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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times retires managing editor title, promotes four to deputy executive editor — New York Times Promotes Editors, in Change of Leadership Structure — The executive editor of The New York Times announced broad changes to the newspaper's leadership Wednesday …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports — White House press-pool reports are supposed to be the news media's eyes and ears on the president, an independent chronicle of his public activities. They are written by reporters for other reporters …
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Washington Post announces cuts to employees' retirement benefits — The Washington Post announced large cuts in retirement benefits on Tuesday, declaring that it would eliminate future retirement medical benefits and freeze defined-benefit pensions for nonunion employees.
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Diversity, Strong Editing and Moving Forward from the Shonda Rhimes Furor — In more than two years as public editor at The Times, I've encountered very few subjects that have aroused as much passion and reaction as an Arts & Leisure article about the TV producer Shonda Rhimes and the stereotype of the …
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Pew Research Center:
How social media is reshaping news — The ever-growing digital native news world now boasts about 5,000 digital news sector jobs, according to our recent calculations, 3,000 of which are at 30 big digital-only news outlets. Many of these digital organizations emphasize the importance …
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@journalism2ls, @mickcote, @sarakgoo, @niemanlab and @pewinternet
Sherif Mansour / Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ joins call for Rouhani to improve press freedom and human rights in Iran — The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 25 human rights and civil society groups today in signing an open letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is due to address the United Nations General Assembly …
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Iranian President Says He Can't Do Anything To Free Detained Reporter
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The Independent:
Trinity Mirror ‘could face hundreds of claims’ from phone hacking victims — Trinity Mirror is facing potentially hundreds of claims from victims of phone hacking after the publisher admitted that some of its journalists were involved in the illegal practice.
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Rob Brunner / Fast Company:
Anthony Bourdain Has Become The Future Of Cable News, And He Couldn't Care Less — “Ready to eat well?” asks Anthony Bourdain. The chef turned TV star is leading the way toward a pair of narrow seats at the New York outpost of a Michelin-rated Tokyo yakitori joint called Tori Shin …
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
The secret to BuzzFeed's video success: Data — BuzzFeed Motion Pictures wants to be your best friend. — And by all accounts, it's well on its way: Like the rest of BuzzFeed, the 40-person video department has centered the majority of its content around a cheerful, upbeat tone …
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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen's mobile ratings debut Monday without Comcast and other cable and satellite operators — Qualms Set In on Mobile-TV Ratings — Industry Shows Reluctance on Lumping Together Different Audiences — There is a whodunit dominating television as the fall season gets under way.
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sirius XM found liable for copyright infringement for failing to pay royalties on pre-1972 recordings — Sirius XM Loses Lawsuit on Royalties for Oldies — In a case that could have wide implications for the digital music business, a federal judge in California ruled on Monday that Sirius XM …
Matt Galligan / Medium:
Circa adds a search function and launches Wire, a personalized news briefing — Introducing Circa News 3 — Before Circa News first launched in late 2012 we had a conversation with one of our investors Scott Belsky about some inspiration for what we thought Circa could be:
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Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers are sending less data to Facebook, as it increases user tracking for advertising — Websites Are Wary of Facebook Tracking Software — Some Businesses Block Sharing of Data, Fearing Social Network's Increased Clout — Online retailers and publishers are pushing …
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Time Warner focuses on its growth strategy for HBO — HBO typically needs a wheelbarrow to haul all of the trophies it collects during awards season. — Top-tier Hollywood producers, directors and stars, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh and Matthew McConaughey …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Forbes Drops Contributor for Column on ‘Drunk Female Students’ and Frats — Forbes magazine has dumped contributor Bill Frezza after a controversial column he wrote about how drunk female students are a threat to fraternities all over the country. — Frezza contended that fraternities simply …
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Rob Davis / Oregonian:
Forest Service says media needs photography permit in wilderness areas, alarming First Amendment advocates — First Amendment advocates are alarmed by a U.S. Forest Service policy requiring journalists to get a permit to shoot videos in federal wilderness areas including those on Mount Hood.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard writer and Fox News contributor, makes DHS Terrorist Watchlist — Stephen Hayes, a senior writer at The Weekly Standard and a regular Fox News contributor, was informed Tuesday that he had been placed on the Department of Homeland Security's Terrorist Watchlist.
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Techdirt, Business Insider, Washington Times, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and FishbowlDC
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Through The Wire: What happened with The Atlantic's experiment in aggregation? — Almost a year ago The Wire dropped an important signifier from its name. The decision to drop the “Atlantic” was about letting the news and entertainment aggregator live on its own outside the parent company.
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@ceodonovan
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Middle East has appetite for high quality news - and online video — There is a strong appetite in the Middle East for high-quality news content and a desire to see trustworthy reporting from a range of different perspectives, according to a new survey conducted for the Associated Press (AP).
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Associated Press, THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE, Advanced Television and Zawya
Cyril Julien / Agence France-Presse:
Iran photographer pays price for artistic freedom — 2 hrs ago — Tehran (AFP) - Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian was over the moon when she won a 50,000-euro prize from a French foundation. She never imagined she would lose it to “censorship” by her own benefactors. — “I am very sad, disappointed.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Knight Foundation announces new journalism division — The Knight Foundation will split its journalism and media innovation division into two separate teams, adding a vice president for journalism, the nonprofit announced Wednesday. — Under the new structure, the media innovation division …
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