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Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Michel du Cille, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, dies at 58 — Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them …
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“We are all heartbroken,” says Post executive editor Martin Baron, on the death of Michel du Cille — Statements from Martin Baron, Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. on the passing of Michel du Cille — Washington Post photojournalist Michel du Cille died Thursday.
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Japan's new state secrets law sparks concerns about governmental control over the press — Suffering a media free-for-all, Japanese press now has the government weighing in — In Japan this year, the reporters have become the reported. — It's seems there's been one journalism furor …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Google News is right to shut down in Spain in order to fight against the link tax and for the freedom of the web — Spain's link tax forces Google News to shut there — Google News just announced that Spain's recently passed link tax has forced the net giant to remove Spanish publishers …
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Why Publishing Stolen Sony Data is Problematic but Necessary — The more Sony Pictures data keeps leaking, the more my moral compass spins like a weather vane in a hurricane. — What just a week ago seemed such a clear-cut case of doing what my instincts have told me do to every other moment …
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Sources: Sony Pictures using AWS to execute denial-of-service attack on sites where its stolen data is available
Sources: Sony Pictures using AWS to execute denial-of-service attack on sites where its stolen data is available
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Conservative link blogs like Drudge Report and Lucianne.com continue to lead discussion and traffic amid newer, better designed media sites — Why Matt Drudge and Lucianne Goldberg still rule the conservative media roost — A flock of (relatively) new conservative media sites …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Hearst buys 25% of DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV for $81.25M, valuing it at $325M — Hearst Acquires $81 Million Stake in DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV — Hearst Corp. has acquired a 25 percent stake in DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV worth $81.25 million, the companies announced Thursday.
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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Senate torture report details CIA's media strategy — How the spy agency manipulated press coverage of secret programs — The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture of terrorism suspects not only reignited a national debate over the former interrogation policies …
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Internal dissension over gamergate contributed to Gawker reorganization and cost company seven figures in ad revenue — Gawker discusses cost of ‘gamergate’ — The “gamergate” controversy cost Gawker Media “seven figures” in lost advertising revenue, the company's head of advertising Andrew Gorenstein …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Our Bad Media points out lifting of passages and quotes by Malcolm Gladwell; New Yorker editor Remnick responds, remarks on difficulty of crediting sources — Zakaria critics turn their attention to Malcolm Gladwell — Delphic media bloggers @crushingbort and @blippoblappo …
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Al Jazeera English:
Mahran Al Deeri of the Al Jazeera Arabic website dies while covering battles in city of Al Sheikh Maskin in rural Daraa. — Al Jazeera Media Network has announced the death of its Arabic correspondent in Syria, Mahran Al Deeri, while covering battles in the city of Al Sheikh Maskin in rural Daraa.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Leslie Moonves Extends Contract as CBS CEO Through June 2019 — Leslie Moonves Extends CBS Contract Through June 2019 — SPOTLIGHT — Awards Season Coverage — FEATURED
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