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1:10 PM ET, December 31, 2014

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Jana Winter / The Intercept:
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, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by The Intercept.  —  The threat against the unnamed news organization …
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Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo:
FBI: The Sony Hackers Also Targeted CNN (Probably)  —  According to an official FBI bulletin obtained by The Intercept, the same hackers who broke into Sony Pictures and stole a devastating amount of data made threats against an American “news media organization” as well.  (It's probably CNN.)
Discussion: TechCrunch, @samfbiddle and ABC News
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.
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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John Scalzi / Whatever:   Finite revenue pool makes Kindle Unlimited a zero-sum game for writers and publishers
Kevin Draper / The Concourse:
46 Vox posts that misinformed readers, and the corrections that show magnitude of the mistakes  —  46 Times Vox Totally F**ked Up A Story  —  If you work in the media, you're going to get things wrong.  Accuracy and timeliness are in conflict, and when you're dealing with vast amounts of information, accuracy will sometimes suffer.
Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:
How Disney CEO Bob Iger uses technology to keep every division of his company relevant  —  Disney CEO Bob Iger's empire of tech  —  Even in a dress-down gray sweater, Bob Iger looks a bit mechanical.  His mouth is almost geometrically straight, his face constructed of some cool alloy.
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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 …
Guardian:
Newly released government files show British PM Thatcher considered forcing BBC to run ads  —  Margaret Thatcher considered forcing BBC to run advertising  —  Newly released government documents reveal Tory prime minister's concerns over the 'extravagance of some of the BBC's spending'
Anupam Saxena / Times of India:
India orders ISPs to block Dailymotion, Vimeo, Internet Archive, and 30 other websites  —  Pastebin, Dailymotion, Github blocked after DoT order: Report  —  NEW DELHI: A number of Indian users are reporting they're not able to access websites such as Pastebin, DailyMotion and Github …
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.
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Sony About to Get Sued For Pirating Music in The Interview  —  The way things are panning out, the Sony movie The Interview is on course to become one of the most controversial movies of all time.  —  The comedy, which depicts the violent death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un …
 
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