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Trevor Timm / Guardian:
The war on leaks has gone way too far when journalists' emails are under surveillance — The US government's demands for the private emails of WikiLeaks staffers is outrageous. Disliking Julian Assange is a disgraceful reason anyone to stay silent — he outrageous legal attack on WikiLeaks …
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling convicted of espionage in leak to NYT reporter James Risen — C.I.A. Officer in Leak Case, Jeffrey Sterling, Is Convicted of Espionage — Jeffrey A. Sterling, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer, was convicted of espionage charges Monday …
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Tom LoBianco / Indianapolis Star:
Governor of Indiana plans to launch state-run, taxpayer-funded news service to compete with other media — Pence state-run news outlet will compete with media — Gov. Mike Pence is starting a state-run news service that will provide pre-written news stories to Indiana news outlets …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Snapchat “Discover” content feature launches Tuesday — Snapchat's boosters have long argued the company could be more than just a messaging service: It could also be a platform for media companies to reach the startup's youthful audience. — Now Snapchat will try to deliver on its promises.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
London Live local television station to cut third of staff — Evgeny Lebedev's channel to re-invest savings made from around 20 people going from news and current affairs teams into programming content — Evgeny Lebedev's struggling London TV station is to cut 20 jobs, around a third of its staff …
Jinen Kamdar / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter starts rolling out group Direct Messages, 30-second video capture and sharing — Now on Twitter: group Direct Messages and mobile video camera — A few months ago, we mentioned some features coming soon, and today we're excited to start rolling out two of them: group messaging and a new mobile video experience.
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Justin Rocket Silverman / NY Daily News:
Vivian Schiller talks tech integration in journalism at Daily News Innovation Lab ‘Conversation’ event — While touting a strong economy and the number of industry jobs, Schiller — whose past gigs found her in management positions at NBC News, NPR, The New York Times and Twitter …
Richard Parker / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the Houston Chronicle is catching up to a changing city — Top editor Nancy Barnes opens up about the paper's transition — HOUSTON, TX — The biggest city in Texas isn't just big. Houston is vast, growing, and changing—fast. — The city proper is the fourth largest in the country …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Four years after Met began investigating journalists: £33.5m spent, 64 arrested and/or charged, four jailed — In January 2011 the Met Police launched what is now reckoned to have become the biggest UK criminal investigation ever, into journalists. — It began with the targeting …
Nina Strochlic / The Daily Beast:
Getty advertises high rates for exclusive footage of Islamic State hostage Kenji Goto, raising questions about surge pricing of news — Getty's Crazy ISIS Photo Ransom — The Getty photographic agency is charging a fortune for rare footage of Japan's ISIS hostages.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Scotland's pro-independence paper, The National, sees sales slump to 15,000 daily but publisher remains committed in run up to election — The National's sales slump but Newsquest eyes general election fillip — Scotland's first pro-independence daily paper falls to 15,000 …
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allmediascotland and The Drum
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Conde Nast Unveils Branded Content Shop Powered By Editors — Media companies that produce “branded” content on behalf of marketers typically keep their native ad units separate from the news side. The idea is to ensure business pressures don't compromise editorial integrity.
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Investigative News Network:
Reporters Committee Partners With INN As A Media Law Resource For Nonprofit News Organizations — The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has partnered with the Investigative News Network to provide its more than 100 non-profit news organization members with First Amendment …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
To rejuvenate The New Republic, Gabriel Snyder must release it from comparisons to the old TNR — Unsolicited Advice for Gabriel Snyder — Upon taking over as editor of the newly vacated New Republic. — We're all replaceable, but journalists are especially replaceable …
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@nickbaumann, @mikeisaac, @jayrosen_nyu, @clarajeffery and @jackshafer
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Russian State-Owned Media Was Involved In Spy Case, Complaint Says — Russian nationals charged with spying for Russia allegedly conspired to write questions for an unnamed Russian news outlet. “Definitely not RT,” RT spokesperson says. — WASHINGTON — A Russian state-owned news organization …
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