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Jana Winter / The Intercept:
FBI bulletin says hackers who attacked Sony have threatened an unnamed news organization — Sony Hackers Threaten U.S. News Media Organization — The cyberterrorists who hacked Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer servers have threatened to attack an American news media organization …
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New York Times:
Interviews with Sony employees show that the company was slow to realize the gravity and impact of hacking — Sony Cyberattack, First a Nuisance, Swiftly Grew Into a Firestorm — LOS ANGELES — It was three days before Thanksgiving, the beginning of a quiet week for Sony Pictures.
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Wall Street Journal, Mashable, The Verge, BGR, Gawker, Digital Spy and Engadget
Tal Kopan / Politico:
FBI says report that Sony hack was perpetrated by a disgruntled Sony employee and piracy group hackers is “inaccurate”, based on “narrow view” — U.S.: No alternate leads in Sony hack — A briefing for FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack by a security firm …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sony Expands ‘The Interview’ to Pay-TV Providers, PlayStation Network, Vudu and 580-Plus Theaters — Sony Pictures Entertainment has reached agreements with top U.S. cable, satellite and telco TV providers to distribute “The Interview” via video-on-demand and pay-per-view services …
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Andy / TorrentFreak:
Sony About to Get Sued For Pirating Music in The Interview
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Guardian and @liarpoliticians
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
17 Hopes and Dreams for The Times in the New Year — 1. Presidential campaign coverage that does not seem based on the idea that the presidency is dynastic, and must be handed down to a Clinton or a Bush. — 2. More skepticism from the get-go. For example, when government officials say …
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Brandon Weigel / Baltimore City Paper:
Fox 45 fires crew behind the bogus ‘kill a cop’ story — A screen grab from the Fox 45 story. — The reporter and the photographer responsible for misquoting Tyrone West's sister, Tawanda Jones, at a protest rally in Washington, D.C., reporting she and others chanted “kill a cop,” …
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Baltimore Sun, Raw Story, Mediaite, TVSpy and @city_paper
MENAFN:
Egypt- Al Jazeera journalists await Thursday appeal session, hopes are on ‘intervention’ — (MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) The three Al Jazeera English journalists imprisoned in Egypt await an appeal on Thursday, while their hopes largely rely on foreign pressure on the Egyptian authorities.
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ABC, Guardian, Iowa Public Radio, CBS News and Associated Press
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Skift travel site to launch print magazine Jan 13 that focuses on annual travel trend forecast — Travel industry site Skift tries print — Skift, the travel-industry site, is the latest digital media operation to launch a print magazine, which comes out Jan. 13.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Bloomberg Business readies for Davos with Jan. 20 debut — January 20 is shaping up to be a big day for Bloomberg L.P. — That's the date that's been chosen to unveil the company's much-anticipated flagship media portal, Bloomberg Business, according to sources with knowledge of the plans …
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The Huffington Post, @joepompeo and @joepompeo
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
After two months in Kindle Unlimited program, profits for one Amazon author dropped 75% — Amazon Offers All-You-Can-Eat Books. Authors Turn Up Noses. — Authors are upset with Amazon. Again. — For much of the last year, mainstream novelists were furious that Amazon was discouraging …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The EU Is Plotting A New TV Channel To Counter Russian Propaganda In Europe — “Russian TV, particularly for the last couple of years, has been very aggressive,” the foreign minister of Latvia tells BuzzFeed News. — Kommersant Photo/Kommersant via Getty Images
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@thekarami, @miriamelder, @noahchestnut and @buzzfeedben
Ben Quinn / Guardian:
Photojournalist arrested after filming with drone near Gatwick airport — Eddie Mitchell, with approval from the CAA to commercially operate small unmanned aircraft, held for hours by police — A freelance photojournalist who carries out aerial photography work using a flying drone …
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ITV, London Evening Standard, The Independent and Press Association
Reporters Without Borders:
Independent Siberian news channel TV-2 ceased over-the-air broadcast at midnight local time, limited to cable transmission until early February — Russia - Independent Siberian TV station's forced closure imminent — One of western Siberia's few independent TV stations, Tomsk-based TV-2 …
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Guardian, The Media Freedom & Right …, RTTNews, presstv.ir, Digital Journal and Siberian Times
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Disney enlists Maker Studios to create “Star Wars” short-form sponsored videos online ahead of next film release in December 2015 — Disney Enlists Maker to Create ‘Star Wars’ Series Online — Maker Studios, the Web video network owned by Walt Disney Co. (DIS) …
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/Film and @lucas_shaw, Thanks:@lucas_shaw
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Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:
How Disney CEO Bob Iger uses technology to keep every division of his company relevant
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