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Guardian:
Guardian Media Group pledges £100,000 to sustain Charlie Hebdo's publication, sees no need to publish its cartoons — The Guardian view on Charlie Hebdo: show solidarity, but in your own voice — Journalists were murdered for exercising free speech. They trampled on religious taboos.
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
A Close Call on Publication of Charlie Hebdo Cartoons — Was The Times cowardly and lacking in journalistic solidarity when it decided not to publish the images from the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that precipitated the execution of French journalists? — Some readers I've heard from certainly think so.
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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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@cjr, The Local, NBC News, Reuters and Washington Post
Erin Polgreen / Talking Points Memo:
Hey, Media: Instead Of Lionizing Charlie Hebdo, Support The Artists You're Exploiting — The recent attack on Charlie Hebdo, a weekly satirical French newspaper featuring acerbic cartoons and comics, is shocking. Twelve people are dead, 11 injured. These attacks threaten the freedom of the press.
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Guardian:
Google and French publishers to donate €250K each to Charlie Hebdo, which plans 1M issue print run next week
Google and French publishers to donate €250K each to Charlie Hebdo, which plans 1M issue print run next week
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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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FishbowlNY, Poynter and @jackshafer
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.
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@bobpickard, @sladurantaye, @sunlorrie, @emmmacfarlane, Mr. Media Training, @cselley and The Desk
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
One year in, The Information sticks to subscription model — In late 2013, former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin turned heads with the launch of The Information, a tech site that ditched ads for a $399 per year subscription. — The move was risky: Most publishers on the Web …
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@simonowens
John Herrman / The Awl:
Facebook's latest post on video growth shows intent to demote publishers to producers, with uncertain benefits — Territory Annexed — Here is an update from Facebook about what “the shift to video”—that is, the sudden prevalence of auto-playing clips posted directly to the site—means to “creators.”
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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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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Meet Shani Hilton, the youthful conscience of Buzzfeed News — Shani Hilton, who runs the day-to-day operations of Buzzfeed News, understands the trials and tribulations of growing a young news organization better than most. — Hilton got her start in journalism early, in the seventh grade …
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@jennydeluxe, @arikligeti, The Daily Caller and Forbes
Reuters:
Bloomberg News senior executive editor Laurie Hays departs — One of Bloomberg LP's top news executives, Laurie Hays, is leaving the company following a shake up of the financial information provider's newsroom leadership in December. — Hays is departing Bloomberg News under …
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New York Post, New York Times, Politico and Poynter
Juliana Reyes / Technical.ly Philly:
Launched: The Philly Voice, led in part by daughter of ex-Inquirer part-owner George Norcross — News startup PhillyVoice is now live — The PhillyVoice, the news startup run by former Philly.com staffers, is now live, with lots of content (including wire copy from Reuters) and some ads for local businesses.
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