Mediagazer: 19K French websites targeted with minor denial-of-service attacks since Charlie Hebdo murders (Associated Press)

9:25 PM ET, January 15, 2015

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19K French websites targeted with minor denial-of-service attacks since Charlie Hebdo murders — France faces 19,000 cyberattacks since terror rampage — PARIS (AP) — Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: News Corp. steps up security in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Why grant anonymity to a terrorist? Jeremy Scahill explains.

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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:

Amazon executive hopes for era of peace with publishers — NEW YORK (AP) — The overseer of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book and publishing divisions is preaching peace. — With a monthslong standoff between Amazon and Hachette Book Group over e-book revenues settled and a multiyear agreement in place …

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Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
Apple: 1 million new iBooks customers each week since iOS 8 launch

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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Gawker Media merging Gizmodo and io9 teams into a tech super-hub — Gawker Media said Thursday it is combining its tech-focused blogs — Gizmodo, which tends to focus on hardware, and the more entertainment-oriented io9, as well as several smaller blogs like Paleofuture — into a single unit run by current io9 editor Annalee Newitz.

Discussion: Gawker Politburo, @mathewi, @nicknotned and @digiphile

Capital New York:

Natasha Vargas-Cooper leaves The Intercept for Jezebel — Natasha Vargas-Cooper has resigned from The Intercept, Capital has learned. — Vargas-Cooper, a staff writer, clashed with the site's new editor in chief, Betsy Reed, especially over her interview with the lead prosecutor …

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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:

Dish agrees on terms to bring back Fox news, business channels — Dish Network Corp said the Fox News and Fox Business channels will return soon to the satellite TV provider's lineup after both sides agreed on Thursday to the major terms of a multi-year deal.

Discussion: Gigaom, Deadline, Multichannel News, Adweek, International Business Times, Variety, @jonerlichman and Hollywood Reporter

Dylan Byers / Politico:

CNN's Christiane Amanpour questions Zucker over Charlie Hebdo decision — CNN's Christiane Amanpour questioned network president Jeff Zucker in front of CNN's global staff on Wednesday over his decision not to air images of the Islamic prophet Mohammed, sources at the network told POLITICO.

Discussion: Washington Post and @dylanbyers

David Carr / New York Times:
Flocking to Buy Charlie Hebdo, Citizens Signal Their Support of Free Speech

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Brian Fung / Washington Post:

Source: FCC to vote Feb. 26 on petitions from two cities asking to preempt state laws that limit municipal Internet service — The FCC will vote next month on whether to help cities build their own Internet — Telecom regulators will vote on petitions in February from two cities …

Discussion: The Hill, Multichannel News, The Verge and Ars Technica

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Inside the NY Times' audience development strategy — It was the fall of 2014, and Alexandra MacCallum was filling out her new audience development staff as The New York Times' newly appointed assistant managing editor for outreach. The timing couldn't have been more awkward …

Discussion: Gigaom, @mathewi and @niemanlab

hklaw.com:

News Media Coalition Announces Partnership to Test Small News Drones at FAA Test Site — A coalition of 10 news media companies is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) for the testing of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to gather news.

Discussion: New York Times, Poynter, ap.org, Politico, @mattwaite, USA Today, Up North Live, @farhip and Rehak/Stuebing Mostly Media

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

The New York Times is using its reader survey panel for journalism — For two decades, The New York Times has had a reader insight panel — a subset of its audience that it occasionally surveys to “better understand the reading habits, lifestyles and interests of Times readers.

Discussion: Washington Post, @niemanlab and @ylichterman

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Sorry, journos: Heavy use of social media is not stressful, study says — The Pew Research Center's latest internet study, out this morning, uses some intricate survey methodology to come to a straightforward finding: heavy users of social media, Facebook particularly, are not stressed by the experience.

Discussion: Pew Internet, Wall Street Journal, Edelman, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable, The Hill and io9

Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:

Virginian-Pilot journalists: Corporate management pressure is stifling coverage — In the wake of an investigation, “we're walking around with duct tape over our keyboards” — Things are not as they should be these days at The Virginian-Pilot, the largest newspaper in Virginia.

Discussion: @cjr

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Timeline Launches News App To Give You The Context Behind The Day's Headlines — One big complaint about current news coverage is that there's not enough context — an article or TV report might tell you what happened today, but it gives you no understanding about the history that led up to today's news.

Discussion: Fast Company, Reporters Without Borders, Business Insider, Melville House Books and Media Law Prof Blog