Mediagazer: ‘Nothing they could do to get Steve out’ — Yahoo News 1 hr ago (Michael Isikoff/Latest News & Headlines)

3:40 AM ET, September 15, 2014

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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:

White House: We 'Didn't Threaten' Families Of Slain U.S. Journalists With Prosecution — WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on Sunday pushed back on claims that the Obama administration threatened prosecution against the families of two American journalists brutally murdered …

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Michael Isikoff / Latest News & Headlines:
‘Nothing they could do to get Steve out’ — Yahoo News 1 hr ago

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Scott Butterworth / Washington Post:

The end of the iPod: Goodbye to the little box that changed everything — It came in with a simple promise, a hefty price tag and a man with something white sticking in his ears bopping around his apartment. Soon, it would transform music as we know it, inspire a business model built around pocket change …

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple Users Download Free U2 Album Two Million Times

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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:

German non-profit newsroom sharing all data and stories — CORRECT! V was set up to work on data-centric investigative journalism and share its projects with national and local media — Credit: By Julo (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons — A non-profit project launched …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

Anna Griffin / Nieman Reports:

Why we need more female newsroom leaders — At a time when women head fewer major U.S. newspapers than they did 10 years ago, there is a place where women run not only some of the nation's leading papers but the major public TV station and private TV and radio stations, too.

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Obama met with over a dozen top columnists and magazine writers before his ISIS war speech — Obama Met Privately With Top Journalists Before ISIS War Speech — NEW YORK — President Barack Obama met with over a dozen prominent columnists and magazine writers Wednesday afternoon …

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Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at how a pan-European outlet might fit into the continent's news landscape, as Politico branches out — A look at how a pan-European outlet might fit into the continent's news landscape, as Politico branches out — As of Tuesday, it's official: Following some early predictions …

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Facebook's Top Content Cop on Censorship and Safety (Q&A) — On the morning of August 20, Monika Bickert, the head of global policy for Facebook, was alerted to a video showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley. It was 3:54 am, and Bickert leapt into action.

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

Britannica shifts its online-only encyclopedia toward a free, advertising-supported model — Encyclopaedia Britannica sees digital growth, aims to draw new users — Chicago-based Encyclopaedia Britannica, which shelved its venerable print edition in favor of a digital-only version …

Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:

New California Law Bans Companies from Punishing Negative Online Reviewers — Companies could be slapped with thousands of dollars in fines for trying to punish a consumer for writing a negative online review under a new Yelper-friendly law enacted in California.

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable:

Russian social network VKontakte starts shutting down accounts that promote ISIS — Russia's ‘Facebook’ Cracking Down on ISIS Accounts — The Islamic State may soon be running out of social networks — When Twitter ramped up its crackdown on several accounts in the wake of the brutal beheading …

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