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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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TVNewser, FishbowlDC, New York Times, Poynter, CBS News, CNNMoney, @mikeallen, @ktumulty, Slate, Politico, @dvnjr, @r_allbritton and Broadcasting & Cable
Donovan X. Ramsey / The Atlantic Online:
How Black Twitter connects communities to drive activism and news cycles — The Truth About Black Twitter — Complex, influential, and far more meaningful than the sum of its social justice-driven hashtags — Black Twitter is a force. It's also not particularly well understood by those who aren't a part of it.
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@goldman
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Behind Time Warner's struggle to launch HBO Now without alienating pay-TV providers — Behind Time Warner Chief's ‘Cord-Cutter’ Pitch — CEO Jeff Bewkes wants to sell HBO online but must win over pay-TV providers — Just before 2 a.m. at his waterfront home in Greenwich, Conn. …
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New York Times
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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BuzzFeed and Washington Post
Guardian:
Daily Express uses dubious weather forecasts to create dramatic stories that may undermine a real weather crisis — Daily Express weather warning: beware a shower of extreme inaccuracy — Easter 80F heatwave? Or 10 inches of snow? Why are we offered such absurd predictions from the Daily Express?
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@danengber and @georgemonbiot
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 New Republic, The Drum, CNNMoney, @jo_tovey, The Concourse and Adweek
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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) …
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
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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The Economic Times, Reuters and Agence France-Presse
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