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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.
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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Mike Collett-White / Reuters:
Reuters journalist Maria Golovnina dies in Pakistan aged 34 — (Reuters) - Maria Golovnina, Reuters bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan who was widely loved and admired for her courage, compassion and professionalism, died in Islamabad on Monday. — Maria, 34, was found collapsed …
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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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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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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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RAIN News, The Next Web, @jessicasuarez, CNBC, hypebot, TechCrunch and Business Insider
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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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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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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Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Comcast Accused of Paying Off Al Sharpton in $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit — Today, Comcast and Time Warner Cable were served with a lawsuit from a group of African-American media owners seeking $20 billion — yes, “billion,” with a “b” — for discriminatory practices …
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Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap
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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