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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Why the NYT gave more attention to the murders at Charlie Hebdo than Boko Haram's massacre in Baga, Nigeria — When Calculus of Loss Doesn't Add Up — IF you start from the premise that every human life is of equal importance, then the judgments of news organizations will often be confounding.
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Hank Green / Medium:
Hank Green defends his and other YouTube stars' interviews with Obama after media mockery — Holy S**t, I Interviewed the President — Bethany Mota, Glozell Green, and I got an opportunity that a lot of people don't think we deserved. — Bethany ended our interview by asking for a selfie with Obama.
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
In response to rise of programmatic advertising, AOL drastically restructures ad sales staff — As Ad Business Shifts to Machines, AOL Restructures Its Sales Staff in a Major Reorg — According to numerous sources, AOL is now initiating long-planned changes to drastically reorganize …
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Quinn Norton / Medium:
Barrett Brown's sentence shows the increasing dangers of security journalism, and why reporters should step back until laws are fixed — We Should All Step Back from Security Journalism — I'll Go First — I started studying the computer underground back when I worked in tech, as an early web developer, in the mid 1990s.
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Tom Risen / US News:
Barrett Brown's Prison Time Raises Cybersecurity, Journalism Concerns
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Emma Lacey-Bordeaux / CNN:
Rapper faces charges for lyrics under CA law making it illegal to benefit from gang activities — Rapper Tiny Doo facing long prison sentence over lyrics — 'I feel like they're trying to eradicate black men' 04:33 — Story highlights — (CNN)Song lyrics that glorify violence are hardly uncommon.
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Robert Salladay / Reveal:
Center for Investigative Reporting unifies its journalism under the “Reveal” podcast brand — Reveal brings together all of CIR's journalism — Today, The Center for Investigative Reporting is taking another step in creating a sustainable and engaging platform for our work.
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Jennifer Reingold / Fortune:
A look at UK education publishing giant Pearson as it reinvents with digital focus amid customer distrust — Everybody hates Pearson — Okay, not everybody. The venerable publishing company is trying to reinvent itself for the Digital Age—in the most fraught, political …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Netflix makes four-picture deal with indie filmmakers the Duplass brothers, with windows for theaters to show films before the streaming releases — Netflix Makes 4-Pic Pact With Duplass Brothers - Sundance — EXCLUSIVE: As everyone wonders how Ted Sarandos and Netflix will stack …
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Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:
Music artists who refuse YouTube's aggressive Music Key terms lose all YouTube monetization options — Why Google Is Strong-Arming Artists Into Signing With YouTube Music Key — Cello rock n' roller Zoë Keating is really upset that Google is trying to force her to sign over the rights …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony, Google, Apple Hit With Lawsuits Over Pre-1972 Music — The lawsuits have the potential of wiping out much older music from the Internet. — All of the leading providers of streaming music are now in the scorching hot legal zone involving pre-1972 music after seven lawsuits were filed …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How Vox is rethinking presidential election coverage — When Vox launched in April, it was led by an article from co-founder Ezra Klein that seemed to lay out his ambitions for the new site. — Titled “How politics makes us stupid,” it explained that debates are often intractable …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon To Stream Golden Globe Winner “Transparent” For Free On Saturday, While Offering Discounted Prime Membership — Fresh off the heels of its first Golden Globes win, Amazon is taking advantage of the increased exposure its Netflix-like video streaming service, Prime Instant Video …
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