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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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bookforum.com, @shreeyasinha, Columbia Journalism Review, Hit & Run and Gawker
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Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
British journalist John Cantlie used as ‘Isil reporter’ inside Kobane
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Washington Post, International Business Times, BBC, Guardian, Mashable, The Huffington Post and VICE News
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, @antderosa, Gawker, @joepompeo, FishbowlNY, The New York Observer, @mmasnick, SocialTimes, 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
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The Awl, The Shareaholic Content …, Gigaom, Forbes, @clairecm, Scripting News, Wall Street Journal, @shreeyasinha, PandoDaily, @erickschonfeld, @peterkoechley, @counternotions, @digiphile, Business Insider, @rpogrebin, @nytimesbusiness, @nspector4, American Press Institute, @pmarca, @chrisroper, @monkbent, @fieldproducer, @russb, @pkafka, @om, @dangillmor, @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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SlashGear, The Hill, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, Hit & Run, @isikoff, @mlcalderone, The Verge, @evacide and Techdirt
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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Forbes, Hollywood Reporter, The Digital Reader, GeekWire, VentureBeat and Engadget
Bloomberg:
Madison Square Garden Explores Plan to Split Into Two — Madison Square Garden Co. (MSG) is exploring splitting into two publicly traded companies to unlock value in the New York Knicks and New York Rangers sports franchises and buoy its entertainment business.
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Media & Entertainment, Multichannel News, Variety, Deadline, Reuters, New York Times and GlobeNewswire
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
USA Today's Susan Page: Obama administration most ‘dangerous’ to media in history — At some point, a compendium of condemnations against the Obama administration's record of media transparency (actually, opacity) must be assembled. Notable quotations in this vein come from former …
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@sunlorrie, @erikwemple, @ericboehlert, @timfernholz and The Daily Caller
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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english.ahram.org.eg, @dlepeska and American Press Institute
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Amazon's crowdsourced publishing program, Kindle Scout, is now open for voting — With Kindle Scout, Amazon's taking a 21st century approach to publishing, letting readers nominate which books progress to funding. It's like your favorite reality TV show, except for books.
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VentureBeat
Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:
One week later, Google algorithm change hits streaming, torrent sites hard — After early efforts in 2012, it appears Google's gotten the results it wanted. — Video streaming and torrent sites have dropped precipitously in Google rankings after the company altered its algorithm last Monday, according to reports from Searchmetrics.
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Business Insider and BGR
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, Variety, FishbowlNY, WWD, MediaWire Daily and @poynter
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, @patiencehaggin and @lpolgreen
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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@taylorlorenz, @leelefever and @annehelen
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