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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Reporters Told Not To Open Hacked Sony Emails, Some Of Which Involve The Times — NEW YORK — The massive Sony hack has left editors with a decision sure to be studied in media ethics classes for years to come: Should journalists report on materials stolen from a corporation by hackers?
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Alex Hern / Guardian:
Reddit bans SonyGOP subreddit and users for sharing leaked Sony documents, deletes posts after receiving DMCA takedown request — Reddit bans users for sharing hacked Sony documents — The social news site has acceded to a DMCA takedown request from Sony and removed a hub for sharing the company's hacked files
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Sam Biddle / Gawker:
Emails from Sony hack show how Sony PR people work with NYT reporters and editors
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Manjula Martin / Scratch Magazine:
The Toast's publisher Nick Pavich explains contract changes, apologizes for rude tweets — UPDATED: “I apologize.” The Toast's publisher on writers' terms — UPDATED: — I talked with Nick Pavich, publisher of The Toast and The Butter, over email this morning to clarify their rights terms for freelance writers.
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Mallory Ortberg / The Toast:
Following outcry from writers over copyright transfer, The Toast and The Butter amend their contracts — A Note About Contracts and Authors' Rights — Hello, lovelies! This is going to get a bit inside-baseball-y, so if you do not consider yourself A Writer or Someone With A Vested Interest …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How Philly's Billy Penn is building a local news audience from scratch — HILADELPHIA — Armed with a Kindle Fire tablet, Anna Orso stood just inside the front door of an Irish pub last Monday night welcoming guests to a happy hour in Center City, Philadelphia.
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@samkirkla, @ceodonovan and @ylichterman
Mat Honan / Wired:
Inside Circa, BuzzFeed, and First Look Media: the battle for attention from the news startups — Inside the Buzz-Fueled Media Startups Battling for Your Attention — It's like a parody, spending time in a well-funded startup's office, with exposed brick walls and Great Big Screens Showing User Numbers …
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Search Blog:
Long term success of a publication hinges on whether it's a must read, not pageviews and reach — What Media Must Do To Succeed — The post What Media Must Do To Succeed appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. — Wired Founder Louis Rossetto at work in the early days. — (image)
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Cuts Deal with Netflix to Bring Service to Set-Tops — Dish Network is the first major U.S. pay-TV provider to integrate Netflix into its set-top box — giving the No. 2 satcaster's customers direct access to the streaming video provider's service. — Netflix will be available …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
21st Century Fox to Acquire Ad Tech Firm TrueX for $200 Million — 21st Century Fox Inc. has agreed to acquire the online advertising technology company TrueX Media, people familiar with the matter said. — 21st Century Fox is paying a sum approaching $200 million for TrueX, said a person familiar with the deal.
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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Email newsletter TheSkimm, aimed at young women, raises $6.25M led by RRE Ventures and Greycroft Partners — TheSkimm, an Email Newsletter, Draws Fans Like Oprah Winfrey - and Investors — Online news start-ups have garnered buzz, and millions of dollars, over the last few years.
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
BuzzFeed buys Hyper IQ, small app developer that has been working on its iOS app — BuzzFeed buys developer to focus on building native apps — BuzzFeed has big plans to build out its mobile app. The site has acquired the team behind Hyper IQ, a developer that's already been working on BuzzFeed's iOS app.
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Shazdeh Omari / Committee to Protect Journalists:
China is world's worst jailer of the press; global tally second worst on record — Also Available in Português, Türkçe, Español, Français, , — More than 200 journalists are imprisoned for their work for the third consecutive year, reflecting a global surge in authoritarianism.
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