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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
With New Charlie Hebdo Cover, News Value Should Have Prevailed — Readers responded passionately, and in large numbers, to my post last week about The Times's decision not to publish the now-famous Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. (In fact, I've never had more comments on a post or column.)
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Tony Todd / France 24:
Charlie Hebdo sells out as 5 million print run is announced — A defiant Charlie Hebdo went on sale Wednesday, in five languages and in more than 20 countries, splashing a cartoon purporting to be Mohammed on its front cover a week after jihadist gunmen stormed the satirical weekly's offices killing 12 people.
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New York Times:
Qaeda Group in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack — PARIS — Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen formally claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the deadly assault a week ago at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, saying that the target was chosen …
Agence France-Presse:
French comedian Dieudonné arrested, accused of being an apologist for terrorism on Facebook — Dieudonné arrested over Facebook post on Paris gunman — French comedian accused of justifying terrorism after linking attacker to tribute slogan by writing ‘I feel like Charlie Coulibaly’
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
English-language digital edition of Charlie Hebdo available Thursday through app for €3, only 300 French print copies available in US — Only 300 copies of latest Charlie Hebdo issue available in U.S. — French cartoonist Renald Luzier holds up the new issue of Charlie Hebdo.
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France 24:
Police raid Turkish daily publishing Charlie Hebdo — Police raided the printing press of Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on Jan. 14, as it prepared to distribute a four-page selection of Charlie Hebdo's post-attack issue in an act of solidarity with the French satirical weekly.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Only Top U.S. Newspaper Not To Publish Charlie Hebdo Cover
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Whisper editor in chief Neetzan Zimmerman has left following October suspension — Neetzan Zimmerman out at Whisper — Neetzan Zimmerman, who served as editor in chief of the secret-sharing app Whisper, has left the company, he confirmed to Capital. — Zimmerman, “and other staff members …
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Janet Asteroff / Mediashift:
A Progress Report on Jeff Bezos Transforming the Washington Post — If you don't like change, don't work at the Washington Post. — But if you are a consumer of digital news, you can expect some interesting and perhaps delightful innovations. And if you are in the news business …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Synacor Acquires NimbleTV, Startup That Streamed Live TV Online — Synacor, which provides technology and services to TV, Internet and communications providers, has acquired NimbleTV, a startup that sold a service to cable and telco TV subscribers for accessing live channels and DVR recordings over the Internet.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Web TV Startup NimbleTV Stops Service, Promises to Relaunch
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Carlos Slim More Than Doubles His Stake in Times Company — Carlos Slim Helú, the Mexican billionaire, has more than doubled his stake in The New York Times Company, to nearly 17 percent, the company said on Wednesday. — Mr. Slim exercised warrants to acquire nearly 16 million shares …
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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Dailymotion launches live-streaming gaming platform to compete with Twitch — Dailymotion today announced the launch of Dailymotion Games, a new live-streaming platform for gamers that is taking dead aim at the explosive success of Amazon's Twitch service. — Like Twitch, Dailymotion …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Wavelength Lets You Share Hollywood Movies With Your Friends, for Free, on the Web — At Least for Now — Hollywood's home movie sales and rentals business is shrinking. Spencer Wang says he has a solution: Make it easier for people to watch movies at home, without paying a penny.
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Ian Black / Guardian:
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi faces public flogging again on Friday; Amnesty calls for UK government to condemn punishment — Saudi blogger faces next 50 lashes as Amnesty calls on UK government to act — Wife of Raif Badawi says he may not be able to withstand more punishment as second installment of 1,000-lash sentence nears
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