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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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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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Online Journalism Blog, Guardian and The Drum
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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Fox News Insider, The Diplomat, @politico, Washington Times, The Hill, @jackshafer, @charlescwcooke, @erikwemple, @roikmm, @dhberman, @sarahcnyt, @katz, @kausmickey, @reddy, @mattyglesias, @putneydm, Bloomberg View, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Fusion, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, The Wrap and CBS DC
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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@tbij
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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Voice of San Diego and Poynter
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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@livvybolton, @peter_van_brunt, @bsd and @stephenbalkam
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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@theagebreaking and @jacklong17
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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Engadget
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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@alexsteigrad, @clockwerks, Racked and @reckless
Press Gazette:
British journalist John Cantlie appears in ‘last’ IS hostage video — A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online. — The high-quality documentary-style production is titled …
Jeff Jarvis / Medium:
Editors and publishers should find a way to point Google to quality, original journalism — What news can do for Google (and itself) — How about a search of only original reporting? — In recent months, I've heard a lot of news executives complain about Google and transparency, particularly in relationship to search.
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@fredericl
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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@hanctom, @wsj, Variety, Business Insider, @wsjcmo and @digitalshields
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