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Deborah Cole / Agence France-Presse:
Firebombing at German paper that ran Charlie Hebdo cartoons — Berlin (AFP) - A German tabloid that reprinted cartoons from the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo lampooning the Prophet Mohammed was targeted in firebombing Sunday, police said. — With security services on high alert …
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New York Times:
Paris March Against Terror Draws Huge Crowds and 40 World Leaders — PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris to join top French officials and world leaders for a rally and march under extraordinary security in a government-sponsored show of unity and defiance after a series of terrorist attacks.
Teju Cole / New Yorker:
Free speech and liberty were already in crisis before the assault on France's Charlie Hebdo — Unmournable Bodies — A northern-Italian miller in the sixteenth century, known as Menocchio, literate but not a member of the literary élite, held a number of unconventional theological beliefs.
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Brendan Bordelon / National Review:
‘I AM NOT CHARLIE’: Leaked Newsroom Emails Reveal Al Jazeera Fury over Global Support for Charlie Hebdo
‘I AM NOT CHARLIE’: Leaked Newsroom Emails Reveal Al Jazeera Fury over Global Support for Charlie Hebdo
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Tom Kent / The Definitive Source:
Why AP didn't run the Charlie Hebdo cartoons
Why AP didn't run the Charlie Hebdo cartoons
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo Attack Chills Satirists and Prompts Debate
Charlie Hebdo Attack Chills Satirists and Prompts Debate
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New York Times:
Pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones leaves The New Yorker to join Genius as an executive editor focusing on annotation of lyrics — Pop Music Critic Leaves The New Yorker to Annotate Lyrics for a Start-Up — Sasha Frere-Jones, the longtime pop music critic for The New Yorker …
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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Amazon, Netflix Win Big At The Golden Globes — Last year, Amazon wasn't even included in the Golden Globes. Netflix took home one of five nominations with the help of Robin Wright from House Of Cards. — This year, both companies are walking away winners.
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Colin Lecher / The Verge:
“Transparent” wins Golden Globe for best TV comedy, the first major award for an Amazon show — Amazon's Transparent wins Golden Globe for best TV comedy or musical — The winner of the Golden Globe award for best television comedy or musical is Amazon's “Transparent.”
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George Sandeman / Guardian:
Oxford Mail's WhatsApp news service tops 1,200 subscribers after six months — Chat app gets more click on story links than email or Twitter services, according to paper's head of content — The Oxford Mail claims its experiment with mobile messaging service WhatsApp has shown …
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Amid tensions with Omidyar, The Intercept wants to ditch its non-profit status — The Intercept Found Serial's Elusive Jay, But Can It Find a Profitable Future? — Investigative site could drop its nonprofit status by year's end — Last month, The Intercept scored an exclusive interview with Jay …
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
The looming threat of newsroom cyber attacks — Recent attacks on the Albuquerque Journal and WBOC reveal the importance of digital security — Around 11am on Tuesday, journalists at the Maryland CBS affiliate WBOC noticed that their Twitter password had been changed.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Unseen forces: NPR looks to build a broader digital audience with its new show Invisibilia — The story of NPR's new show Invisibilia starts with a butcher knife. — Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller were taking a walk during some downtime at the Third Coast Conference and …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Three From The New Republic Join The Huffington Post — Three former senior staff members at The New Republic, who were part of a mass exodus at the magazine late last year, have joined The Huffington Post. — The editors Greg Veis and Rachel Morris, and a writer, Jonathan Cohn …
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Hyperlocal Brixton Blog crowdfunds new editor — Hyperlocal media outlet Brixton Blog and Bugle hired its first paid editor this week after successfully completing a crowdfunding campaign raising £15,000 in December to pay for the position. Former freelance journalist Anna McKie joined …
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Twitter mulling 6-second autoplay preview for promoted videos when appearing in users' feeds, charging advertiser only when people click to watch full video — Twitter's Video Plans Include Autoplay Ad Previews — Advertisers Would Only Pay If People Click to Play — Mobile Marketing That Works
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