Top News:
Suman Varandani / International Business Times:
Bangladesh Blogger Washiqur Rahman Hacked To Death A Month After Avijit Roy's Killing — A blogger was hacked to death in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Monday, police said, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The incident marks the second such attack in about a month …
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bdnews24.com, BBC, RTÉ, Bloomberg Business, Guardian, The Daily Star, NewsHub.org and Dhaka Tribune
Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters:
UK police investigate death threat against BBC chief over Clarkson sacking — (Reuters) - Police in Britain said on Sunday they were investigating a death threat against Tony Hall, the director general of the BBC, made on the day he dropped celebrity TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson from the “Top Gear” motoring show.
Discussion:
Daily Mail, BBC, NY Daily News, The Independent, Sky News, Guardian, broadcastnow.co.uk, The Drum and Telegraph
Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
Spotify arrives on PS3 and PS4, replacing Music Unlimited, available in 41 countries — PlayStation gets Spotify, Replacing Sony's own music service — NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify is coming to the PlayStation, replacing Sony's own Music Unlimited service, as the company continues to expand …
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, USA Today, TechRadar.com, Engadget, PlayStation.Blog and The Verge
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty:
Inside Russia's professional troll factory where employees get paid for pro-Kremlin comments on social media and news websites — One Professional Russian Troll Tells All — “All the curtains are kept closed,” says former professional Russian troll Marat Burkhard.
Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update:
Alliance representing songwriters express concern about digital rights and royalty disputes — Songwriters voice concerns about proposed collecting society withdrawal — An alliance of organisations representing songwriters around the world has published an open letter addressed …
Discussion:
Music Business Worldwide and HipHopDX News
Matthew S Carroll / Medium:
MediaShift's Mark Glaser talks innovation, news apps, and the future of investigative reporting — The Future of News initiative at the MIT Media Lab spoke with Mark Glaser, who started MediaShift in 2006 as a small, one-person blog, with a focus on the changes revolutionizing media and media technology.
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
A $325K FCC fine against a Virginia station raises calls for changes to broadcast indecency rules — The huge FCC fine against a Virginia station is a sign we need to rethink broadcast indecency rules — “The stroking of an erect penis on a broadcast [news] program is shocking.”
Discussion:
@cjr
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Media outlets raided and banned as conflict spirals in Yemen — The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of Yemeni journalists amid escalating violence in the country. Houthi forces have raided news outlets, detained journalists, and banned websites …
Discussion:
Internet Society and Guardian
Simon Owens / Nieman Lab:
How World Politics Review went from a side project to a paywalled news destination — How a hobby foreign affairs blog became a paywalled news destination — and a business — Like many journalism startups to emerge in recent years, the World Politics Review got its start because the kind …
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Colorado Gazette publisher defends marijuana series written by editorial board members, anti-pot freelancer — Gazette publisher in Colorado defends controversial marijuana series — COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — On Sunday, The Gazette, the daily newspaper here in Colorado's second-largest city …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Comcast says Apple hasn't inquired about offering NBCUniversal content for its upcoming streaming service — Comcast Says It's Not Talking to Apple About Apple TV, Because Apple Hasn't Asked — Apple is talking to TV programmers about a new Web TV service it would like to launch this year.
Discussion:
Variety
Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Erin Gloria Ryan, managing editor, Jezebel — CAPITAL: Do you think Jezebel has become less snarky and more focused on positive stories than it was when it first launched? And is that a good thing or a bad thing? — RYAN: I didn't “discover” …
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@olivianuzzi