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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.
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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 …
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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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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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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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Politico, @alexckaufman and @neetzan
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 …
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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 …
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@mathewi, @jayrosen_nyu, @jaredbkeller and Columbia Journalism Review
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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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Vox's one-week experiment updating articles older than two months brought in 500K new readers for 88 stories; “refreshes” will continue — Refreshing the evergreen — One of things we're exploring at Vox.com is how to make better use of all the reporting, writing, and coding we've done before today.
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@jayrosen_nyu, @seanmcarroll, @channay and @cjr
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 …
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Adrian Rutherford / Belfast Telegraph:
BBC uses RIPA terrorism laws to catch TV licence fee dodgers in Northern Ireland — Exclusive: Broadcaster is using Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act used for surveillance
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