Mediagazer: Sunday Times sends legal threat demanding The Intercept remove image of paper's front-page story on Snowden (Jane Martinson/Guardian)

8:10 AM ET, June 16, 2015

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Jane Martinson / Guardian:

Sunday Times sends legal threat demanding The Intercept remove image of paper's front-page story on Snowden — Sunday Times' legal threat to Glenn Greenwald is no way to stop criticism — News UK's attempt to prevent the Intercept founder using an image of its front page is a weak response …

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David Gilbert / International Business Times:
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Michelle Starr / CNET:

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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:

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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Reuters:

With CEO shakeup, Twitter under pressure to please advertisers — Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) next chief executive officer faces a crucial challenge as the company seeks to appease Wall Street after last week's management shakeup - helping disaffected advertisers connect with users.

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Tara Conlan / The Guardian:

BBC News staff voice concern over corporation tracking mobile devices — Survey finds most staff do not trust the BBC not to misuse information obtained by monitoring laptops and phones — Concerns have been raised by BBC News staff after they were told the corporation can track their work mobile devices …