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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] …
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Tim Molloy Named Editor of Boston.com — Boston.com named Tim Molloy as its new editor Monday, the website announced. — Molloy joins the Boston news website as its chief editor from PBS' Frontline, where he served as digital engagement editor after twenty years working as an editor …
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Poynter, Media Nation, NetNewsCheck Latest and BostonGlobe.com
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.
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ACLU, Guardian, Poynter, @mmflint, Bloomberg View, @annepasternak, @jonrussell, Ars Technica, @kashhill, @jayrosen_nyu, @javisalas, The Verge and Boing Boing
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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CBC News, Toronto Star, Global News, Daily News Egypt, Guardian, Cairo Post and Al Jazeera English
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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 …
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The Next Web, CNBC, hypebot, TechCrunch and Business Insider
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.
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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.
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@mathewi, @digiphile, @digiphile, @antderosa, Daring Fireball and SiliconBeat
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.
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@sheshouldrun, @ahiatt, @j_nb, @awid, PandoDaily, @spbuckmulligan, @cindygallop, @cindygallop and @cindygallop
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 …
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TechCrunch, Gigaom, @darth, Consumerist, The Hill, @gigibsohnfcc, The Next Web, @dliebelson and @policy
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
BuzzFeed poaches Re/code's John Paczkowski, NYT's William Alden, Popsugar's Nicole Nguyen, and Nieman's Caroline O'Donovan for SF bureau — Buzzfeed unveils its next step for growth in San Francisco — Buzzfeed is building out a team of Silicon Valley reporters in an attempt to change the way we talk about tech.
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BuzzFeed, @jbenton, @fabricepelosi, @tomgara, @itsnicolenguyen, @mccollumashley, @mattzeitlin, @taylorlorenz, @markgurman and @mccarthyryanj
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.
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