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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian's trial closed to the public — FILE, The Washington Post's Jason Rezaian (Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post) — Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian will go on trial Tuesday on espionage charges in a Tehran courtroom that will be closed to the public, including his family.
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Committee to Protect …
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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
New statement from Martin Baron ahead of Jason Rezaian's trial in Iran — Statement from Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron ahead of Jason Rezaian's trial in Iran: — The shameful acts of injustice continue without end in the treatment of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian.
Discussion:
@mdubowitz and @postbaron
Ed Hammond / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Charter may announce it is buying Time Warner Cable for $195 a share tomorrow, Bright House Networks will also be merged into the combined company — Charter Near Deal for Time Warner Cable at $195 a Share — Charter Communications Inc. is near an agreement to buy Time Warner Cable Inc …
Discussion:
@sherman4949, @sherman4949, Financial Times, @brianstelter and @edmundlee
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New York Times:
Fusion Media Aims at Millennials, but Struggles to Find Its Identity — In 2011, when Isaac Lee, president of news for Univision, set out to persuade his company and Disney to back Fusion, a digital news service and cable channel he wanted to start, he promised nothing less than the holy grail …
Discussion:
@albertocairo, @tcarmody and @kylepope
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Police source leaked Milly Dowler messages, NoW reporter tells court — Neville Thurlbeck says Andy Coulson was unaware that voicemails were illegally intercepted and did not query source — A police source leaked transcripts of the missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler's voicemails to Glenn Mulcaire …
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Australian journalist Tracey Spicer says Guardian asked her to write branded content column for 14 cents a word — Tracey Spicer claims The Guardian is exploiting freelance writers to produce branded content — Journalist Tracey Spicer has accused The Guardian of “exploitation” …
Discussion:
@jamesmcnamara27, @aimee_saaib and @shaneyhudson
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Amazon negotiating with Penguin Random House, may pull print and e-books from UK online store if deal not agreed — Amazon's U.K. Contract With Top Book Publisher Penguin Random House Set to Expire — Will Amazon's contract negotiations with the last of the “Big Five” consumer book publisher be its toughest?
Discussion:
Good E-Reader, The Bookseller and @delrey
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Bob Iger's big bets on Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and Lucasfilm pay off for Disney — Disney: Let it grow — Bob Iger boldly bet on media content when he bought Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm — and it looks like money well spent — Sixty years ago this summer Walt Disney opened his first theme park …
Sarah Kessler / Fast Company:
Nieman Fellow Elaine Diaz will use flash drives to distribute news to Cubans without Internet — How A Nieman Fellow Is Using Flash Drives—Yes, Flash Drives—To Change Cuban Media — Only about 5% of people in Cuba have access to the Internet. Elaine Diaz has a creative news distribution strategy: “direct to packet.”
Discussion:
@sarahfkessler
Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
Following acquisition of 8.8% stake in Enlight Media in March, Alibaba Pictures Chair Shao Xiaofeng joining company as CEO — Alibaba Pictures Chair Named CEO of China's Enlight Media — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will look to boost its film efforts and its loss-making movie unit by strengthening its ties with Enlight Media.
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Interview with Business Insider CEO Julie Hansen on profit vs. growth, expansion, and mobile — For Business Insider, growth beats profits (for now) — When Condé Nast and Time Inc. veteran Julie Hansen joined Business Insider in 2008, it was still called Silicon Alley Insider, a blog devoted to New York's tech scene.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Arizona Republic's four-year-old storytelling events boost events business and helps strengthen community relationships — Open-mic journalism: How The Arizona Republic found success with storytelling events — In the beginning, Megan Finnerty knew she'd have to tell a story in front of a group of strangers.
Discussion:
@connieschultz, @jayrosen_nyu and Poynter
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