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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.
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James Doleman / The Drum:
Questions remain over new press regulator IPSO as it launches — Today (8 September) sees the launch of a new regulator for the press as the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) replaces the Press Complaints Commission (PCC). — Why IPSO? — The PCC, which was set up in 1990 …
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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.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Bloomberg News Stands Out With Editorial Policy to Not Report on Itself — On the Forbes list of the world's billionaires, Michael R. Bloomberg appears at No. 15, with a net worth of $33.6 billion. But on his own company's ranking, the Bloomberg Billionaires index, he appears nowhere.
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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.
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New York Times, The New York Observer, @mvpeers and Talking Biz News
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.
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New York Times, Washington Post, The New York Observer, Talking Points Memo, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone and @mlcalderone
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Twitter Announces Its First Commerce Product — A “Buy” Button On Mobile — After months of reports and rumors, Twitter is announcing its first commerce product. — The company first signaled its interest in this area last year, when it hired former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard to lead its commerce team.
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Flipboard Buys Photo and Video App Ultravisual, as It Preps for New Fall Products — Flipboard has purchased Ultravisual, a small Brooklyn-based app maker that offers elegant photo and video creation and collaboration software for Apple's iPhone iOS. — Terms of the deal for the seven-person company …
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TechCrunch
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.
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New York Times, NBC News, Guardian, The Huffington Post, @buzzfeedben, @carlquintanilla, @roigfranzia and Christian Science Monitor
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
American Reader to drop its web content and focus on print — One of the consequences of the print industry's downward slide over the past several years has been the trend of newspapers and magazines going “digital-only”—ditching costly paper products, with their diminished circulation …
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.
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@jonathanwpeters
Al Jazeera PR:
Al Jazeera Arabic retracts an article suggesting that beheadings of US journalists were staged — Statement: Al Jazeera Arabic retracts US journalists article — Al Jazeera Arabic, the sister channel of Al Jazeera English, has retracted an article from its website which suggested …
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@jenanmoussa, @moneyries, @chrismdwyer, @mlcalderone, @patrickosgood and The Huffington Post
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