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Terry McDermott / New York Times:
Judith Miller's The Story: A Reporter's Journey is a flawed defense that fails to critique her own reporting — Review: Judith Miller's 'The Story: A Reporter's Journey' — In late 2002 and through 2003, Judith Miller, an investigative reporter at The New York Times …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Judith Miller chewed out NYT's Keller, Abramson over controversial draft of Iraq mea culpa — In her new book “The Story: A Reporter's Journey,” former New York Times reporter Judith Miller mounts a spirited defense of her life's work, particularly her contributions to the newspaper's reporting …
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Andrew Nusca / Fortune:
Fortune hires six former Gigaom reporters to double down on its technology coverage — Fortune bulks up on technology coverage, hires six
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
The Economist launches Global Business Review app in Chinese and English, free through May, then $75/year or $8/month — Newsonomics: Why The Economist decided now's the time to speak Chinese — The newsonomics of The New York Times' Paywalls 2.0 — The Economist is launching …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Jailed Azerbaijani Journalist Ismayilova's Accuser Drops Complaint — BAKU — The plaintiff in a case against Khadija Ismayilova, a jailed Azerbaijani investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL, says he has formally asked the Prosecutor-General's Office to withdraw his complaint.
Marie Mawad / Bloomberg Business:
Vivendi Denies Report It's Considering Acquisition of Sky TV — Vivendi SA, the French media company, denied a published report that it may seek to acquire pay-TV provider Sky Plc. — A Vivendi representative disputed the Reuters report saying the Paris-based company was looking at Sky …
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
By building partnerships with other newspapers, The Washington Post is opening up revenue opportunities — Subscribers to more than 250 newspapers around the globe now have free digital access to the Post. The next question is how the paper will use this network to make money.
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Seyhmus Cakan / Reuters:
Turkish prosecutor calls for Dutch journalist's acquittal in terrorism propaganda trial — (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor made a surprise call on Wednesday for the acquittal of a Dutch journalist charged with disseminating “terrorist propaganda”, a case which had fueled concern about press freedom in EU candidate Turkey.
Business Insider:
Yahoo reorganization may end Tumblr's run as an independent unit — Marissa Mayer is doing a huge shakeup at Yahoo and Tumblr will never be the same — Yahoo is planning a big reorganization that will bring Tumblr more closely into the company, instead of allowing it to be run as a largely independent business unit.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Haystack TV Scores $1.7 Million For Its News Service Aimed At Cord Cutters — One of the problems with cutting the cord today is that you lose access to a variety of news channels and programs, and there are few resources in the streaming world that can take their place.
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Mic Wright / The Next Web:
Popcorn Time launches on iOS, no jailbreak required, works brilliantly for watching streaming video — Popcorn Time for iOS works brilliantly and that's a big problem for Apple and Netflix — Torrent-streaming platform Popcorn Time has been causing headaches for the movie and TV industries ever since it emerged early last year.
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TorrentFreak, VentureBeat, International Business Times, Esquire, The Independent, Cult of Mac, Wired.co.uk and Business Insider
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Voice of America director Ensor to step down in May — Voice of America said Tuesday its director David Ensor is stepping gown after nearly four years of leading the government-funded broadcast and digital news operation. — VOA, which is controlled by the Broadcasting Board of Governors …
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New York Times, Washington Post and GovExec.com
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Local paper publishes article after principal bans drug use story from student paper, providing broader audience, and underscoring administrators dilemma — A principal yanked a drug article from a student newspaper, so it ran online — It's called “dabbing,” and it involves smoking …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO Reminds You That HBO Now Works Better When Everyone's Not Trying to Use HBO Now — As promised, HBO has rolled out HBO Now, its $15-a-month streaming service, in time for the new season of “Game of Thrones,” which debuts Sunday. — But if you use HBO Now to stream “Game of Thrones” …
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Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
Subscription ebook service Oyster launches ebook store — See Also — A small startup is taking a huge swing at Amazon. — The e-book subscription service Oyster — often referred to as the “Netflix for books” because it offers an unlimited reading plan for $9.95 a month — is opening a new store for one-off purchases.
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TechCrunch, The New York Observer, Mashable, New York Times, VentureBeat, Capital New York, TheStreet.com, Yahoo! Finance, Wired, Bloomberg Business, CNET, CNET, The Next Web and GeekWire
Tom Risen / US News:
YouTube Kids Investigation by FTC Would Face Hurdles — A proposed investigation of the app's ads by the federal government could create a legal mess for the online video world. — The YouTube Kids app aimed at children is “unfair and deceptive,” some consumer advocacy groups say.
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
FTC to review complaint that YouTube Kids over-advertises to children
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