Mediagazer: Charlie Hebdo to publish ‘Le journal des survivants’ on 14 January (Mark Sweney/Guardian)

2:50 PM ET, January 9, 2015

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Police Storm Two Hostage Sites, Killing Charlie Hebdo Suspects — PARIS — French police on Friday killed the two brothers suspected of murdering 12 people at a Paris newspaper on Wednesday and freed his hostage unharmed, the authorities said. The police launched a simultaneous raid …

Tom Kludt / CNN Money:

BBC scraps old guidance and runs image of Mohammed — The BBC ran Charlie Hebdo's controversial depiction of the Prophet Mohammed on Thursday night, a move that flew in the face of editorial guidance that the network now says is outdated. — The images ran on the BBC's “Ten O'Clock News” …

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Charlie Hebdo to publish ‘Le journal des survivants’ on 14 January — Surviving staff hold first meeting since terrorist attack, as French government and companies including Vivendi, Publicis and Canal+ pledge financial support — Charlie Hebdo plans to publish a “journal des survivants” …

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Angeline Benoit / Bloomberg:

Algerian Offers to Buy Charlie Hebdo to Defend Freedom — Rachid Nekkaz gave up French citizenship, put off by what he sees as the nation's anti-Muslim policies. Now his attachment to the country's values is prompting him to offer to invest in Charlie Hebdo, the satirical weekly ravaged by an Islamist massacre this week.

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Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:

Danish newspaper that published prophet Muhammad cartoons in 2005 won't reprint Charlie Hebdo cartoons on concerns for staff safety — Why a Danish newspaper won't publish the Charlie Hebdo cartoons — After numerous terror threats, editors chose to play it safe

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Guardian:
Guardian Media Group pledges £100,000 to sustain Charlie Hebdo's publication, sees no need to publish its cartoons

Erin Polgreen / Talking Points Memo:
Hey, Media: Instead Of Lionizing Charlie Hebdo, Support The Artists You're Exploiting

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Jack Shafer Joins Politico — NEW YORK — Media critic Jack Shafer is joining Politico to write a regular column on the press and politics as well as feature-length articles, according to a staff memo obtained by The Huffington Post. — Politico editor Susan Glasser described Shafer as …

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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

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David Friend / The Canadian Press:

Canada's Postmedia lost $10.3M in Q1, revenue down 12.6%, print ad sales dropped 20%, digital revenue up 3% — Postmedia losses narrow in first quarter — Falling print advertising revenues weighed heavily on the latest results from Postmedia Network Canada Corp. as the newspaper publisher reported …

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BBC:

Saudi blogger Badawi ‘flogged for Islam insult’ — A Saudi Arabian blogger has been publicly flogged after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam, reports say. — Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail, was flogged 50 times. The flogging will be carried out weekly, campaigners say.

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Maggie Haberman leaves huge hole at Politico, moves to New York Times — Politico eminence Maggie Haberman just announced her departure for the New York Times: … As reported previously in this space, Politico has been shedding staffers at a stunning rate — about 25 percent of its people left over the course of 2014.

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

London Evening Standard to cut more than a dozen editorial roles — Managing editor apologises for unfortunately-timed email about redundancies reaching staff as they returned from Charlie Hebdo church service — The London Evening Standard is axing more than a dozen editorial roles, affecting a number of veteran senior staff.

Kevin Donovan / Toronto Star:

Canada's Global TV anchor Leslie Roberts suspended amid probe of ties to secret PR firm — Global TV anchor Leslie Roberts suspended — TV anchor Leslie Roberts has secretly been part owner of a small public relations firm whose clients appear on his show.