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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Iran charges Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian with espionage, three other serious crimes — Post reporter jailed in Iran faces 4 charges including espionage — Iranian authorities are charging The Washington Post's Tehran bureau chief, Jason Rezaian, with espionage and three other serious crimes …
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Martin Baron / Washington Post:
Full statement on Jason Rezaian from Post's executive editor Martin Baron
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Vice, CNN, NBC and ‘Serial’ Among Peabody Winners — Vice News, CNN, NBC and the “Serial” podcast were among the winners for the 74th annual Peabody Awards. — Vice won for “Last Chance High,” a deep look at a Chicago high school with high-risk students running out of options.
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Netflix Is Betting Its Future on Exclusive Programming — LOS GATOS, Calif. — It is April 9 just before midnight in the war room of Netflix's headquarters here, where the smell of popcorn fills the air and a team of engineers, social media experts and other specialists starts counting …
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Politico plans to double its reporting staff to about 500 — Policy and politics news outlet reveals strategy to grow beyond US and European operation, which launched this week — US-based policy and politics news outlet Politico is looking to double the number of journalists it employs …
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Adam Ragusea / Nieman Lab:
SoundCloud doesn't recognise fair-use under US copyright law, removes student's radio story — Journalists shouldn't lose their rights in their move to private platforms — Here's a wakeup call to audio creators everywhere: SoundCloud does not recognize your fair use rights under U.S. copyright law.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Fox News' Roger Ailes: NBC should bring Brian Williams back — Fox News chief Roger Ailes says NBC should bring back disgraced “Nightly” anchor Brian Williams. — “I think Brian's a talent who made a dumb-ass error,” Ailes tells The Hollywood Reporter's Marisa Guthrie in a new profile.
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Ben Gilbert / Business Insider:
HBO picks up Vimeo original web series, High Maintenance, for six new episodes, the first 19 episodes coming later this year — HBO just picked up Vimeo's original series about pot dealers — HBO's ever-expanding portfolio of excellent television is getting yet another great show.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Condé Nast launches first Apple Watch app, cooking instructions from Epicurious — Epicurious Brings Cooking Instructions To The Apple Watch With New Smart Timer App — What will recipes look like on the Apple Watch? I'm not sure, but Condé Nast-owned cooking website Epicurious has taken a stab at figuring it out.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CBS 60 Minutes viewers largely supportive of decision to air Syrian Sarin gas attack footage — ‘Nauseating, but necessary:’ Sarin gas attack in Syria shown on ‘60 Minutes’ — Ahead of Sunday's “60 Minutes,” CBS said the newsmagazine would be airing “some of the most disturbing footage in its 47-year history.”
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Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge:
In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio — Norway will shut down FM radio in the country beginning in 2017, Radio.no reports. The Norwegian Ministry of Culture finalized a shift date this week, making it the first country to do away with FM radio entirely.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Elveden unravels: After four years and 34 arrested/charged journalists, one conviction stands — It is nearly four years after the start of Operation Elveden and the arrest and/or charge of at least 34 journalists. — Today just one journalist conviction stands: that of former Sunday Mirror …
Wolfgang Blau / Guardian:
Guardian launches international homepage in beta, for readers outside Australia, UK, US — Giving our international readers a fresh take on the news — Today we are starting a short beta trial of a new international homepage, edited specifically for our readers based in countries outside the UK, US and Australia
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