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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
New report by veteran journalist Seymour Hersh on Osama Bin Laden's death prompts doubt, conflicting reports, and a partial NBC confirmation — Bin Laden death story stirs controversy, but also a confirmation — Seymour Hersh is among the most legendary investigative journalists.
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London Review of Books, NBC News, Vox, Politico, Politico, The Intercept, New York Times, CNN, New York Magazine, Salon, The Spy Who BIlled Me, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Corey Pein, @sarahw, The Huffington Post, @mlcalderone, @declanwalsh, New York Magazine and Poynter
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
New questions about bin Laden's death and burial highlight lack of attribution in earlier Vanity Fair reporting — Why didn't Vanity Fair tell readers it hadn't seen bin Laden burial photos? — Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh has shaken Washington with a massive piece, titled …
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, Slate, BBC, @dlboardman, @cashut and @erikwemple
BBC:
Secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death in Bangladesh, in third such attack this year — Bangladesh blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death — A secular blogger in Bangladesh has been hacked to death in north-eastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since the start of the year, police say.
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The Daily Star, CNN, Reuters, International Business Times, ABC, Associated Press, oneindia.com, The Indian Express and @masalabai
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling sentenced to three and a half years in prison on espionage charges for leaking info to New York Times reporter James Risen — Ex-C.I.A. Officer Sentenced in Leak Case Tied to Times Reporter — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Central Intelligence Agency officer …
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The Intercept, Mediaite, @dangillmor, The Daily Caller, Gawker, @alexburnsnyt, RT, Washington Post, @katedavidson, @jcenters and The Week
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg Politics co-host Mark Halperin apologizes to presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz for interview questions focusing on his Cuban heritage — Mark Halperin apologizes to Ted Cruz — Bloomberg Politics co-host Mark Halperin apologized to Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday for a recent interview …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Jack Shafer ‘let go’ from Ethicist team by New York Times Magazine — The New York Times Magazine's three-person approach to its storied Ethicist column is already showing signs of wobbliness. Politico media critic Jack Shafer, one of the experts tapped for a slightly renamed version of the column …
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New York Times and FishbowlNY
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Mark Luckie, Twitter's manager of journalism and news, leaving to focus on his forthcoming book — Mark Luckie to leave Twitter — Mark Luckie, the former Washington Post social media editor who is now manager of journalism and news at Twitter, is leaving the social media company, he announced Monday.
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@alexjamesfitz, @rungomez, @marksluckie and The Drum
BBC:
Amos Yee, the 16-year-old blogger behind the anti-Lee video, found guilty on two charges by Singapore court, faces up to three years in prison — Amos Yee: Singapore teen behind anti-Lee video found guilty — Amos (right) posted his video in late March and was arrested soon after
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Associated Press, Singapore, Fusion, USA Today and International Business Times
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Warner Music Says Streaming Revenue Has Passed Downloads — Here's another sign that the music industry has shifted from selling songs to selling subscriptions: Warner Music Group says that last quarter, streaming music revenue passed revenue from selling downloads.
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Business Insider, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch and RAIN News
David Weinberger / Slate:
NPR opens API to authorized developers to build device-specific versions of NPR One streaming player — NPR Initiates Phase Two of Plan to Become the Pandora of News — The announcement by National Public Radio that it's opening access to an application program interface, or API …
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NPR.org, @fkbarrett and RAIN News
Brian Flood / Adweek:
ESPN to announce deal with Cablevision that lets advertisers access multiscreen audience data — ESPN and Cablevision Are Set to Announce a Game-Changing Data Deal — ESPN will announce a first-of-its-kind data deal with a cable TV provider at its upfront presentation tomorrow.
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Joe Pinsker / The Atlantic:
Interview with Sarah Alvarez, founder of Pilotwire, a project that caters to low income news consumers — Getting the News to Everyone, Not Just the Wealthy — Who is the news made for? In answering that question, the free market tends to sniff out potential readers with a good amount …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
For the first time, pay TV subs declined in Q1, industry contracting at rate of 0.5% per year — Cord-Cutting Alert: Pay-TV Business Declines for First Time During Q1 — The U.S. pay-TV business keeps shrinking, albeit slowly — but for the first time ever, the sector dropped a net number …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Drops 134,000 Satellite-TV Subscribers in Q1, Blaming Programming Disputes — Dish Network dropped a net 134,000 satellite-TV customers in the first three months of 2015 — with the satcaster blaming ongoing programming spats for the sizable loss. — The company, in a regulatory filing Monday …
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Home Media Magazine and Radio & Television …
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Dish Network earnings beat expectations, reports $3.7B revenue, profit doubles to $351M
Dish Network earnings beat expectations, reports $3.7B revenue, profit doubles to $351M
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GuruFocus, Dakota Financial News, Mideast Time and Home Media Magazine