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David Carr / New York Times:
Texas Tribune publishing model shows there is room for corporate money in news — Journalism, Independent and Not — Last week, I read an interesting article about how smart hardware can allow users to browse anonymously and thus foil snooping from governments.
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@cryptomeorg
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Nancy Scola / Washington Post:
Is a news site a news site if it's published by Verizon? — In SugarString, the already crowded world of online tech news gets a new entrant. And a new publisher, too, one noted in the gorgeously-designed site's footer and at the bottom of each story: the telecommunications giant Verizon.
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@jeffjarvis and @vwpickard
Associated Press:
Audio recordings indicate Ferguson no-fly zone was intended to keep away media during protests — AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson …
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@dhh, @normative, @astroehlein, Techdirt, Boing Boing, The Week, Mediaite, @mlcalderone, Gawker and New York Magazine
Andrew Rice / New York Magazine:
How the Snowden Leaks Gave Pierre Omidyar a Cause — and an Enemy — The eBay founder was a mild-mannered Obama supporter looking for a way to spend his time and fortune. The Snowden leaks gave him a cause—and an enemy. — Illustrations by Matthew Woodson
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@moltke, @t_mcconnell, @gabrielsherman, @davidfolkenflik, @jessehirsh, @jennifersaba, @glennf, @mlcalderone, @moorehn, @gregorydjohnsen, @thomas_drake1 and @paulcarr
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Jill Abramson startup to advance writers up to $100k for longform work — Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson shed light this weekend on her plans with Steven Brill to grow a start up. — Writers will be paid advances around $100,000 to produce stories that will be longer …
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
CNET's print magazine to debut on Monday, part of an effort to become a multiplatform brand — Technology Website CNET to Jump From Screen to Page — A LEADING technology website, CNET, is expanding into a platform that its users praise as portable, accessible and affordable.
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@tim_stevens, @cnet, @beccaclaralove, @harrymccracken, @danackerman and @caro, Thanks:@steverubel
Kevin Roose / New York Magazine:
Why podcasts are back: shows are better and cheaper, playing smartphone audio in a car is easy — What's Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance? — The mid-aughts audio scene is making a big comeback. — In 2001, Steve Jobs announced the original iPod, a music player that would make it possible …
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AVC, @castbacker, @pkedrosky, @percival, @jason, @davewiner, @npraudie, @davidleeking, @geoffgolberg, @lpolgreen, @dooezer and @dkthomp
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Pianist asks The Washington Post to remove a concert review under the E.U.'s ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling — The pianist Dejan Lazic, like many artists and performers, is occasionally the subject of bad reviews. Also like other artists, he reads those reviews. And disagrees with them.
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Techdirt, Engadget, @dansaltzstein, @mayaposch, @jilliancyork, @cipr_ceo, Consequence of Sound, @gabrielrossman, @sfmnemonic, @amandaameer, Gawker, @mschruers, @grady_booch, @xor and @alisternburg
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
Q&A with Cenk Uygur, CEO of The Young Turks, the most popular YouTube news channel — The Young Turks is running circles around news networks on YouTube — Here's a surprise: The most popular news channel on YouTube is not CNN, The New York Times or Vice, but The Young Turks.
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@davidfrum, @steveoknowsbest and @cultureshlock
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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Cleveland Plain Dealer removes unflattering video of candidate it endorsed, refuses to comment — Chris Quinn, vice president for content at the Northeast Ohio Media Group... What's up? — There is something going on at the news organization formerly known as the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the world should know about.
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Plunderbund, Poynter, msnbc.com, @jayrosen_nyu, @connieschultz, @matttullis, Techdirt, Crain's Cleveland Business and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Stephen Mayne / Crikey:
Murdoch salaries hit $600 million — but you wouldn't read about it — The Oz has revealed that the ABC's Mark Scott got a pay rise — but the paper is strangely silent on the massive pay packets taken home by the Murdoch family. — As part of News Corp's ongoing campaign against the ABC …
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@crikey_news, @billkinn, @marchaustralia and @adambspencer
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Hundreds of Egyptian journalists reject editors' voluntary loyalty pact with government — Hundreds of Egypt journalists in open dispute with own editors over freedom of expression — CAIRO (AP) — Several hundred Egyptian journalists have rejected a recent policy declaration …
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New Europe, i24news.tv, Middle East Eye and New York Times
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
European broadcast network RTL Group acquires controlling stake in MCN Stylehaul for $107M — RTL Group Takes Controlling Stake in Multichannel Network StyleHaul — Stephanie Horbaczewski (above) set up StyleHaul in 2011 with backing from Machinima founders Allen and Aaron DeBevoise