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8:00 AM ET, September 8, 2014

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Jason Deans / Guardian:
Victims of press intrusion brand new regulator Ipso a sham  —  Parents of Milly Dowler and Madeleine McCann among signatories of letter attacking publishers for rejecting Leveson  —  Madeleine McCann's parents Kate and Gerry were among 30 victims of press intrusion who signed the letter.
David Carr / New York Times:
With Videos of Killings, ISIS Sends Medieval Message by Modern Method  —  The ostensible purpose of the recent videos that show the beheadings of two American journalists by Islamic militants is to deter attacks — your missiles on our positions will beget our knives on Western hostages — but the true aim is to spread dread and terror.
Discussion: @carr2n, @ddknyt and @pkafka
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Chuck Todd's ‘Meet the Press’ debut: A straight-talking work in progress  —  There was no revolution Sunday as Chuck Todd debuted as host of “Meet the Press,” NBC's venerable, venerated and vulnerable talk show.  Little about Todd's first hour redefined Sunday talk-showing as we know it.
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why California's smartphone ‘kill switch’ law should concern journalists  —  An antitheft measure creates the risk that the government could interfere with newsgathering  —  Imagine this.  —  You're a journalist covering a street protest, and the local police chief doesn't like the photos you're tweeting from your iPhone.
Discussion: @jonathanwpeters
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Reddit Just Banned The Subreddit Where People Were Posting The Celebrity Nude Images  —  The page that served as a centralized hub of leaked celebrity nude photos has finally been banned from Reddit.  —  Reddit said in a statement that the site “deplore[s] the theft of these images” …
Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:
The Information announces two hires, including WSJ media reporter Martin Peers as columnist  —  Welcome Martin Peers and Stephen Nellis!  —  I am delighted to announce that Martin Peers, a longtime Wall Street Journal media reporter and editor, is joining The Information as a columnist.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico Executive Editor Rick Berke Resigns Over Newsroom Strategy Differences  —  NEW YORK — Politico executive editor Rick Berke resigned Sunday, writing in a staff memo that he disagreed with co-founders John Harris and Jim VandeHei over strategy for running the Washington news organization.
Todd VanDerWerff / Vox:
#GamerGate explained: why the gaming world is fighting about the treatment of women and game journalism ethics  —  GamerGate: Here's why everybody in the video game world is fighting  —  Over the past several weeks, the online video game community has become ground zero for a series …
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Raycom-DirecTV Standoff Ends With Deal; Service Restored For 43 Stations  —  Just in time for today's season-opening NFL games, Raycom Media and DirecTV settled their fee dispute with a new deal that puts 43 broadcast stations back on the satcaster's service.  The two sides did not disclose terms of the deal.
Discussion: DIRECTV and WSFA-TV
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Inside Storyful's revamped newswire service  —  The social newswire recently relaunched its dashboard aimed at helping journalists discover multimedia, stories, updates and tweets around news  — Read more  —  Other top stories  —  Also on Journalism.co.uk...
Discussion: @malachybrowne and @niemanlab
 
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Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
News aggregator Blendle incorporates every major newspaper in Holland, reaches 100K users
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Strategy Analytics study of 6k TV viewers finds only 18% watch TV and Twitter simultaneously
Mike Allen / Politico:
Benny Johnson, former BuzzFeed editor fired for plagiarism, gets hired as National Review's social media director
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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