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Travis J. Tritten / Stars & Stripes:
Stars and Stripes publishes full transcript of Feb 4. interview with Brian Williams, in which he admits he was never on the attacked helicopter — In his words: Brian Williams' interview with Stars and Stripes — WASHINGTON — NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on Sunday scuttled …
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Associated Press:
ABC beats Brian Williams' newscast in ratings Friday — NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Williams' nightly newscast on NBC was beaten soundly in the ratings by ABC's “World News Tonight” on Friday, two days after Williams apologized for telling a false story about being in a helicopter hit by a grenade in Iraq 12 years ago.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC's Brian Williams told varying versions of rocket fire in Israel-Hezbollah war — NBC News anchor Brian Williams certainly has placed himself in dangerous situations in covering wars and natural disasters over the years. But how much danger? With Williams, the answer varies.
David Carr / New York Times:
Brian Williams didn't satisfy the public with his weak apology, but shouldn't be fired
Brian Williams didn't satisfy the public with his weak apology, but shouldn't be fired
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Felix Salmon / Fusion:
Advice for young journalists: Find another more lucrative, lasting career — To all the young journalists asking for advice.... Thanks very much for your email! I'm always happy to meet just about anybody, and would love to find some time to have that coffee with you.
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New York Times:
Hopes dwindling of Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal being approved by Washington regulators — Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal Still Up in the Air a Year Later — Cable Giants Defend Comcast Deal Cable Giants Defend Comcast Deal — David Faber of CNBC questioned the chief executives …
Netflix:
Netflix starts offering service in Cuba for $7.99 a month — Netflix Is Available in Cuba — Cubans Will Gain Access to A Broad Range of Original Series, Movies, Documentaries, Stand-up Comedy Specials and TV Shows Starting At $7.99 — Los Gatos, California, February 9, 2015 …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube's Young Turks now producing five-day-a-week series on Facebook; won't generate revenue — Facebook Landing More Original Web Series — More content companies are starting to produce original Web series designed specifically for distribution on Facebook .
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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Tablet magazine starts charging readers to comment on stories, at $2/day, $18/month, or $180/year — Tablet magazine starts charging commenters — As a number of news sites eliminate their comments sections altogether, Tablet, a daily online magazine of Jewish news and culture …
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Sling TV opens the floodgates, accepts sign-ups without invites — Sling TV, the online TV streaming service from Dish Networks, is now available to everyone: The service ended its invitation-only soft launch late Sunday night and began to accept sign-ups from everyone on its website.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish's Sling TV to Add AMC to $20 Monthly Internet Package, Launches Nationwide
Dish's Sling TV to Add AMC to $20 Monthly Internet Package, Launches Nationwide
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Nonprofit Voice of San Diego redesigns with goal of driving membership and email newsletter signups — Voice of San Diego, 10 years old today, is rethinking its editorial and tech around membership — Voice of San Diego editor in chief and CEO Scott Lewis finally has everything he wants.
Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
French government can now block sites that advocate terrorism or contain images of child abuse without a court order; ISPs must comply within 24 hours — French law blocking terrorist and child abuse sites comes into effect — Law that allows blockade of offending sites without …
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Iran foreign minister says he hopes Post reporter Jason Rezaian will be cleared — MUNICH — Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that he hopes Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post correspondent who has been in jail since July, will be cleared in court. — Mohammad Javad Zarif …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Capital New York, one year into paywall: 'We're breaking through.' — It's been a year since politics and media news site Capital New York started charging for access to its coverage. It was risky, considering there's a short list of news outlets that successfully charge consumers.
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