vox isn't living up to the hype, as Vox traffic grows to pass Politico  —  Here's What You Need to Know About Politico's Coverage of Vox, in Two Charts  —  Politico's media reporter Dylan Byers is out with a strange piece describing how “many journalists and news executives find themselves …
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Why journalists from NYT and BuzzFeed published raw data from Ferguson reporting on GitHub  —  Thoughts on recent dataset postings from BuzzFeed and the New York Times  —  Thoughts on recent dataset postings from BuzzFeed and the New York Times  —  Last Friday, the New York Times published …
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Nikki Finke Goes Silent in Reported Legal Dispute With Penske Media  —  The Hollywood journalist Nikki Finke has stopped writing about the movie industry while she and a former employer, Penske Media Corporation, try to reach a legal settlement, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Javier Garza / Mediashift:
At-Risk Journalists Need More Than Words from the UN for Protection  —  The delegates, journalists and observers gathered at the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council were focused on a noble purpose: promoting freedom of the press and the security of journalists worldwide.
Discussion: @pbsmediashift
Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Researchers created fake social network to access & understand China's internet censor systems  —  Researchers Made a Fake Social Network to Infiltrate China's Internet Censors  —  It's no secret that China has been censoring and controlling the information its citizens can send and receive, especially on the internet.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Now Piloting CPM Ads With Select Amazon Associates Publishers  —  Amazon has launched a display ad network, in the form of Amazon CPM ads, to members of its online affiliates program, Amazon Associates.  Select members of the program have recently been invited to test the new advertising option …
Dan Nosowitz / Fast Company:
The Look Of Funny: How The Onion's Art Department Works  —  The absurd scenes and photos that look like bad stock art?  They're all designed from scratch.  Here's why.  —  An Onion article titled “New Law Enforcement Robot Can Wield Excessive Force Of 5 Human Officers” …
John Plunkett / Guardian:
British TV industry at risk from US tech and media giants, says Channel 4 chief  —  David Abraham says creativity will be sacrificed for profit as US companies buy up British broadcasters and producers  —  The chief executive of Channel 4 has warned that large parts of the British television industry …
Joe Konrath / A Newbie's Guide to Publishing:
To resolve dispute with publishers, Amazon should stop discounting print books  —  Amazon vs. Hachette  —  I had a thought.  —  Right now, publishers want Amazon to discount paper books, but they don't want Amazon to discount ebooks.  —  There is a very easy fix that will force publishers to lower their prices.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Guardian and St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial pages are teaming up for Ferguson coverage  —  It started, like so many things now do, with a tweet.  On August 12, three days after Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. and just as the protests there were beginning …
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