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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Case study: Twitter sends less than 2% of tweet impressions back to a linked website — The Unbearable Lightness of Tweeting — In January, I deleted Twitter from my phone. The app was a charming distraction, I decided, and 2015 would be a year of productivity upgrades.
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@sarahmarshall, Digiday, @snoodit, @bryanbumgardner, @abiyetk, AdExchanger and @mikeisaac
Katie Hawkins-Gaar / Poynter:
Newsrooms like Storyful begin to address the emotional toll of graphic images like ISIS videos — Newsrooms face mental health challenge amid surge of graphic footage — Tuesday, February 3, marked the first time Andy Carvin allowed himself to watch an ISIS execution video.
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@katiehawk
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
David Carr's memoir to be rushed back to press — David Carr in the documentary “Page One: Inside The New York Times.” — Simon & Schuster is going back to press to rush more copies of the memoir “The Night of the Gun” to market, after the sudden death of the author, New York Times media columnist David Carr, The Post has learned.
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LA Observed, @matthewkeyslive, FishbowlNY, Poynter and The Wrap
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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
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Matt Waite / Nieman Lab:
Proposed FAA rules will allow newsrooms to use drones for reporting — New rules governing drone journalism are on the way — and there's reason to be optimistic — Today we got our first real look into what the FAA intends to do about regulating drones in U.S. airspace — and frankly …
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The Verge, Guardian, faa.gov, Naked Security, @lavrusik, @rosental, @kevinokeefe, The Wrap, @droneanalyst, PandoDaily, BetaNews, ReadWrite, @digiphile, The Next Web, @niemanlab, Engadget, Poynter and Gizmodo
Lion Publishers:
Local Independent Online News Publishers group hires former editor of New Haven Register, Matt DeRienzo, as interim executive director — LION hires DeRienzo to expand leadership in local publishing — LION Publishers is pleased to announce that industry leader Matt DeRienzo has been hired as the group's interim Executive Director.
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@netnewscheck and @lionpubs
Bloomberg Business:
Meet the Oregon Journalist Who Keeps Taking Down Governors — The resignation of Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber on Friday is another pelt on the wall for Nigel Jaquiss, a Goldman Sachs oil trader turned muck-raking journalist. — Jaquiss, 52, works at Willamette Week …
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@mattdpearce, @thestalwart and The Newspaper Guild
Aziz El Yaakoubi / Reuters:
Morocco expels two French reporters for violating rules — RABAT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Moroccan authorities have expelled two French reporters they said were working without permission, a move criticised by freedom of speech campaigners as part of a pattern of making it tough for journalists to work.
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Associated Press and Al Bawaba
James Temperton / Wired.co.uk:
After UK court ruling, Privacy International website allows you to ask if GCHQ spied on you — You can now find out if GCHQ spied on you — People from around the world can join a campaign to find out if British intelligence agency GCHQ illegally spied on them — and force it to delete the data.
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Medium and The Next Web
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Renews Epix Pact, Will Add Movie Channels to Sling TV Internet Service — Satcaster's Sling TV to add Epix as a la carte option — Dish Network and Epix have inked a multiyear renewal for continued carriage of its movie services on traditional pay-TV service, as well as bringing …
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Business Wire, Home Media Magazine, LostRemote, Ars Technica, Hollywood Reporter, NY Daily News, Multichannel News and The Wrap
Sharif Abdel Kouddous / Toronto Star:
Mohamed Fahmy ‘still living in this nightmare’ — In interview with the Star from Egypt, the Canadian journalist says strict bail conditions on his release amount to “limited freedom” — but he won't give up the fight. — Sharif Abdel Kouddous for the Toronto Star
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BuzzFeed, @sarahjreports, @smaclellan and @amnestysecurity
Emily Bell / Guardian:
Brian Williams has gone, but false news is bigger business than ever — The web has simultaneously enabled an accelerated cycle of untrue stories and rumour, and the ability to debunk them — very journalist is familiar with the type of story that is “too good to check”.
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@jxpaton and @annabelcrabb
Robert Feder:
Looming buyouts and layoffs of over 20% of staff mute pride of Polk Award at Chicago Sun-Times — Sun-Times can't win for losing — Just days before it will lose more than 20 percent of its editorial staff to buyouts and layoffs, the Sun-Times won one of the nation's most prestigious prizes for journalism.
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@robertfeder
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