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Christopher Massie / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Joe Weisenthal on his new job at Bloomberg, his time at Business Insider — Boosting Bloomberg's ‘shares’ — Joe Weisenthal on what he learned at Business Insider, his love for charts, and his new job — In October, Bloomberg hired Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal amid …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Netflix Cracks Down on VPN and Proxy “Pirates” — Due to complicated licensing agreements Netflix is only available in a few dozen countries, all of which have a different content library. — Some people bypass these content and access restrictions by using VPNs or other circumvention tools that change their geographical location.
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Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Tim Carmody, independent technology journalist — CAPITAL: You were a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania before becoming a journalist. Why did you decide to leave academia? — CARMODY: “Decide” might be the wrong word. I was on the academic job market …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico's deputy managing editor Dianna Heitz leaves for editor role at CNN Politics Digital — Politico's Dianna Heitz Joins CNN Digital Politics Team, The Latest In String of Departures — NEW YORK — Politico deputy managing editor Dianna Heitz is joining CNN Politics Digital …
Variety:
Variety Hires Veteran L.A. Times Journalist Jim Rainey As Senior Film Reporter — Award-winning journalist Jim Rainey, who spent most of the last 30 years working as a reporter, editor, columnist and blogger for the Los Angeles Times, has joined Variety as a Senior Film Reporter.
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Patrick de Laive / The Next Web:
The Next Web announces closed beta of tool to track progress of noteworthy startups — The product we've been secretly working on: TNW Index — In the past 12 months around 8,000 different tech companies have pitched story ideas, product launches, and their latest hot news to us.
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Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
Roku teams up with Insignia and Haier for Roku TV and announces future 4K support — Roku's foray into partnering up with TV manufacturers is expanding while it's committing to the future of 4K. — Today the company announced two new Roku TV partners; Haier and Best Buy's Insignia brand.
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Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:
Dean Baquet needs to get mad about NY Times' use of unnamed sources — I have more advice for Dean Baquet: It's time to pound a wall again. You need to get angry about the promiscuous use of unnamed sources by the New York Times staff and let your staff know that the practice is hurting …
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
The virtues of Vice: how punk magazine was transformed into media giant — It's a hit with the millennial generation and predicts revenue of $1bn this year, so what can young company teach its rivals? — In a break from making millions as the world's richest ad man, Sir Martin Sorrell …
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Emily Yoshida / The Verge:
In a future fueled by hacks and leaks, will we be sedated by our own transparency? — In Los Angeles, you spend a lot of time looking at the outside of things. From Los Feliz to West Hollywood, an embankment of multimillion-dollar residences rise up on the right of your peripheral vision …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
London's police force has spent £33.5M investigating journalists — Met Police has spent £33.5m investigating journalists, figures show — The Metropolitan Police has spent £33.5m on investigations into journalism, figures obtained by Press Gazette show.
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Caroline Bottger / Digiday:
Rusty Foster, creator of Today in Tabs newsletter, on new digital news sites, newsletters, hate reads, and more — Today in Tabs editor Rusty Foster: ‘2014 was a terrible year!’ — Hate-reads and outrage are the Internet's furniture. And Rusty Foster is a comfy chair.
Kashmir Hill / Fusion:
FBI talks with Tennessee man who copied style of Sony hackers' Pastebin posts and then mocked CNN — The FBI thought this Tennessee prankster was a Sony Pictures hacker — After an ill-advised prank, David Garrett Jr. spent an hour on New Year's Day at an FBI bureau in Tennessee explaining …
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
US sanctions North Korean intelligence agency, an arms dealer, and 10 individuals working for the government over Sony cyberattacks
US sanctions North Korean intelligence agency, an arms dealer, and 10 individuals working for the government over Sony cyberattacks
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