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12:15 PM ET, February 23, 2015

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Jim Romenesko:
Ken Silverstein resigns from Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media, blasts ‘dishonest’ leadership  —  Investigative reporter Ken Silverstein has resigned from First Look Media's The Intercept after 14 months, saying he and others were hired “under what were essentially false pretenses [by being] …
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Dish Network Founder Charlie Ergen Stepping Back Into CEO Role  —  When Dish Network President and CEO Joe Clayton retires on March 31, company Co-founder and Chairman Charlie Ergen will step back into those top day-to-day jobs.  —  “Over the last four years, Joe's leadership has been instrumental …
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
In 2014 Q4, Dish loses 65K subscribers but revenue rises 5.3% to $14.6B, net income up 17% to $945M  —  Dish Loses Subscribers, But Ups Revs 5%  —  Dish Network was hit with a net loss of subscribers for the fourth quarter 2014 — a reversal of a slight gain a year ago.
Peter Maass / The Intercept:
The Intercept's Laura Poitras Wins Academy Award for ‘Citizenfour’  —  Laura Poitras, a founding editor of The Intercept, won an Academy Award tonight for her documentary “Citizenfour,” an inside look at Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistleblower.
CBC News:
Mohamed Fahmy's retrial in Egypt adjourned until March 8  —  'It's another circus of a retrial,' after 2 witnesses don't show, says Fahmy, seeking deportation to Canada  —  Fahmy's retrial in Egypt adjourned until March 8 2:23  —  The retrial of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy …
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Kevin Roose / Fusion:
Meet the tweet-deleters: people who are making their Twitter histories self-destruct  —  Like most media workers, Matthew Lazin-Ryder, a Vancouver-based producer with CBC Radio, spends a fair amount of time on Twitter.  When he tweets, his messages are seen by some percentage of his 3,470 followers.
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
NYT media desk in flux after death of David Carr and staff reductions, while beat remains unrelenting and important  —  In Big Media Town, ‘Core’ Beat in Flux  —  AS Dean Baquet sees it, there are some coverage areas at which The Times simply must excel.  —  International reporting is one …
Michelle Goldberg / Washington Post:
Feminist writers are so besieged by online abuse that some have begun to retire  —  Michelle Goldberg, a contributing writer at the Nation, is the author of “The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World.”  —  Jessica Valenti is one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon Hires Ex-ABC Marketer Mike Benson to Head Advertising for Original TV Series  —  Amazon.com has hired Mike Benson, former ABC marketing boss and chief creative officer at Time Warner Inc., as head of brand marketing and creative development for Amazon Digital Video.
Discussion: The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
Will Carty / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter announces that it is backing the FCC's net neutrality proposal  —  Why Twitter faves #NetNeutrality  —  The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to act on a “net neutrality” proposal that will put vital consumer and competitive protections back on the books …
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Apple expanding its editorial efforts, hiring music journalist for iTunes team in London  —  Apple hiring for iTunes role with ‘specific expertise in music journalism’  —  A recruitment ad for an ‘Editorial Producer’ within Apple's iTunes team in London hints at plans to beef …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Save Our Sources victory as Government agrees interim controls on police viewing journalists' call records  —  The Government is to use to rush through interim measures to stop police viewing journalists' phone records without judicial oversight in a move that signals victory for the Press Gazette Save Our Sources camaign.
Discussion: Guardian
Patrick Foster / RadioTimes:
Broadcasters fear Prime Minister will ditch election debates for five-way YouTube contest  —  Video streaming giant has partnered with Daily Telegraph and Guardian to offer early debate  —  The Conservatives are considering ditching the televised election debates in favour of a five …
 
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Jada F. Smith / New York Times:
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
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Discussion: Mediaite and Gawker
Fredrik deBoer:
With so much overlap in coverage, upstarts like Fusion, Vox, and Vice struggle to create unique identities
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Report examines the rise of games and quizzes in online media and how news orgs take advantage
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Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:
O'Reilly Indeed Embellishing War Reporting Experience, Says CBS Colleague
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Language barriers, low data literacy, and lack of established independent media make data journalism difficult in Afghanistan
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Politico's plan to launch a gossip column in the gossip-saturated capital