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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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@drewmarlowe, @auerbach, @hankgreen, @jameswillamor, @tcarmody, @jh_swanson, @lauraolin, @helvetica and @jaredbkeller
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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@waltmossberg, @jayrosen_nyu and @mdudas
Casey Newton / The Verge:
11 of 14 projects in Sundance Film Festival's experimental showcase use virtual reality — How virtual reality ate the Sundance Film Festival — The future of independent film may not be film at all — The most buzzworthy feature of 2015's Sundance Film Festival isn't a film at all …
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Engadget, @verge, @kickstarter, /Film and New York Times
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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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@inner_chi, @justin_kanew, UPROXX, Examiner, Times of San Diego, U-T San Diego stories, Daily Mail, FITSNews, Media Law Prof Blog and Washington Times
News One:
Johnson Publishing Company wants to sell photo archive of 70-year-old Ebony magazine for $40M — Johnson Publishing Company Selling Iconic 70-Year-Old Photo Archive — A woman holds a copy of Ebony magazine, featuring a cover picture of U.S. presidential hopeful , Sen. Barack Obama …
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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Fact-Based, In-Depth News and Slate
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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@twg, @thefuturewasnow, @steve_katz, @cironline and @palewire
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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@tonyparkin, @fortunemagazine, @drloisweiner and @philonedtech
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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Engadget, Mashable, Inside Movies, The Verge, Variety, WebProNews, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News
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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Zoë Keating, Music Industry Blog, @marcoarment, The Register, Tubefilter, The Drum and Billboard
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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Gigaom, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, Electronista, Patently Apple, Rolling Stone, RAIN News, The Next Web, Music Times and MacRumors
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