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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
How Facebook Is Changing the Way Its Users Consume Journalism — MENLO PARK, Calif. — Many of the people who read this article will do so because Greg Marra, 26, a Facebook engineer, calculated that it was the kind of thing they might enjoy. — Mr. Marra's team designs the code …
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Pressthink, Gigaom, Gawker, @joepompeo, SocialTimes, @antderosa, The New York Observer, FishbowlNY, @mmasnick, bookforum.com and @clarajeffery
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David Carr / New York Times:
As Facebook considers hosting content on mobile, publishers worry about losing control — Facebook Offers Life Raft, but Publishers Are Wary — For publishers, Facebook is a bit like that big dog galloping toward you in the park. More often than not, it's hard to tell whether he wants to play with you or eat you.
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The Awl, The Shareaholic Content …, Gigaom, Forbes, @clairecm, Scripting News, @erickschonfeld, @digiphile, Wall Street Journal, @shreeyasinha, @peterkoechley, PandoDaily, @counternotions, Business Insider, @rpogrebin, @nytimesbusiness, @nspector4, @pmarca, @chrisroper, @monkbent, @fieldproducer, @russb, @pkafka, @om, @dangillmor, American Press Institute, @jswatz and @poniewozik
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:
Feds identify suspected ‘second leaker’ for Snowden reporters — Yahoo News 3 hrs ago — The FBI has identified an employee of a federal contracting firm suspected of being the so-called second leaker who turned over sensitive documents about the U.S. government's terrorist watch list …
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The Hill, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, Hit & Run, The Verge, @isikoff, @evacide and @mlcalderone
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Jim Foley's imprisonment: from capture to murder — ISIS Hostages Endured Torture and Dashed Hopes, Freed Cellmates Say — The hostages were taken out of their cell one by one. — In a private room, their captors asked each of them three intimate questions, a standard technique used …
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Columbia Journalism Review, VICE News, Hit & Run, bookforum.com, @shreeyasinha, Gawker and CNN
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Egyptian Media to Limit Criticism of Government — CAIRO — A group of Egyptian newspaper editors pledged Sunday to limit their criticism of state institutions, a day after Egypt's president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, warned of a “conspiracy” behind a militant attack last week that killed at least 31 soldiers.
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@dlepeska, english.ahram.org.eg and American Press Institute
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Condé Nast CTO Joe Simon departs, Fred Santarpia to become EVP and Chief Digital Officer — Another executive out at Condé Nast — Continuing the shakeup of its leadership team, Condé Nast announced Monday the departure of chief technology officer Joe Simon.
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MinOnline, MediaWire Daily, Variety, FishbowlNY, @poynter and WWD
Michael Bolen / The Huffington Post:
Meet Jesse Brown, The Man Who Broke The Explosive Allegations About Jian Ghomeshi — Jesse Brown doesn't mince words. — The man who was the first to report on Jian Ghomeshi's “leave of absence” from the CBC — which quickly turned into a permanent one — has spent the last year revolutionizing media criticism in Canada.
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Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, New York Times, Gawker, Mediaite, Raw Story, @sladurantaye, @huffpostcanada, Canada Blog … and @derekantoine
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Jay Rosen / The Conversation:
Journalists need a point of view if they want to stay relevant — If extreme polarization is now an enduring feature of American politics — not just a bug — how does that change the game for journalists? I have some ideas, but mainly I want to put that question on the...
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@mattdpearce, @fabriceflorin and @molenews1
Josephine Yurcaba / Rolling Stone:
This American Crime: Sarah Koenig on Her Hit Podcast ‘Serial’ — The host of this compelling, addictive nonfiction murder-mystery talks about the show's origins and why it's okay to ‘like’ her interviewees
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@leelefever, @annehelen and @taylorlorenz
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Wikipedia Emerges as Trusted Internet Source for Ebola Information — As a fresh wave of Ebola fear grips the American public, the Internet is rife with conspiracy theories, supposed miracle cures and Twitter posts of dread. — But amid the fear mongering are several influential sites that are sticking to the facts about Ebola.
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JIMROMENESKO.COM, @onlinesig, @lpolgreen and @patiencehaggin
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Amazon buys comedy service Rooftop Media to expand digital content — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is buying online comedy service Rooftop Media, a small deal that underscores the Internet retailer's broader ambition of becoming a media and entertainment powerhouse.
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VentureBeat, Engadget and GeekWire
The Nation:
Q&A with Laura Poitras on making Citizenfour, why she agreed to work with Snowden, more — Q&A: Laura Poitras — When Laura Poitras helped Edward Snowden turn thousands of classified documents into headline news, word spread that he would be the focus of the third installment …
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@paulszoldra