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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
New York Post and Daily News discussed working together; News considering digital-only future — A New York tabloid detente that wasn't — What if New York City's two tabloids, those famously bloody newsstand warriors, joined forces? — Recently, the age-old rivals were considering just that, Capital has learned.
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FishbowlNY and @joepompeo
Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Gamergate and how Internet users think about gaming and harassment — I will have some more thoughts on the new Pew Research Center study on online harassment tomorrow. But I thought it was worth discussing the survey's findings on gaming and harassment separately given the ongoing tsuris over Gamergate.
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Pew Internet, Felicia's Melange, Medium, @pewresearch, Vox, @alyssarosenberg, TIME, The Mary Sue, Mashable and Guardian
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Martin Belam / Mirror:
How #GamerGate got the attention of the mainstream media... and crashed and burned
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Mashable, UPROXX, Telegraph, Washington Post, Salon, The Verge and Columbia Journalism Review
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's music sales down 13% this year; Beats Music to relaunch as part of iTunes in 2015 — Apple iTunes Sees Big Drop in Music Sales — Dive of at Least 13% in Download Sales Underscores Music Industry's Fragile Recovery
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Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, 9to5Mac and The Next Web
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Deezer Buys Stitcher, Adds 35K Talk Radio Shows And Podcasts To Its Music Platform — Deezer, the Paris-based music streaming service that competes against the likes of Spotify and Rdio, is switching up its game in the battle for more differentiation, more users and a higher profile in the U.S …
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Stitcher Blog, Forbes, Electronista, Engadget, SlashGear, VentureBeat, The Verge, Virtual-Strategy Magazine and The Next Web
Knight Foundation:
Vice Media's Shane Smith to receive Knight Innovation Award on Dec. 1 at CUNY media innovation summit — VICE Media co-founder and CEO Shane Smith will receive the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's second annual Innovation Award for bringing fresh perspectives and voices to journalism.
Discussion:
@shanesmith30
Sune Engel Rasmussen / Guardian:
Afghan newspapers blasphemy causes protests after rebuking Isis and Islam — Comment piece in Afghanistan Express launched ‘by technical error’ also attacked Taliban and said Islam is parochial religion — A newspaper columnist condemning Islamic State (Isis) and the Taliban triggered demonstrations …
Discussion:
Washington Post and Khaama Press (KP)
Adrian Chen / Wired:
The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed — The campuses of — the tech industry are famous for their lavish cafeterias, cushy shuttles, and on-site laundry services. But on a muggy February afternoon, some of these companies' most important work …
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@greatbong, @eringriffith, @anetv, @ballardian, @agpublic, @zephoria, @adrianchen, @shacker, @nathanjurgenson, @emilybell, Gizmodo UK, @condehrw, @ar_pitman, @jasonopus, @kateo, @zahidinnorcal, @taongaleslie, @colininspace, @jderryberry, @ldallett, @digiphile, Gawker and The FJP
BBC:
Rwanda suspends BBC broadcasts over genocide film — Rwanda has suspended BBC broadcasts in the Kinyarwanda language with immediate effect because of a film questioning official accounts of the 1994 genocide. — The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (Rura) said it had received complaints …
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Guardian, allAfrica.com, THE DAILY STAR, News Of Rwanda and Guardian
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Getty Images claims to turn away from controversial copyright tactics, but critics remain — Getty Images, which has a reputation for nasty legal tactics, says it's changing its approach to treat infringers as “customers who make a mistake.” — What should happen to people who post random pictures to their blog or website?
Discussion:
Ars Technica
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Despite Twitch's Huge Audience, Advertisers Still Favor Sports — One of the popular genres of video content on Twitch, the video game-centric website Amazon acquired for close to $1 billion in August—is the speedrun. In these videos, gaming fans can watch top players race through difficult …
Guardian:
Jay Rockefeller summons Whisper execs to Capital Hill to answer questions on tracking, privacy — Ten privacy questions Whisper should answer for Senate committee — Whisper executives have been summoned to Capitol Hill to answer questions about how the app tracks its users
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VatorNews, PC Advisor, @alexhern, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @runasand, PandoDaily, @jayrosen_nyu, Gawker, The Hill, Re/code and The Verge
BBC:
A Burmese journalist has been shot dead while trying to escape from custody, the army has said. — A Burmese journalist has been shot dead while trying to escape from custody, the army has said. — A military statement said that Aung Naing was arrested in Mon state at the end of September …
Discussion:
The Irrawaddy Magazine, Associated Press, Committee to Protect …, mizzima.com and @bbcworld
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Guardian launches open-source data journalism tool — Swarmize enables journalists to tell new, collaborative stories by making use of real-time data collection and visualisation — Credit: By Jorge Franganillo on Flickr. Some rights reserved. — Collaborative data journalism platform Swarmize …
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