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3:20 PM ET, February 15, 2015

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Daniel E. Slotnik / New York Times:
Autopsy finds David Carr died of complications from lung cancer with heart disease as a contributing factor  —  Times Columnist David Carr Had Lung Cancer, Autopsy Finds  —  David Carr, the New York Times media columnist who died unexpectedly Thursday night, had been suffering from lung cancer …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Remembering a friend, a journalist and a journalist's friend  —  Remembering a friend, a journalist and a journalist's friend.  —  All the great New Yorkers were born and raised outside of the five boroughs and its environs.  The city, which would otherwise suffer heat death and melt …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
David Carr, friend of journalism  —  David Carr looked a bit awkward gathering kindling.  His neck barely worked, so when he picked up a branch he looked as rigid as front-loader.  But there was a job to do, so none of the ailments that failed to stop him in his rise to the top of journalism …
John Cook / Gawker:
What I Learned From David Carr
Nick Bilton / Mediashift:
The Two Best Pieces of Advice David Carr Ever Gave Me
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Police Say They Killed Suspect in 2 Attacks in Copenhagen  —  LONDON — The Copenhagen police said on Sunday that they had shot and killed a man they believed carried out two attacks that left two people dead, one at a cafe and one outside a synagogue, and wounded at least five policemen.
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Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
One dead in shooting at Copenhagen freedom of speech event organized by Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, famous for caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad  —  Shootout at Copenhagen cafe free speech event  —  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Shots were fired Saturday at a cafe in Copenhagen that was hosting …
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
The New York Times is using Instagram accounts to develop an audience of potential subscribers  —  Inside The New York Times Instagram strategy  —  To appeal to a new generation of news consumers, The New York Times is going all-in on Instagram.  —  Over the past few weeks …
Kathy English / Toronto Star:
Public editor criticizes Toronto Star for publishing inaccurate, alarmist story on HPV vaccine  —  Public editor criticizes the Star's Gardasil story  —  Scientific evidence has concluded the HPV vaccine is safe and effective so why did Star publish a story that raised alarms about its safety?
Capital New York:
Daily Beast EIC John Avlon says traffic grew 30% YoY, readership is 75% millennial and Gen X  —  The 60-second interview: John Avlon, editor in chief, The Daily Beast  —  CAPITAL: You're probably tired of being asked about the comparison, but what are the biggest changes …
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Kevin Roose / Fusion:
Snapchat Discover has sent some publishers millions of views per day  —  Snapchat Discover could be the biggest thing in news since Twitter  —  A few weeks ago, Snapchat updated its app.  The new version had a little purple dot in the upper-right corner of the app's Stories screen.
Mark Little / Medium:
War propaganda must be preserved, but journalists are obligated to contextualize rather than distribute it  —  The Journalism of Terror: How Do We Bear Witness When Everybody is a Witness?  —  In the new reality of terrorism and propaganda on social media, the value of journalism as a means …
Economist:
After the Arab Spring independent media flourished, but now free speech is being snuffed out  —  A guttering flame  —  After a brief flickering, free speech is being snuffed out  —  THIS month Al Arab, a new private Saudi-funded satellite channel, launched in Bahrain with shiny new studios and sparkling ideals.
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
Timeline app that shows history behind news has no business model yet, but many options exist  —  Timeline is providing historical context to the news — but is there a business model to support it?  —  There's a new news app that's made quite a splash.  From headlines like …
 
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