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8:15 PM ET, October 20, 2014

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Opinion: Why it's so disappointing that j-schools are panicking over Ebola  —  In the last week, we've learned that three U.S. universities have canceled invitations to journalists due to fears about Ebola:  — Syracuse University rescinded an invitation to Washington Post photographer Michel du Cille …
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Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
Guardian's reporting on Whisper was ethical even though they had been editorial partners; some journalists' reactions are troubling  —  The ethics of The Guardian's Whisper bombshell  —  It would have been a journalistic lapse for the paper not to have told readers what it had learned
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Eric Johnson / Re/code:
Tech and media figures debate the ethics of Guardian's reporting of info obtained from a partnership meeting with Whisper
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Gamergate supporters combat negative media coverage with campaigns complaining to advertisers  —  Inside Gamergate's (successful) attack on the media  —  GamerGate has come to represent a lot of different things to a lot of different people.  But to a core group of astoundingly fervent supporters …
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Christopher Grant / Polygon:
On GamerGate: A letter from the editor
John McDuling / Quartz:
The depressing truth behind the internet TV revolution  —  An internet television revolution is sweeping across America!  HBO will finally begin selling a standalone streaming service next year.  CBS just launched an internet service of its own, allowing access to all of its shows …
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
For Aaron Kushner, a Difficult Foray Into Newspapers  —  Ever since the entrepreneur Aaron Kushner bought into the newspaper business two years ago, he has generated a steady stream of headlines — about himself.  —  Last week, Mr. Kushner stepped away from his role as publisher …
Dave Lee / BBC:
Google's changes to search results downgrade sites with unlicensed content after continuing pressure from UK music trade group BPI  —  Google changes ‘to fight piracy’ by highlighting legal sites  —  Music industry executives are frustrated by illegal sites appearing in Google search results
Roger Yu / USA Today:
‘Bleacher Report’ claws toward respectability  —  Dave Finocchio Founder and General Manager of Bleacher Report Martin Klimek, USA TODAY  —  With a piercing article that had sports fans nodding their heads, satirical humor site The Onion had a good laugh in 2012 at the expense of Bleacher Report's quick-turn journalism.
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Young Hollywood to Launch Streaming Network With Long-Form Content  —  Young Hollywood is growing up.  —  The 7-year-old company is taking its stock in trade — celebrity interviews for young fan s- -and expanding into long-form programming for an over-the-top network to launch in January.
Discussion: @younghollywood
Rowena Mason / Guardian:
Journalists should be given public interest defence in law, says Nick Clegg  —  Lib Dem leader says journalists should not fear being prosecuted under computer misuse, data protection and bribery laws  —  Journalists should be able to rely on a public interest defence if they break …
Discussion: Telegraph and @julesmattsson
 
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