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12:55 PM ET, September 25, 2014

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Richard Deitsch / Sports Illustrated:
Top ESPN executives were involved in Simmons suspension from all platforms, including podcast, Facebook and Twitter  —  ESPN suspends Bill Simmons for criticism of Roger Goodell  —  One of the most popular figures in sports media dared ESPN management to take him to task for his comments …
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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?
Rachel Whetstone / Google Europe Blog:
Google responds to News Corp's claim that it is a platform for piracy  —  Dear Rupert  —  Last week, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp sent an open letter to the European Commission complaining about Google.  We wanted to share our perspective so you can judge the arguments on their merits.  —  News Corp:
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
New York Times Magazine prepares for 2015 redesign, replacing One-Page Magazine and Who Made That features  —  ‘Cleaning up’ at The New York Times Magazine  —  The New York Times Magazine is gearing up for a big redesign in early 2015.  But editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein tells Capital …
Joan Lowy / Associated Press:
FAA Expected To Approve Drones For Moviemaking  —  2 photos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to announce Thursday that it is granting permits to seven movie and television production companies to fly drones, an important step toward greater use …
James Ball / Guardian:
The global news agenda is now regularly held hostage by small bands of loud but tech-savvy idiots.  We can do better than this  —  The global news agenda is now regularly held hostage by small bands of loud but tech-savvy idiots.  We can do better than this  —  The internet is eating itself.
John McDermott / Digiday:
How Facebook is courting publishers  —  Over the past year, Facebook has for many publishers supplanted Google as the most important driver of referral traffic.  —  Much of that is due to the various changes Facebook has made to its news feed to more prominently feature publishers' stories.
Discussion: @digiday and @raju
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
DirecTV Shareholders Approve $48.5 Billion Sale to AT&T  —  DirecTV (DTV) shareholders approved the $48.5 billion sale of the company to AT&T Inc. (T) today, with 77.8 percent voting in favor of the deal.  —  DirecTV announced the voting results at a shareholder meeting in New York …
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.
Joel Simon / The Huffington Post:
Threat to Independent Reporting in the U.S. Could Impact Global Standards  —  Joel Simon/CPJ Executive Director  —  With journalists around the world being killed, kidnapped, and murdered in record numbers, why is the Committee to Protect Journalists launching a campaign targeting U.S. government policies?
Discussion: Free Press Blog
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.
Discussion: @spopalzai
Michael Calia / Wall Street Journal:
Scholastic Posts Wider Loss on Higher Expenses  —  Sales of the ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Hunger Games’ Series Flagged as Results Miss Expectations  —  Scholastic Corp. said its loss widened as the “Hunger Games” and “Harry Potter” publisher posted tepid revenue growth and higher expenses.
Discussion: RTTNews
Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
Al Jazeera's newsgame sheds light on environmental crimes and investigative journalism practices  —  Why Al Jazeera has launched its first newsgame  —  The outlet's latest interactive web project sees gamers take the role of a journalist investigating the illegal fishing trade in Sierra Leone
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Mail Online plans to charge £65k for a single sponsored article  —  Mail Online has plans to charge brands £65,000 for a single sponsored article.  —  Former Buzzfeed number two Jon Steinberg, now in charge of the Mail Online US operation, made the revelation in an interview …
Discussion: Financial Times
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Daily Mail Australia and News Corp settle over plagiarism claim  —  News organisations reach confidential legal settlement three months after plagiarism row erupted  —  Daily Mail Australia and News Corp have reached a confidential legal settlement three months after Rupert Murdoch's Australian arm accused it of plagiarism.
 
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Luke O'Neil / Playboy:
We Can't Handle the Truth: Digital Journalism's Lack of Standards
Discussion: @katierogers and @alancross
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Authors Group Will Ask Justice Department to Probe Amazon
Jillian York / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Where Books Are Banned, The Internet Can Be a Lifesaver
Discussion: @jilliancyork
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC's ‘Nightline’ Sees New Life After Midnight, Takes Aim at Vice Media Demo
Discussion: TVNewser and The Wrap
Our Bad Media:
Yes, The Indefensible Fareed Zakaria Also Plagiarized In His Fancy Liquor Columns For Slate
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Through The Wire: What happened with The Atlantic's experiment in aggregation?
Discussion: @ceodonovan
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Rob Brunner / Fast Company:
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Diversity, Strong Editing and Moving Forward from the Shonda Rhimes Furor
The Independent:
Trinity Mirror ‘could face hundreds of claims’ from phone hacking victims
Discussion: @jpublik and Guardian