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How a South African news site gives youth a voice and a vocation — Even though South Africa's census data shows youth makes up 59 percent of a 51.7 million population, news operations that cater exclusively to a young demographic are rare. — Now a news site has stepped in to fill this gap.
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@pontsho_pilane, @azadessa, @raediology and @ijnet
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South African Media Squeezed by Growing State Pressure — South Africa's government is lobbying media executives and using its advertising muscle to win its battle for a more supine press. — A management fight at Hosken Consolidated Investments Ltd. (HCI) revealed that a cabinet minister …
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@toxinews

Politico launches redesigned fully responsive site, with emphasis on enterprise stories — Welcome to the new POLITICO! — A note from the editor. — We're delighted to share with you this morning an updated website that we hope reflects the best of what we aim to provide our readers …
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@sbg1

How Did Amazon End Up as Literary Enemy No. 1? — Amazon's war with publishing giant Hachette over e-book pricing has earned it a black eye in the media, with the likes of Philip Roth, James Patterson, and Stephen Colbert demanding that the online mega-store stand down.
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@pernillet, @sethmnookin and GalleyCat

Wikimedia's 36 “stewards” use their global editing rights to police and manage all Wiki sites — The 36 People Who Run Wikipedia — What the weirdest, wildest, most successful participatory project in history tells us about working together.
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@jamestylerespn and @readmatter

Digital News Asia Raises $300K To Bring Old School ICT Journalism To The Web In Southeast Asia — A tech news site writing about another tech news site has the potential to get very insider baseball-ery, so I try to carefully pick and choose which of our peers to shed light on.
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Digital News Asia and Tech in Asia

Bloomberg explains its strategy for success in online TV — Long before Fox, CBS, or HBO debuted options for on-demand streaming video, business news-oriented cable channel Bloomberg was already available online and on many connected devices. — This, of course, is significant …
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Q&A with Cory Doctorow on copyright law, how artists are impacted by the internet, and DRM — Cory Doctorow: “We're all sharecroppers in Google's fields for the rest of eternity” — The novelist talks about the totalitarian perils of copyright law and how the Internet is changing art

Dallas Morning News web editors used caution when publishing Ebola stories, despite rapid increase in traffic and social media followers — Holding Back on Ebola: One Newspaper's Tale of Caution — In covering the recent Ebola outbreak at a local hospital, The Dallas Morning News …
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@nprrussell and @jayrosen_nyu
Dan Colarusso / Reuters:
Reuters ends reader comments on news stories, citing migration of discussions to social media; ability to comment remains on columns, blogs — Editor's note: Reader comments in the age of social media — By Reuters — During the past few years, much has changed about how readers interact with news.
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PandoDaily, @jaredbkeller, Poynter, @sdkstl, @bobbymacreports, @jaredbkeller, @kevglobal, @mathewi, @basseye, @mktwgoldstein, @tcarmody, @nikkiusher, thebaron.info, @janus303, @nickkristof, SocialTimes and The Next Web

Christian publication World is one of few religious magazines doing investigative reporting — A Muckraking Magazine Creates a Stir Among Evangelical Christians — In October, Mark Driscoll, the evangelical pastor and best-selling author, resigned from Mars Hill, his Seattle megachurch.
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times Launches In-School Digital Subscription Program for K-12 — The New York Times (NYTimes.com) today announced the launch of NYTimes.com In-School Access, a new digital subscription offering for K-12 institutions. The subscription offers full web access to NYtimes.com …
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MediaPost, Education Dive and Cision