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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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Texas Monthly publisher resigns, president retires; Cincinnati mag publisher to be president — Leadership shuffle at Texas Monthly — A little less than a year after losing its star editor in chief to The New York Times, Texas Monthly has seen another shake-up in its leadership.
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Economist:
Without the threat of widespread piracy that musicians face, authors and publishers may constrain the rise of all-you-can read e-book subscriptions — Publishing: Spotify for books — UK Only Article: standard article Issue: America's new aristocracy Fly Title: Publishing Rubric …
New York Times:
Facebook Said to Block Pages on Muhammad to Avoid Ban in Turkey — ISTANBUL — To avoid being banned throughout Turkey, Facebook has blocked Turkish users' access to a number of pages containing content that the authorities had deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, according to a company employee …
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