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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
First four Game of Thrones season 5 episodes leak online, apparently originating from review copies, surfacing on major torrent sites, in major blow to HBO — First Episodes of Game of Thrones Season 5 Leak Online — Starting a few hours ago several episodes of the new Game of Thrones season started to appear online.
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Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business:
HBO Now streaming service faces first major stress test with Sunday's Game of Thrones premiere — The Streaming Throne: Can HBO Win at Netflix's Game? — HBO's online-video operation has failed before—and now winter is coming — The launch of HBO's long-awaited Internet television service …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
CBS News Political Director John Dickerson Named Anchor of ‘Face the Nation’ — CBS News has tapped its political director John Dickerson to succeed Bob Schieffer as anchor of “Face the Nation.” — Schieffer announced the appointment at the close of Sunday's telecast.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
It's OK that NYT reporter Judith Miller got Iraq wrong, but she still won't admit it — The Real Problem with Judy Miller — It's okay that the New York Times reporter got Iraq wrong—the trouble with her new memoir is she still won't admit she actually did.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How publishers are using Facebook interest targeting to reach niche audiences — In today's unbundled media landscape, where news organizations slice and dice their audiences with newsletters, apps, social media accounts and verticals, Facebook has given publishers another tool to segment their followers: interest targeting.
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@simonowens and @lheron
Julia Turner / Slate:
In defense of the unfashionable “hot take”: not all opinion journalism is glib and vapid — In Defense of the Take — The most striking thing about this week's BuzzFeed flap—in which the site was criticized for deleting two published stories, about a Dove ad and the game Monopoly …
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Jezebel, The Drum, CNNMoney, @jo_tovey and The Concourse
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Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
BuzzFeed Editor In Chief Ben Smith apologizes for deleting two posts, now reinstated, and denies that deletions were due to advertising pressure
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Associated Press:
Iran's Fars news agency: Jason Rezaian faces “espionage” and “acting against national security” charges, sold economic and industrial data to the US — Report: US reporter held in Iran facing ‘espionage’ charges — 1 photo — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) …
Reuters:
Reuters Baghdad bureau chief leaves Iraq after threats on Facebook, denouncement on TV station owned by Iran-backed armed group — Reuters Iraq bureau chief threatened, denounced over story — (Reuters) - The Baghdad bureau chief for Reuters has left Iraq after he was threatened on Facebook …
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@tomgara, @aloraibi and International Business Times
Gillian Wong / Wall Street Journal:
China Threatens Sina Corp. Over Insufficient Censorship — BEIJING—China's top Internet regulator threatened to shut down the news services of one of China's most popular social media and online news companies if it doesn't fix problems with inadequate censorship and the spreading of false information.
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Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Yahoo leadership reorganization: Simon Khalaf promoted to SVP to oversee Tumblr and home page, David Karp no longer reports to Mayer, Adam Cahan runs video — Marissa Mayer Shuffles Yahoo Leadership Team — Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's chief executive, announced a major reorganization …
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The Wrap, Mercury News, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider and Re/code
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Comcast's Brian Roberts Made $32.9M In 2014, +5.1%, But Steve Burke Beat Him — It isn't often that the No. 2 guy makes more than the boss, but it happened at Comcast in 2014 according to the company proxy, just filed at the SEC. CEO Brian Robers made $32.96 million, up 5.1% …
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Wall Street Journal:
Spotify nearing deal to raise $400M in round valuing the music-streaming service at $8.4B — Spotify Nears Deal to Raise $400 Million at $8.4 Billion Valuation — Goldman Sachs and Abu Dhabi's Sovereign Wealth Fund Have Invested — Spotify AB has headed back to the funding well for a seventh time …
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