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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Fox News apologizes 4 times for inaccurate comments about Muslims in Europe — Fox News took time out of four broadcasts on Saturday to apologize for four separate instances of incorrect information that portrayed Muslims in a negative light. — Several of the cases involved incendiary comments about …
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New York Times, Mediaite, Gawker, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Vox and Medium
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Fox News to earn $1.50 per subscriber per month, more than most channels besides ESPN and TNT — Fox News to earn $1.50 per subscriber — Fox News Channel is on track to earn $1.50 per cable subscriber per month in the not-too-distant future. — That dollar figure …
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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen says cable audience is shrinking, but there's no corresponding decline in cable fees — Michael Wolff Blasts Nielsen Cable Ratings: What If They Aren't Real? — At the heart of the television business in 2015 is an existential is-God-dead sort of question: Where has the cable audience gone?
Discussion:
@laceyvrose and @cvogtimagine
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
YouTube Will Produce Its Own Super Bowl Halftime Show — YouTube will offer a halftime show during the Super Bowl featuring some of its biggest online stars, part of a broader initiative to promote advertisements on the Google Inc (GOOG).-owned video site. — Harley Morenstein …
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@lucas_shaw, @dweinstein21, @elyssagoldberg, @sarahfrier, VideoInk, Forbes, Gigaom, AdAge and Tubefilter, Thanks:@lucas_shaw
Sebnem Arsu / New York Times:
Turkey threatens to block Twitter unless Twitter blocks the account of a newspaper that circulated leaked documents — Turkey Threatens to Block Social Media Over Released Documents — ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish officials threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless …
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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Twitter fights Turkish order to block newspaper's Twitter account
Twitter fights Turkish order to block newspaper's Twitter account
Discussion:
@mathewi, @chillingeffects and Techdirt
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
New York Times to hire seven for native advertising content studio — Times to staff up content studio — The New York Times is staffing up a department that makes in-house branded content for marketers as part of its push to grow digital advertising revenues.
Brian Clark Howard / National Geographic:
Seven-Year Walk Highlights Power of ‘Slow Journalism’ — WASHINGTON—As he advances on a seven-year walk around the planet, journalist Paul Salopek is merging the oldest form of transportation with the newest digital technology, from Twitter to video chatting to blogging, to share the stories he's finding with the world.
Discussion:
@ethanz
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Digital First Media sale: Gannett and Tribune likely bidders, but regional buyers are showing interest — Newsonomics: Digital First Media's upcoming sale is producing some surprises — Anxious journalists from San Jose to Saint Paul, New Haven to Novato await the final shouts of the Digital First Media auction.
Discussion:
@raju and Talking New Media
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
Oscar voters pick all-white field for lead and supporting actor and actress, spurring backlash — White, male field spurs Oscars diversity backlash — One year ago, 12 Years A Slave triumphed as Oscars' best picture — the first time the top prize went to a film directed by a black filmmaker, Steve McQueen.
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Vox, Talking Points Memo, Grantland, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Washington Post, CNNMoney.com, The Independent, Bloomberg, NY Daily News and The Wrap
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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@jessebrown, @misterjohndoyle, @kaleighrogers, @srlie, @simonhoupt, @alexboutilier and @juddrnaut
Roberto Saviano / Guardian:
Italian journalist Roberto Saviano has lived with armed guards for eight years since exposing the Naples mafia in a book — My life under armed guard — For eight years, the journalist Roberto Saviano has faced constant threat of death for exposing the secrets of the Naples mafia in his book Gomorrah.
Discussion:
@jonjonfaull, @icssmol and @bdeskin
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.