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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Journalism is doing just fine, thanks — it's mass-media business models that are ailing — Some argue that the rise of the internet has destroyed — or severely crippled — journalism, but all it has really done is disrupted traditional mass-media business models.
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Andrew Leonard / Salon:
Sorry, everyone: The future of journalism is still up in the air
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Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Paying ransom for kidnapped journalists is not a crime, and calling them reckless blames the victims — When Journalists Go Missing — In 2003, when the United States invaded Iraq, I was working as a senior editor at the Washington Post. Our owner and publisher—Don Graham and Bo Jones …
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Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
Netflix, again, can't win any major Emmy awards. What's going on? — For the second year in a row, Netflix racked up nominations and buzz at the Emmy Awards — and went home nearly empty-handed. While the online streaming behemoth got all the chatter leading up to Monday night's ceremony …
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Kirsten Acuna / Business Insider:
Netflix Was Completely Shut Out At The Emmys
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Associated Press:
Journalist Peter Theo Curtis, held hostage in Syria for 22 months, arrives in US — Journalist held captive in Syria arrives in US … BOSTON (AP) — Journalist Peter Theo Curtis returned home to the United States on Tuesday, two days after being freed by a Syrian extremist group that held him hostage for 22 months, his family said.
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Sruthijith KK / Quartz:
Times of India demands ownership and passwords of staffers' company-related social accounts as well as disclosure of personal accounts — The Times of India just instituted a bizarre Twitter and Facebook policy — Hundreds of journalists working at the Times of India and its sister publications …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett Looks to Ignite the Return of the Giant Banner Ad — Over the past few years, the banner ad, in all its shapes and sizes, has been seriously out of vogue as online advertisers have taken great pains to create ads that are “native.” In-your-face ads are out as brands strive to blend in.
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Chris Ip / Columbia Journalism Review:
Pew: reluctance to share dissenting opinions online about news shows threat of self-censorship — News on social media suffers a ‘spiral of silence’: Pew study — If social media users think their followers don't share their opinion on the news, they are less likely to post those views …
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Michael Kozlowski / Good E-Reader:
Kobo Aura H20 e-reader review: waterproof, with 6.8-inch e-ink display, but no pinch and zoom, available October 1 for $179 — Full Review of the Kobo Aura H2O — Kobo has an obsession on what constitutes the perfect e-reading experience and they have been feverishly working towards this ideal.
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New York Times:
Uproar after editor of People's Daily Lin Zhibo appointed dean of the journalism school, at Lanzhou University, China — Appointment at Chinese Journalism School Highlights Growing Party Role — The following was translated and adapted by Amy Qin from an article by Damon Yi published in cn.nytimes.com …
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Mike Reynolds / Multichannel News:
Verizon FiOS Joins SEC Network Carriage Team — With Telco Deal, Cablevision Only Major Provider Not Yet In Huddle — As expected, Verizon FiOS has become the latest top distributor to join the SEC Network affiliate roster. — The telco has reached a carriage accord with ESPN …
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Verizon and PR Newswire
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
De Correspondent, Quartz, and Center for Investigative Reporting editors on the importance of newsroom titles — What's in a name? Three startups talk about the value of newsroom titles — The newsonomics of Gannett's “newsrooms of the future” — Gannett is right: Newsroom job titles do matter.
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Netflix pushes to block the Comcast-Time Warner merger, submitting a ‘Petition to Deny’ to the FCC — Netflix has made no secret of its opposition to the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger, previously calling it ‘anti-competitive’. Now, the streaming giant has officially lodged its concerns …
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Los Angeles Mayor: FCC Should Consider Dodgers Dispute in Comcast-TW Cable Merger Review
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