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6:25 PM ET, February 24, 2015

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New York Times:
Aggressive defence of Bill O'Reilly by Fox News shows the networks broader strategy to strike back against rival media outlets  —  Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Redouble Defense of His Falklands Reporting  —  The Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports …
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Journalist Amanda Terkel says she was tailed and confronted on vacation by Bill O'Reilly producer after critical blog post  —  Bill O'Reilly Has A Long Record Of Threatening And Ambushing Journalists  —  WASHINGTON — There are few people in the media more thin-skinned than Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
Medium adds tags, simplifies posting, and redesigns presentation of posts as it aims for shorter, off-the-cuff content  —  Medium, known for going long, wants to go shorter  —  Medium announced some new updates to its publishing platform today.  They include a tagging system …
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Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium can be both conversational and in depth, inspired by elements of blogging, magazines and Internet browsing habits, says CEO Ev Williams  —  Is Medium now “>140 Twitter”? … Well, yes.  We are optimistic that Medium can be both short- and long-form.  Our evidence from this comes from several things:
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Salaries and staff poaching rise as US news outlets prepare for 2016 presidential race  —  2016 campaigns are beefing up staffs.  So are the media who will cover them.  —  And more politics.  —  Forget about 2016.  With the presidential campaign just getting started …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
Comcast Q4 revenue up 4.8% to $17.7B, but struggles to add TV subscribers amidst competition from Amazon, Netflix  —  Comcast's Earnings Trail Estimates as Subscriber Increases Slow  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — Comcast Corp., the U.S. cable company awaiting approval to acquire …
Discussion: The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast CEO Optimistic on Time Warner Cable Deal Review
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Cox Media partners with TubeMogul, allows ad buyers to buy linear TV and web ads via same digital interface  —  Cox Media Partners With TubeMogul For Web Video Ad Sales  —  Little by little, the TV ad business is adopting principles from digital media.  —  Case in point: Cox Media …
Jessica Elgot / The Huffington Post:
Andy Coulson to stand trial April 21 on perjury charge arising from Tommy Sheridan trial  —  Andy Coulson, Ex- Tory Spinner And News Of The World Boss, To Face Trial Days Before May Election  —  Former Downing Street director of communications Andy Coulson is expected to face trial in Scotland …
Discussion: Scotsman, Guardian, Sky News and BBC
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Fueled by Facebook, The Independent tests the waters on US expansion  —  The Independent is the latest U.K. publisher eyeing the U.S. for digital growth.  And it's not bringing its print pages with it.  —  The Independent saw 5 million unique visitors from the U.S. last month, says comScore …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
The First Books From Amazon's Crowdsourced Publishing Platform Arrive March 3  —  Amazon has been using reader feedback to find and publish new titles via Kindle Press, using the Kindle Scout program it introduced back in October of last year.  The Scout platform uses votes from readers …
Marc Graser / Variety:
Lionsgate Invests in Videogame Publisher Telltale Games as Company Expands Beyond Films, TV  —  As it looks to expand beyond its core business of making movies and television shows, Lionsgate has invested in Telltale Games, the developer of games based on AMC's “The Walking Dead” and HBO's “Game of Thrones.”
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Press regulator to look at Daily Telegraph and HSBC allegations  —  Ipso chair says he wants to hear from ex-columnist Peter Oborne, staff and bosses over claims paper allowed commercial pressures to dictate editorial decisions  —  The press regulator is to look at allegations …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
AP correspondent wounded in Afghanistan to receive medal for courage  —  In this Oct. 9, 2014 photo, Associated Press reporter Kathy Gannon answers questions during an interview in New York.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)  —  Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press correspondent who was wounded …
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Google:
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Nielsen: TV Oscar audience dropped by 16% this year, but Twitter's numbers dropped only by 6.5%
Chris Welch / The Verge:
MLB considers spinning off its powerful streaming business
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