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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Sony Threatens to Sue Twitter Unless It Removes Tweets Containing Hacked Emails — Sony's battle on people disseminating its hacked and leaked emails has extended from news outlets to random Twitter users to, now, Twitter itself. Sony's lawyer has threatened Twitter with legal action …
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Rolling Stone Outsources Internal Investigation of Botched UVA Rape Story to Columbia Journalism School — Rolling Stone Magazine added a new editor's note to its inaccurate University of Virginia campus rape story Monday. — Also Read: Rolling Stone UVA Rape Controversy: Friends of Alleged Victim Remember It Differently
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
HuffPost plans to drop AP stories, relaunch site in 2015 — Heading into the new year, The Huffington Post is planning to stop using Associated Press stories while increasing its reporter headcount, gearing up for a relaunch and rolling out more international editions.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New Republic Editor Gabriel Snyder Promises Ambitious Journalism, More Diverse Voices — NEW YORK — Gabriel Snyder, who was tapped as editor-in-chief of The New Republic amid a recent staff exodus, wrote in his first editor's note that the 100-year-old magazine “has always been both in love and at war with its prior self.”
Sean Beherec / Arkansas Business:
Fairfax Media sues Arkansas archivist for failure to digitize, return photos after finding its photos on eBay — Sydney Morning Herald Owner Sues John Rogers — An Australian media company is suing North Little Rock sports memorabilia collector and photo archivist John Rogers …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
DirecTV Launches First Over-the-Top Video Service, Yaveo, for U.S. Hispanic Audiences — DirecTV, seeking a revenue stream beyond pay TV, has launched Yaveo: its first Internet-only subscription video service aimed at U.S. Hispanic consumers, with partners including Viacom and broadcast giant Univision Communications.
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Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera shuts down its Egypt channel — CAIRO (AP) — The Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera news network on Monday shut down its Egypt channel, quieting a major source of tension between the two countries at a time when regional efforts are underway to reconcile between the two countries over the Gulf nation's support for Islamists.
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Making ethical choices about Sony emails requires news judgment; legal analysis is murky and complicated — Sony Emails, Free Speech — and Trying a Little ‘F2F’ — Somewhere in academia, an enterprising law professor is putting together a lecture on the hacked Sony emails, considering the legal and free-speech issues they raise.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Adds Song Lyrics To Top Of Search Results, Points Searchers To Google Play — Google is now displaying music lyrics at the top of its search results pages when you search for “song name” plus “lyrics” on Google - a move that may reduce the number of visits to music lyrics sites …
Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Art house theaters petition Sony to let them show The Interview — Sony Pictures has been blaming theater chains for its decision to cancel the release of The Interview last week, but US independent movie theaters are making that a tough argument to sell. First the director of Art House Convergence …
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Seth Liss / Poynter:
Elisa Jackson Named Executive Director of Poynter Foundation; Chris Martin Leaving to Pursue Opportunities in Academia — Chris Martin, vice president of external relations and president of the Poynter Foundation, is leaving her position. Elisa Jackson has been promoted to executive director …
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Associated Press:
Tribune Media sells Baltimore Sun printing-plant real estate, will net about $30M; Sun retains long-term lease — Tribune Media cashes in on real estate portfolio … (AP) — Tribune Media is cashing in on its real estate portfolio, netting $30 million on a Baltimore property where it has a printing plant.
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