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New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly's role as professional provocateur, not news anchor, feeds the Fox brand and wallet; his show brought in over $100M in ad revenue in 2014 — For Bill O'Reilly and Fox News, a Symbiotic Relationship — Hours after the news broke that Brian Williams had misrepresented his account …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly now scrutinized for story of murdered nuns — The questions keep piling up for Bill O'Reilly, and increasingly those questions are being raised by a liberal media watchdog that has long feuded with the conservative Fox News host. — For the second time in as many days …
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Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:
Bill O'Reilly Lied About Witnessing Suicide Of JFK Assassin's Friend, Former Co-Workers Say
Bill O'Reilly Lied About Witnessing Suicide Of JFK Assassin's Friend, Former Co-Workers Say
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
New York Times community editor on comments: expansion plans, “censorship” complaints, West Coast time issues, and resource challenge from moderating by hand — Trying to Keep a ‘Celebrity Class of Commenters’ Happy — Censorship! Discrimination! Downright confusion!
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Gigaom, @sulliview, @jayrosen_nyu, @jcstearns, @mathewi and Poynter
S. Mitra Kalita / Poynter:
What I wish I would have told Dori Maynard in our last conversation — The last time I saw Dori Maynard was in September at the American Society of Newspaper Editors-Associated Press Managing Editors summit in Chicago. We tended to meet at the alphabet soup of conferences that is the life …
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@poynter, @mitrakalita and @sliss33
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David DeBolt / Mercury News:
Dori Maynard, president of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, dies at 56
Dori Maynard, president of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, dies at 56
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Viacom's Nickelodeon will launch Noggin, a subscription video service aimed at pre-schoolers, on March 5 for $5.99/month — Nickelodeon To Launch Noggin Subscription-Video Service in March — Nickelodeon is tapping into its past to help spark its future.
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International Business Times:
Before his HarperCollins book deal, NY Gov Andrew Cuomo backed tax breaks that helped News Corporation — Before Book Deal, Andrew Cuomo Backed Bills That Helped News Corporation — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo likes to portray himself as a crusader against corruption in Albany …
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
WSJ: YouTube remains unprofitable, breaking even in 2014 with revenue of $4B — YouTube still doesn't make Google any money — YouTube still isn't a profitable business for Google, sources tell The Wall Street Journal's Rolfe Winkler. — Thanks to a premium ads push last year called …
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Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google and @pkafka
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Ex-Times editor Jill Abramson inks $1M book deal — Simon & Schuster has won the bidding for the first book by former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson since she was booted from her job last May, The Post has learned. — The winning price was not disclosed but is believed …
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@mlcalderone, @jembradshaw and FishbowlNY
Seth Liss / Poynter:
James Warren will be Poynter's chief media correspondent — James Warren will join Poynter's digital team as chief media correspondent starting in April. Warren is currently the Washington bureau chief for the New York Daily News and a former managing editor and Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Tribune.
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Associated Press:
3 Al-Jazeera journalists arrested for flying drone in Paris — PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutors' office says three Al-Jazeera journalists have been arrested for illegally flying a drone. — It said the three foreign nationals aged 70, 54 and 36 were taken into custody Wednesday afternoon …
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Arizona courts seek notes used by former Gov Brewer in writing of her book, they may be protected by journalist shield law — Why Jan Brewer is sounding like James Risen — Arizona's former governor is claiming First Amendment protections, and she may have a point
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@jackshafer
John Herrman / The Awl:
Facebook as a CMS, with distribution to a large audience and with ad tools and revenue, could attract some publishers — The Facebook Proposition — After a week hosting and attending a conference about the future of the media, Walt Mossberg has a conclusion: “How's the Media Industry These Days?
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