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Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
After nearly a decade of research, Apple shelved plans over a year ago for the TV set that Carl Icahn expects it to release in 2016 — Behind Apple's Move to Shelve TV Plans — Apple had dropped its TV plans, but investor Carl Icahn sees the firm entering the market next year
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David Lieberman / Deadline:
In open letter to Tim Cook, Icahn trumpets big market for Apple in television, for hardware and streaming
In open letter to Tim Cook, Icahn trumpets big market for Apple in television, for hardware and streaming
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Shawn W. Crispin / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Cartoonists increasingly facing same threats as journalists in countries where free speech is restricted; assaulted, disappeared, often on government orders — Drawing the line: Cartoonists under threat … Zunar's trial is emblematic of the risks faced by cartoonists worldwide …
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New York Times, @schism_schasm, @jessicajerreat and Guardian
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Survey: News orgs are prioritizing mobile development and placing less emphasis on paywalls — Anyone running a news organization — particularly one born in print, still struggling to adapt to the Internet — knows there are too many things to do: too many moves to make, too many innovations to chase …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bill O'Reilly denies Gawker report of domestic abuse stemming from sealed divorce case documents — Bill O'Reilly: Domestic abuse allegation ‘100% false’ — Bill O'Reilly says the allegation that he physically assaulted his ex-wife is ‘100% false.’ — “All allegations against me in …
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Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
Trial of Washington Post's Teheran bureau chief Jason Rezaian, detained in Iran for 10 months, begins next week — Lawyer: Trial of Post reporter held in Iran set to begin next week — Jason Rezaian's journey has taken him from a childhood in San Francisco to his father's native Iran.
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
Capital and LBC owner Global Radio advised stations to drop HSBC story — UK's largest commercial radio group cited ‘editorial reasons’ for pausing coverage of how bank's Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers dodge taxes — The UK's largest commercial radio group, Global Radio …
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Streaming music service Deezer adds 20,000 podcasts and radio shows — New CEO hints at further move into sports and says Deezer can survive against well-funded competition from Apple and Spotify — Streaming music service Deezer is beefing up its spoken-word content …
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Music Ally, Engadget, Variety, International Business Times, CNET, Associated Press and The Next Web
Valerie Vande Panne / Columbia Journalism Review:
As the archives degrade for the Boston Phoenix, publisher hopes to announce a deal soon with a university to save them — Can the Boston Phoenix's digital history be saved? — It's always hard when a newspaper dies. But when the alt-weekly Boston Phoenix passed away …
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Media Nation, Boston Globe, @coreyhutchins and @cjr
Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
CNN iReport removes submitted videos that were used as publicity for the world's largest college diploma mill, Axact — CNN Removes iReport Videos Linked to ‘Breathtaking Scam’ — CNN has removed user-generated videos iReport videos linked to a Pakistani company suspected of running one of the world's largest diploma mills.
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider and Forbes
Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY:
Forbes sells RealClearPolitics stake to Al-Monitor parent Crest Media — Forbes Media Sells RealClearPolitics Stake — Two years after Washington D.C.-based Middle Eastern news portal Al-Monitor was launched in 2012, the site won the International Press Institute's prestigious Free Media Pioneer Award.
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Associated Press:
Mother of Austin Tice, US reporter missing in Syria, pleads for information about him — Mother of US reporter missing in Syria pleads for answers — BEIRUT (AP) — The mother of an American journalist missing in Syria for nearly three years has pleaded for information about him.
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