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WikiLeaks:
WikiLeaks releases copies of FinFisher malware governments reportedly use to spy on media — SpyFiles 4 — Today, 15 September 2014, WikiLeaks releases previously unseen copies of weaponised German surveillance malware used by intelligence agencies around the world to spy on journalists, political dissidents and others.
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
In Latest Volley Against Amazon, Hachette's Writers Target Its Board — Amazon is at war with Hachette, and it sometimes seems as if it has always been that way. — As a negotiating tool in the battle, which is over the price of e-books, Amazon is discouraging its customers from buying the publisher's printed books.
David Chazan / Telegraph:
Netflix launches in France to hostile reception — The subscription-based video streaming service launches in France to frosty reception from local media although it is funding Gallic answer to its “House of Cards” series — The American video streaming service Netflix launches …
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Jim Romenesko:
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism proposes a $10,250 per year supplemental fee — Ed Wasserman, dean of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, says in a memo to the j-school community that “the amount students now pay does not reflect what their degrees cost to provide [and] …
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Poynter, @a_mendelson, @yoli_martinez and The Newspaper Guild
Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:
Gender has been an advantage for most of my career — My gender has been an undeniable advantage for most of my journalism career. — I think I deserved every job or promotion and I think I've performed well in each job. But I know that I got more breaks and opportunities than deserving female colleagues.
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Anna Griffin / Nieman Reports:
Why we need more female newsroom leaders
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Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
BuzzFeed Going Hollywood in a Big Way, Jonah Peretti explains — COLOGNE, Germany - BuzzFeed is quickly growing its video audience to some 400 million monthly views says Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO in this interview with Beet.TV. It has build a substantial Hollywood production center …
Thanks:@beet_tv
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Flipboard is testing fullscreen video ads; Jack Daniel's and Gucci amongst first advertisers — Flipboard Presses Play on Full-Page Video Ads — Flipboard's brand advertising playbook has culled not only from print magazines but now TV as well. The news-reading service …
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MediaPost, Re/code, dotRising, Mashable and The Next Web
David Carr / New York Times:
TMZ displays its power by exposing Ray Rice's attack, imperiling the NFL and its commissioner — In Ray Rice Scandal, TMZ Scores on a Fumble — The N.F.L., arguably the three most powerful letters in branding, bumped into three other letters — TMZ — and was thrown for a huge loss.
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Al Jazeera's digital news venture AJ+ launches with a dedicated iPhone app — Al Jazeera is officially unveiling AJ+ and the AJ+ iPhone app, which aims to bring news and context to people who don't watch news on TV anymore. — How can a traditional TV news organization cater to people …
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Journalism.co.uk, MediaPost, Talking New Media, The Next Web and Phys.org
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
TMZ's Harvey Levin to Kurtz: Fox Has Been ‘Spoon-fed’ Our Stories for Years — TMZ founder Harvey Levin didn't give an inch in an interview with MediaBuzz's Howard Kurtz Sunday morning, disputing characterizations of his website as a trashy tabloid and dismissing concerns that TMZ paid for videos as par for the course.
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Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
NPR Adds to Live Shows, With Almost 24 Planned — NPR, following the lead of other news and radio organizations, is widely expanding its live stage shows, with a slate of nearly two dozen events planned nationwide in the coming months. — The most ambitious of three “NPR Presents” series …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
German non-profit newsroom sharing all data and stories — A non-profit project launched in Germany to help small newsrooms with big investigations has published its first story in collaboration with a German weekly. CORRECT! V, which announced its first collaborations in July …
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