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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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@cheeky_geeky, @alicesperi, @dancow, @billgertz, @jasonleopold and Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Disney to invest $250M in fantasy sports site DraftKings, valuing company at $900M; DraftKings commits to spending over $500M on ESPN ads — Disney to Invest $250 Million in Fantasy Site DraftKings — Walt Disney Co. is investing $250 million in online fantasy sports business DraftKings Inc. …
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VentureBeat, PandoDaily, BetaBoston, @shaliniwsj, @danprimack, @pkafka, @joebrennanjr, @ourand_sbj, SportsBusiness Daily and Forbes
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish rebrands DishWorld as Sling International, offering 200 channels in 18 languages to US customers, starting at $15 per month — Dish Rebrands DishWorld as ‘Sling International’ Over-the-Top Service — Dish Network, the No. 2 satellite TV service in the U.S., announced that DishWorld …
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Wall Street Journal, Home Media Magazine, Business Wire, Deadline and The Next Web
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, hypebot and Plagiarism Today
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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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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Washington Post, FierceGovernmentIT, Melville House Books, @jessamyn, @mitchfraas, @uffishl, NBC News, Nextgov and Roll Call
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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Latest News & Headlines, @lizsly, National Press Club, @rozitariazati and Guardian
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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bookforum.com, @kevinloker, FishbowlNY, @vb2b, @cwarzel, @jbenton and @joepompeo
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Net neutrality suits may claim lack of notice and authority by FCC and may target specific provisions such as ban on paid prioritization — Telecoms Ready Fight Against Net Neutrality — Challenge could start by focusing on how much notice industry got — The telecommunications industry …