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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Anonymous information from a terrorist source must clear the highest bar, but ignoring it would fail the readers — Was Times ‘Disgusting’ to Grant Anonymity to Al Qaeda Source? — Everybody's the public editor these days - even the director of the F.B.I.
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@intelwire, @evanchill and @csoghoian
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
F.B.I. Chief Criticizes Times on Qaeda Source — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, sharply criticized The New York Times on Thursday for anonymously quoting a member of a terrorist group in an article about the deadly attacks last week in France.
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Pressthink, @tinyrevolution, @froomkin, @benwizner, Poynter, The Newspaper Guild, @comradewong, @jayrosen_nyu, Adweek, @markfollman, @miriamelder and @jeremyscahill
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Twitter fights Turkish order to block newspaper's Twitter account — Twitter has received a court order from the Turkish government asking the service to block or remove the account belonging to one of the country's newspapers, known as Halkin Gazetesi — which means The People's Newspaper …
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@mathewi and @chillingeffects
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Associated Press:
Turkish Journalist Could Go To Prison For Up To Five Years Over Tweet — ISTANBUL (AP) — A local news agency says Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to five years in prison for a former television presenter who was detained last month for posting a tweet suggesting a cover-up in a government corruption scandal.
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
34-Year Veteran Jim Clancy Leaves CNN After Controversial Charlie Hebdo Tweets — Just one week after he engaged in a heated Twitter debate over the terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo, CNN international correspondent Jim Clancy announced he is leaving the network after more than 30 years at the network.
The Hill:
The Hill names Neetzan Zimmerman senior director, audience and strategy — The Hill, the publication of record for policy influencers inside and outside Washington, has named Neetzan Zimmerman as senior director, audience and strategy. — Zimmerman, who will expand the publication's reach …
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@thehill, Politico, The New York Observer, @alexckaufman, @neetzan, Capital New York and Adweek
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Politico CEO VandeHei: Revenue grew by 25 percent in 2014 — The Erik Wemple Blog, the Huffington Post, the Washington Free Beacon, the Daily Caller — in recent weeks, they've all highlighted personnel turmoil at Politico, along with a dash of consternation about the ever-evolving strategy …
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@cbudoffbrown, The Huffington Post, Adweek, @sampjacobs and @mathewi
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
New York Post says Twitter feed hacked, sent false tweets about China missiles, interest rates — New York Post Says Twitter Feed Hacked After Fake China Tweets — The New York Post said its Twitter account was hacked after messages were posted citing bogus breaking news …
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UPI, The Daily Beast, Mashable, @cnbc, Gawker, @sfiegerman, CNBC, JIMROMENESKO.COM, USA Today, @noahcrothman, Engadget, @thestalwart, Consumerist, @firstwordnick, @ufeellucky, Washington Post, @bnonews and Reuters
Jason Deans / Guardian:
Editors urge David Cameron to tighten police snooping rules — Prime minister asked to intervene to help protect journalists' phones and communications records — More than 100 senior editors representing every UK national newspaper, the regional press and broadcasters have signed …
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Guardian, @arusbridger, @farrellpf and @mslods
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Sirius XM is dealt new setback in Turtles copyright lawsuit — (Reuters) - A New York federal judge on Thursday largely rejected Sirius XM Holdings Inc's request to reconsider her Nov. 14 decision in favor of members of the 1960s band The Turtles over the payment of royalties for songs made before 1972.
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AllAccess.com, Plagiarism Today, @plagiarismtoday, Law360 and RAIN News
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
Media critic Jesse Brown of the podcast Canadaland occasionally demonstrates some of his own shoddy reporting — Journalist Jesse Brown is quick to expose the failures of Canadian media. But what about his own? — Is the media industry in Canada too cozy for its own good?
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@kaleighrogers, @alexboutilier, @simonhoupt, @srlie and @juddrnaut
Sam Thielman / Adweek:
NBCUniversal Is Using Big Data to Launch Its Audience Targeting Platform — Will supplement, not replace, Nielsen metric — That was, in corporate terms, fast. — NBCUniversal is leveraging massive amounts of set-top box data collected by its parent company, Comcast …
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AdAge, MediaPost, MediaPost, Multichannel News, Variety, Wall Street Journal and AdExchanger
The Independent:
Raif Badawi: Saudi King ‘refers case to Supreme Court’, says blogger's wife — The King of Saudi Arabia is to refer the case of blogger and activist Raif Badawi's to the Supreme Court, his wife has told BBC News. — His wife Ensaf Haidar - who is living in Canada with their three children …
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BBC
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JC Finley / UPI:
Saudi Arabia postpones flogging of blogger Raif Badawi
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Amnesty International, Al Jazeera English, New York Times, @amnestyonline, Business Insider, Reuters, The Independent, The Daily Caller, @claire_phipps, CTVNews, Guardian, canada.com, @onesarahjones, @_richardhall, @lucymanning, Sky News, Newsweek, Reporters Without Borders, Democracy Now, @claire_phipps, The Independent, Fox News, BBC, International Business Times, NPR, Amnesty India, CBC News, Telegraph, Guardian, CNN, Globe and Mail, International Business Times and The Independent
Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
Chinese Directors' Guild Urges Reforms, Launch of Film Ratings System — China's Film Directors' Guild has issued a strident online manifesto urging widescale industry reforms, including a call for the establishment of a ratings system. This would make clearing censorship easier …
Agence France-Presse:
AFP photographer shot at Pakistan anti-Charlie Hebdo protest — AFP photographer Asif Hassan was shot and seriously injured Friday while covering an anti-Charlie Hebdo protest by religious party activists outside the French consulate in Karachi, but was out of immediate danger following surgery.
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New York Times, Agence France-Presse, DAWN.COM, www.oneindia.com, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Bloomberg, @ibnbatuta, International Business Times, Wall Street Journal, The Nation, UPI, VICE News, news.webindia123.com, The Express Tribune, presstv.ir, Sky News, Telegraph, Press Association, NDTV News, The Local, Deccan Chronicle, Reuters, ABC and Reporters Without Borders
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