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Brian Williams / Inside NBC News:
Brian Williams taking temporary leave from NBC Nightly News for next several days — A Personal Note from Brian Williams — In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions.
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Who Could Replace Brian Williams At ‘NBC Nightly News’?
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBC News President Deborah Turness confirms probe into Brian Williams' story, working on “next steps”
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Vox previews Obama interview with a Facebook video, full interview goes live Monday — An exclusive first look at Vox's interview with President Obama — In this excerpt of Barack Obama's conversation with Ezra Klein and Matthew Yglesias, the president gives his perspective on why the economy …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
BuzzFeed will interview Obama on Tuesday, using Facebook to amplify audience — BuzzFeed editor to interview Obama — BuzzFeed is about to have its first presidential interview. — On Sunday morning the website announced that its editor in chief, Ben Smith, will sit down with President Obama at the White House on Tuesday.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Newsweek held story about CIA/Mossad role in assassination of top Hezbollah operative for a year, at the CIA's request, then got scooped by the Washington Post — What the CIA didn't want Americans to know — Agency brass tried to spike a story implicating the CIA in the killing of a top Hezbollah terrorist.
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
NowThis scraps its website, goes all-in on social — NowThis, which was founded to try and reinvent the way video news is delivered, took another step in that direction Friday by scrapping its website of video content and establishing it as solely a repository of links to its presence on outside social media platforms.
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Al Jazeera English:
Egypt sets Feb. 12 retrial date for Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy — Egypt sets retrial date for jailed Al Jazeera staff — Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy to appear in court on February 12. — Egyptian authorities have set a date for the retrial …
Diana Marszalek / NetNewsCheck:
New Orleans' The Lens facing a crucial year after string of funding setbacks, unexpected move — Can N.O. Lens' Critical Reporting Sustain? — New Orleans nonprofit investigative site The Lens is facing a crucible year after a string of funding setbacks that may be directly tied to some of its hard-hitting reporting.
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Agence France-Presse:
Ukraine arrests TV journalist on treason charges after he denounces draft in YouTube video — Ukraine Arrests Journalist After Call to Dodge Draft — KIEV: — Ukraine's security service arrested a journalist on treason charges on Sunday after he posted a video online urging people …
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Will Oremus / Slate:
Why do writers inaccurately call the software that writes AP news stories “robots”? — Automated Insights' AP earnings reports: “Robot journalists” a misnomer? — Automated journalism is no longer science fiction. It's time to change what we call it.
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Agence France-Presse:
Japan seizes passport of journalist trying to visit Syria: reports — 2 hrs ago — Japan has seized the passport of a journalist planning to travel to Syria following the brutal killing of two Japanese hostages by the Islamic State group there, local media said Sunday.
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
Lack of listener data has held advertising back on podcasts, but outlook is improving — The measurement challenge facing podcast advertising — Apple has been a big factor in the growth of podcasting, but it's also a major force holding the medium back.
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Hisham Adra / Asharq Al-Awsat:
Some Syrian publishing houses struggle on in the midst of war as others shut down or move out — Syrian Publishing's Uncertain Future — The headquarters of Al-Bashayer publishing house in Damascus, Syria (Asharq Al-Awsat) — Damascus, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the years before the Syrian uprising broke …
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