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New York Times:
Under Fire, Brian Williams Loses Lofty Spot on a Trustworthiness Scale — If Brian Williams's future as the anchor of “NBC Nightly News” rests on his trustworthiness and ratings, new research delivered some sobering news on Monday. — Before Mr. Williams apologized for exaggerating …
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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 …
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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Guardian:
Julian Assange 24hr guard leaves London police with £10m bill — Metropolitan police commissioner says preventing escape of Wikileaks founder from Ecuadorian embassy is ‘sucking resources’ — Police are reviewing the round-the-clock guard outside the Ecuadorian embassy preventing …
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Ryan Hooper / Press Association:
UK's Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says guarding Julian Assange is putting pressure on resources; force is reviewing options — Julian Assange ‘sucking police resources’: UK cop — London: British police are reviewing the operation to guard WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the UK's most senior officer has said.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Presidential interviews rarely make news; Vox's slick presentation of Obama plus softball questions became an extended commercial — All the President's Explainers — Interviews with the president are always useless. Vox's was no different. — A sit-down interview with the president …
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Telegraph:
How YouTube became a power player, in industries from politics to music — How YouTube changed the world — In late 2005, when YouTube was just a few months old, one its co-founders announced that the site's users were consuming the equivalent of an entire Blockbuster store each month.
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National Union of Journalists:
Newsquest, UK's third largest publisher of regional and local newspapers, is charging students £120 for opportunity to have byline published — Newspaper group charges students £120 for chance of a by-line — Newsquest, the UK's third largest publisher of local and regional newspapers …
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Melanie Newman / TBIJ:
Former GCHQ legal director: Journalists' communications not considered in RIPA drafting — GCHQ's former legal director admitted tonight that journalists' communications with their sources were barely considered when the RIPA snooping law governing how the police and intelligence services can intercept communications data was drafted.
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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.
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Colin Kruger / The Age:
Rupert Murdoch's grip on News Corp slipping — On Wednesday evening, an innocuous press release issued in Saudi Arabia again cast doubt on whether Rupert Murdoch's grip on the News Corp print media empire was secure. — At last year's shareholder meeting, a massive 47.4 per cent …
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Vox Media relaunches fashion site Racked, with emphasis on video, reporting, and ethics — Vox Media Looks to Racked for Growth — RACKING UP RESOURCES: From a tucked away table at The NoMad Restaurant in Manhattan's Flatiron District, Racked's top brass discusses the relaunch of their site …
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
U.S. Copyright Office Releases Proposals for Fundamentals of Music Copyright — A comprehensive effort to review music licensing concluded Thursday with the release of the U.S. Copyright Office's Music Licensing Study. The 245-page document is the result of the Copyright Office's request …
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