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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, Guardian, @jessicajerreat and @schism_schasm
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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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@emersongreg, @kimmokatajamaki, @niemanlab and Trends in the Living Networks
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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Gawker, Wonkette, NY Daily News, International Business Times, The Frisky, Salon, FTVLive, The Wrap, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and all
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
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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Associated Press
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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@clarissaward
Yves Gacon / AFP Correspondent:
Profile of Anna Kipper or “Doña Anna”, AFP's first female bureau chief in Bogota in 1946 — The extraordinary life of ‘Doña Anna’ — She was an extraordinary journalist, who lived an extraordinary life. Anna Kipper was a Polish Jew driven from Europe during World War II …
Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat:
Consumer groups update FTC complaint against Google to include allegations of adult content on YouTube Kids — Google's ‘kid-friendly’ app YouTube Kids shows some very grown-up videos — Two consumer groups have found some pretty appallingly adult content in Google's ostensibly child-friendly video app, YouTube Kids.
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Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, Modern Readers, The Next Web, News Every Day and Broadcasting & Cable
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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Boston Globe, @coreyhutchins and @cjr
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
When candidates stonewall, political reporters must go beyond whining about their own role in campaigns; they should report, answering voters' questions — Campaign reporters: you are granted no “role in the process.” It is your powers against theirs. — There is no guaranteed “role.”
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@jayrosen_nyu, @digidave, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu and @nicdawes