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12:25 PM ET, January 16, 2015

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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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JC Finley / UPI:
Saudi Arabia postpones flogging of blogger Raif Badawi … Saudi Arabia postponed Friday the flogging of blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison.  —  Badawi was arrested in 2012 for cybercrime and insulting Islam through his website The Liberal Saudi Network.
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Testimony from former national security adviser Condoleezza Rice sheds light on how US government pressures journalists to withhold security stories  —  Condoleezza Rice Testifies on Urging The Times to Not Run Article  —  WASHINGTON — White House officials favor two primary tactics …
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.
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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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Two Sun journalists acquitted of corruption charges  —  John Edwards and John Troup have both been cleared of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office  —  Two Sun journalists have been acquitted of corruption charges at Kingston crown court.  —  A jury cleared picture editor John Edwards …
Discussion: @dansabbagh
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 …
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Genius tests ‘annotate everything everywhere’ feature  —  Genius, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup that made headlines earlier this week when it poached pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones from The New Yorker and hired New Yorker contributor Christopher Glazek, has quietly made major changes …
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
BuzzFeed launches its own ‘public chat’ channel in messaging app Viber  —  Online news site's partnership follows an earlier deal with rival Viber, and follows rumours of a similar alliance with Snapchat  —  Online news site BuzzFeed's initial growth may have been fuelled by social networks Facebook …
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: @mathewi and @niemanlab
New York Times:
Press Freedom in Hong Kong Under Threat, Report Says  —  HONG KONG — Press freedom in Hong Kong, long an enclave of liberties in the shadow of mainland China, is increasingly threatened, with journalists assaulted, news organizations censoring stories and advertisers shunning publications that rile the authorities, a new report says.
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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