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David Carr / New York Times:
Brian Williams didn't satisfy the public with his weak apology, but shouldn't be fired — Brian Williams and Memories Retread From a Perch Too Public — For some time now, there have been two versions of Brian Williams. One is an Emmy-winning, sober, talented anchor on the “NBC Nightly News” …
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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.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Vox and BuzzFeed to interview Obama this week, leveraging Facebook to promote the conversations — Vox and BuzzFeed Obtain Interviews With Obama — A pair of fast-growing digital media companies, Vox and BuzzFeed, have landed their first interviews with President Obama.
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Obama: Vox ‘for the brainiac-nerd types’
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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 — Core lineup currently includes 14 cable nets, including ESPN; service now offers WatchESPN and optional $5 sports tier — Dish Network soon will add AMC — home of shows like “The Walking Dead,” …
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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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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 …
Jeremy Kessel / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter transparency report: worldwide requests up 40% for government info, 84% for content removal — Three years of increased #transparency ... and counting — Since we launched our first transparency report back in 2012, many other companies have followed suit (more than 30, according to this recently published list by Access).
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
UK police force apologises for taking details of Charlie Hebdo readers — Wiltshire force says it has deleted from its system details of four people who bought copies of magazine from a newsagent — A British police force has apologised after an officer told a newsagent to hand over details …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
KickassTorrents loses .so home to domain name seizure, reverts to .to domain — KickassTorrents Taken Down By Domain Name Seizure — With millions of unique visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) is one the most used torrent sites on the Internet. — The site's popularity …
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BBC:
Following murder of journalist Kenji Goto, Japanese government seizes passport of Syria-bound photographer — Japan seizes passport of Syria-bound journalist — Japan's authorities have seized the passport of a journalist planning to travel to Syria, local media say.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
CNN poaches two more staff from Politico; Hilary Krieger joining as Enterprise editor, Daniella Diaz joining digital production team — CNN Politics Digital continues to staff up — CNN Politics Digital continues to siphon talent from Politico, announcing Monday two new hires from the site.
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
