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David Carr / New York Times:
Hacking at Sony Over ‘The Interview’ Reveals Hollywood's Failings, Too — Kim Jong-un, who appears to be America's newly self-appointed minister of culture, has decided that “The Interview,” the Seth Rogen film about North Korea that includes Mr. Kim's assassination, will not be released.
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Facebook blocks Russian page supporting Navalny, Putin's biggest critic — MOSCOW — In a sign of new limits on Facebook's ability to serve as a platform for political opposition movements, Russian users appear to have been blocked from accessing a page calling for a protest in support of a prominent dissident.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico's Laura McGann Joins Vox To Lead Political Coverage — NEW YORK — Politico deputy managing editor Laura McGann is joining Vox as the site's first political editor. — In an interview with The Huffington Post, McGann suggested that Vox, the general-interest site founded earlier …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Politico editor Susan Glasser: We're in a ‘period of growth and rising ambition’
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Adrian Chen / MIT Technology Review:
A group of Swedish journalists and researchers wade into ugly corners of the Internet to expose trolls, racists, and creeps — The Troll Hunters — A group of journalists and researchers wade into ugly corners of the Internet to expose racists, creeps, and hypocrites. Have they gone too far?
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Liam Corcoran / The Whip:
HuffPo, BuzzFeed, Fox News have best engagement on Facebook; BBC, Mashable, NYT top on Twitter — Whippies 2014 - The Best Sites Of The Year On Facebook And Twitter — We're delighted to announce the first Whippies - recognising publishers that performed best on Twitter and Facebook in 2014 …
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Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
All Day, the company founded by creators of @HistoryInPics and @EarthPix, raises $2M
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C.W. Anderson / Nieman Lab:
2015 predictions: Liberal arts journalism and metric-obsessed culture begin to coexist — Beyond journalism in the present tense — A Hollywood director couldn't have scripted a more compelling (and stereotypical) clash between two sets of journalistic beliefs than this month's battle between …
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Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Fox News, Fox Business Channels Go Dark On Dish As Carriage Talks Stall — 21st Century Fox and Dish pointed the finger at each other tonight as carriage talks between the two failed to produce a deal by midnight, resulting in Fox News Channel and Fox Business Channel no longer being available on Dish.
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
In sustainable news organizations, journalists need to understand the business model, so they can more effectively create value for the business — When to quit your journalism job — When the sales people are happy to sell what the newsroom is happy to make, there you have a well-run editorial company.
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Maria Konnikova / New Yorker:
How Headlines Change the Way We Think — “Why Headlines Matter.” “Misleading Headlines Can Lead You Astray.” “How What You Read Affects What You See.” “How Bad Headlines Make Bad Memories.” “Eleven Reasons Headlines Are Important.” “You'll Never Believe How Important an Accurate Headline Is.”
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Deaths, imprisonment, and censorship of journalists reached unprecedented highs in 2014 — “Rosewater,” cascading censorship, and press freedom — I remember the early summer day in Moscow well. I had one day to myself to explore a bit of the city after conducting a two-day workshop for Russian regional publishers.
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@kdoctor, @niemanlab, @joelcpj and @pressfreedom
Vladi Vovchuk / Vocativ:
Belarus blocks access to a number of local news, opposition, and e-commerce sites — Belarus Has Shut Off Part of the Internet — The eastern European country has blocked access to a number of opposition websites, news outlets and e-commerce sites — The Iron Curtain is returning to Eastern Europe, this time via the internet.
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
New York Times Executive Editor says in past press gave in too readily to government pressure — When the Government Says, “Shhh!” — HOWELL RAINES remembers a call from Ari Fleischer not long after the 9/11 attacks on the United States. — Mr. Raines, then the executive editor of The Times …
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