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Jared Malsin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Seymour Hersh on My Lai and the state of investigative journalism — In 1968, a group of American soldiers massacred more than 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in a village known in the Army as “Pinkville.” The following year, a young American reporter exposed the massacre in what became …
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@alicesperi, @cheeky_geeky, @billgertz, @dancow, @jasonleopold and Politico
Adam Epstein / Quartz:
The FCC is considering regulation to treat internet TV services more like traditional pay ones — The really important policy affecting the future of TV that no one is talking about — The future of television in the United States may hinge, oddly enough, on the government's interpretation of an 80-year-old law.
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Carrie Battan / New York Magazine:
Ellis Jones, Vice magazine's first female EIC, on gender, print, and the magazine's reputation — Is Vice Getting Nice? — When Ellis Jones was named editor-in-chief of Vice magazine in February, she received a flood of emails from aspiring contributors who opened their pitches with a crucial error.
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Andy / TorrentFreak:
EMI granted summary judgement in Grooveshark copyright case, forcing proactive anti-piracy policy — Grooveshark Publishes Proactive Anti-Piracy Policy — Throughout Grooveshark's history the company has come to rely on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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Grooveshark Blog, Billboard, Plagiarism Today and hypebot
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The New York Times is planning to offer its NYT Now app for free within weeks, currently costs $8 per month — Times plans to make NYT Now mobile app free — The New York Times is expected to announce in the coming weeks that its NYT Now mobile app will become a free product with a number …
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Agence France-Presse:
Paris supermarket hostages sue French media for revealing their location during live coverage of the siege — Paris supermarket hostages sue media over live coverage — Paris (AFP) - Six people who hid in a supermarket refrigerator during January's Islamist attacks in Paris have sued French media …
Peggy McGlone / Washington Post:
Government report finds Library of Congress lacking in digital technology and central management — America's ‘national library’ is lacking in leadership, yet another report finds — The federal government's watchdog agency released a critical report Tuesday on the Library …
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Comedy site Funny or Die to open D.C. office, hires former White House staffer — This is not a joke: The comedy Web site responsible for getting President Obama between two ferns is opening a Washington outpost. — Funny or Die's new D.C. office will be helmed by Brad Jenkins …
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
After nuclear deal, family of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian calls for end of delays in his case and for his release by Iran — Detained Post reporter Jason Rezaian's family responds to Iran nuclear deal — As Iran, the United States and other world powers announced the parameters …
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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Hulu beats lawsuit claiming it illegally shared user data with Facebook — The “Like” button collects data, but there's no master list of videos watched. — Online video provider Hulu has decisively won a lawsuit claiming it violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) …
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Tim Cushing / Techdirt:
NYPD Claims It Can't Find ‘Widely-Circulated’ Memo That Cut Off Press Access To Precinct Crime Blotters — MuckRock is again reporting on a mysteriously missing document — one that was previously acknowledged to exist but come public records request time, simply can't be found.
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
9th Circuit rules Netflix isn't subject to disability law — Are websites “public accommodations?” Federal courts have split on the question. — A federal appeals court ruled (PDF) yesterday that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't apply to Netflix, since the online video provider is …
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