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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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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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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Lena Dunham, Jill Abramson, Dean Baquet, other stars all turn out for David Carr's wake — David Carr's Star-Studded Wake — A lover, a brother and “an a**hole,” tributes flowed in for The New York Times columnist whose wide range of friends were drawn from AA meetings to the Hollywood A-list.
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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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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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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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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision Communications CFO Andy Hobson resigns, no reason cited — Univision Communications CFO Resigns — Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications said Tuesday that CFO and senior executive vp Andy Hobson has resigned. — The company didn't immediately cite a reason …
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
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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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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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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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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