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Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’ — In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider's perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States.
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Andrew Sullivan: Blogging nearly killed me — For years, Andrew Sullivan blogged at a prolific rate. — His prodigious output was supplemented by dispatches from readers, public debates with fellow bloggers and ruminations on everything from the Geneva Conventions to “South Park.”


David Ortiz's first person story on Derek Jeter's The Players' Tribune shows how athletes can bypass traditional media using small digital media platform — Athletes Finding Their Voice in Derek Jeter's Digital Venture — David Ortiz's blustery rant about being unfairly branded a cheater …
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Kinsey Wilson named executive vice president of product and technology at The New York Times — The New York Times on Monday announced that Kinsey Wilson, who was previously The Times' editor for strategy and innovation, will be executive vice president of product and technology.
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Expanded Vice-HBO news deal could rejuvenate the evening newscast, draw a younger audience, and make it commercially viable again — HBO-Vice Deal Should Scare the S*** Out of TV News — Leave it to an audacious company like Vice Media to strike a ballsy deal with HBO.
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NBC News Is First TV News Service to Connect with Kik Mobile-Chat Service — NBC News — eager to reach younger audiences — is touting its pact with Kik, a mobile-messaging startup claiming to have more than 200 million registered users. — The deal makes NBC News the first TV news organization …
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Nick Clegg: reform needed on public interest defence for journalists — Liberal Democrat leader says prosecutors are relying on outdated laws to decide whether reporters should go on trial — A reform of the law is needed to ensure a proper public interest defence for journalists, Nick Clegg has said.


Under Surveillance in Abu Dhabi: A Reporter's Saga of Being Followed, Bribed, and Recruited as a Spy — Sean O'Driscoll, who co-wrote a damning investigation into human rights violations and brutal labor practices endured by migrant workers building New York University's campus in Abu Dhabi published …
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Technology writers must tone down hyperbolic coverage of new apps like Periscope or Meerkat — Periscope won't change the world - but it appeals to journalists' vanity — The more people start to get excited about an app, the more the instinct to push back starts kicking around in my guts.
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Former BBC presenter and former Cosmopolitan editor create The Pool, an online platform with content aimed at a female audience, launching before Easter — Lauren Laverne launches online platform aimed at women — BBC 6 Music presenter teams up with former Cosmopolitan editor Sam Baker …
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AP president: Killing of journalists should be a war crime — 4 photos — HONG KONG (AP) — The president and CEO of The Associated Press called on Monday for changes to international laws that would make it a war crime to kill journalists or take them hostage.
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After year-long hiatus following a pivot in 2012 to become “a Reddit for social good”, GOOD relaunches its magazine — GOOD Goes Back to Print — As more publishers look to infuse social networking and other UGC elements with their traditional editorial models …
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Flipboard Launches Private Magazines For Groups — Flipboard, an online and mobile service that allows readers to explore content from around the web in a beautiful magazine-style layout as well as create topical, mobile magazines of their own, is today expanding its curation abilities with the debut of “Private Group Magazines.”
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