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US freelance cameraman working for NBC in Liberia diagnosed with Ebola, will be flown to US — NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola — An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the United States for treatment.
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Bate Felix / Reuters:
Liberia imposes media restrictions on “invasive” Ebola coverage — * Reporters must get government permission to cover outbreak — * Could face arrest, prosecution if not — * Move aimed at protecting patient privacy, government says — * Cuban medics arrive in Sierra Leone to join Ebola fight
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Phone hacking: ex-News of the World lawyer will not face prosecution — Evidence emerged at Rebekah Brooks trial that Tom Crone's office safe contained transcripts of David Blunkett's voicemails — The former legal manager at the News of the World, whose office safe contained transcripts …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Phone hacking: News of the Worlds Ian Edmondson pleads guilty — Ex-news editor was one of original eight defendants, alongside Rebekah Brooks, but was later deemed unfit to continue — A former News of the World news executive has admitted he was involved in phone hacking …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple Asks the Music Labels for a Price Cut on Streaming Subscriptions — There are lots of music subscription services that let people listen to all the songs they want for $10 a month. — Apple thinks that price is too high. — Sources say Apple is talking to the big music labels …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Times eliminates some two dozen jobs on business side — While New York Times journalists brace for a round of voluntary buyouts that aims to shave dozens of salaries from their newsroom, the business side is bidding farewell to employees who have been informed that their positions are being eliminated.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Washington Post takes its ‘native’ ads to print — When is a print advertorial a native ad? The Washington Post published an ad for Shell in Thursday's print edition that it's touting as its first native ad in print. Shell used the ad, which ran on A13, to tell readers about the work it's doing to improve energy efficiency.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Piers Morgan talks about ratings race at CNN, his new column at MailOnline, and future plans — Exclusive: Piers Morgan dishes on CNN — BEVERLY HILLS, California — Piers Morgan swears he doesn't miss CNN — but the network is still very much on his mind.
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PEN International:
Honduras bans Globo TV anchor Julio Ernesto Alvarado for 16 months for covering university corruption — Honduras: PEN member barred from journalism after covering corruption in state university — The 16-month ban on practising journalism imposed on Globo TV news anchor …
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Alex Lawson / London Evening Standard:
Google battles to remove nude celebrity photos amid lawsuit threat — Google has said it is battling to remove thousands of images of hacked celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Rihanna after being threatened with a $100 million lawsuit. — A lawyer who represents …
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Robert Feder:
Robert Feder's media blog becomes part of Chicago Tribune's premium tier, with freemium model — A personal note about my blog — I have some important news to share with you about my blog. But as long as I have your attention, let me first thank you for your loyalty and support.
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Former Vice Media editor says company killed stories over ‘brand partner’ concerns — By all accounts, the brief tenure of Charles Davis as an associate editor working out of the Los Angeles bureau for Vice Media was not a happy one. — He showed promise when he was hired in July …
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Reuters:
Ex-Googler leads Softbank invasion of Hollywood — (Reuters) - Softbank Corp's investment in a Hollywood movie studio represents the coming out party for two new players in the U.S. entertainment industry — the Japanese telecommunications company and Nikesh Arora, the former Google Inc executive running …
Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
Facebook is more important to news distribution than you think, and journalists are freaked out — Facebook's Liz Heron answered for a litany of perceived sins and slights last week during a conversation with The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal and attendees at the Online News Association conference in Chicago.
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