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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 …
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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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Journalists face restricted access at Clintons' event amid speculation of presidential run — At Clintons' Event, a Really Close Watch on Reporters — Charitable commitments have been made. Important topics like Ebola and elephant poaching have been discussed.
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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.
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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ReadWrite, @sarakgoo, @mickcote, @pewinternet, @niemanlab and @journalism2ls
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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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
ESPN Suspends Bill Simmons 3 Weeks for Goodell Rant — ESPN commentator and Grantland editor-in-chief Bill Simmons went off on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during his podcast Tuesday, lambasting the commissioner for claiming not to have known what the Ray Rice tape contained: … His reward?
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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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 …
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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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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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Iranwire, @cpjmena and Washington Post
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 …
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Our Bad Media:
Yes, The Indefensible Fareed Zakaria Also Plagiarized In His Fancy Liquor Columns For Slate — Yesterday, Slate Group editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg took a break from promoting iPhone pants to harrumph about our coverage of Fareed Zakaria's plagiarism. Weisberg, the head of a website …
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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.
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
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC's ‘Nightline’ Sees New Life After Midnight, Takes Aim at Vice Media Demo — Wee-hours TV can be pretty predictable. You've got umpteen reruns, a handful of old movies, a lot of direct-response ads and Craig Ferguson on CBS and Seth Meyers on NBC. Over at ABC, you never know what you're going to get.
Maggie Brown / Guardian:
The BBC's chief international correspondent on the human cost of the Syria and Gaza conflicts, and the dangers facing reporters — BBC's Lyse Doucet: ‘I realised there was a story to be told from the ground up’ — The BBC's chief international correspondent on the human cost of the Syria …
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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
CNNgo is the network's attempt to break the linear model for broadcast television. — It's 2014, and if you want to, you can watch cable news live on a mobile device from pretty much anywhere. It might well stream poorly, and you'll have a hard time figuring out how to log in to (or “authenticate") your account, but you can do it.
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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Wall Street Journal, VideoNuze Analysis, AdAge, PandoDaily and SocialTimes
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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Nieman Lab, Digiday, @path, @pedrotp, @digidave, The Next Web, @irregulara, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Capital New York, Laughing Squid, @mg and @circa
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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THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE, Associated Press, Zawya and Advanced Television
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 …
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.
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's Head of Digital Music and Video Is Leaving — Amazon.com 's head of digital music and video is leaving after a 15-year stint with the company. — Bill Carr, a 47-year-old vice president, announced his decision internally Tuesday. It was unclear whether Carr had another job lined up when he exits at the end of the year.
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