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Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery charged with trespassing and interfering with police officer for Ferguson incident last year — Washington Post reporter charged with trespassing, interfering with a police officer — A Washington Post reporter who was arrested at a restaurant …
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Huffington Post reporter Ryan Reilly to face trespassing and interfering with police officer charges stemming from 2014 Ferguson incident — Washington Post Reporter Wesley Lowery Charged For Doing Journalism In Ferguson — “You'd have thought law enforcement authorities would have come to their senses about this incident.”
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With the rise of podcasts and digital listening, NPR is at a crossroads — Can NPR seize its moment? — In December, about half a year after he became president and chief executive of NPR, Jarl Mohn was visiting the public radio institution's New York bureau.
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@joepompeo, @niemanlab and @jayrosen_nyu


With 30M followers across 15 platforms, Funny or Die recognizes the importance of hiring social media platform experts — How Funny or Die learned to stop worrying and embrace platforms — Even Funny or Die has had to get serious about its platform approach.


New York Times day editor talks about how the newsroom has changed to deliver better mobile push alerts: filing stories in chunks, global coordination, more — Push it: A look behind the scenes of a New York Times mobile alert — Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories …
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Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr ask to file amicus brief in movie studio suit against MovieTube, which seeks broad site-blocking SOPA-like power — Tech Giants to Hollywood: Stop Trying to Resurrect SOPA — Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr file a brief to the MPAA …
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ITV Acquires Minority Stake in MCN Channel Mum — ITV, led by CEO Adam Crozier, said Tuesday that it has acquired a minority stake in Channel Mum, a multi-channel network targeting mothers. — Financial details and the size of the stake weren't disclosed.


Source: StumbleUpon to lay off about 70 of its 100 employees this week after failing to raise new round — StumbleUpon lays off dozens after failing to raise new round, source says — Content discovery company StumbleUpon was unable to secure additional venture capital funding …
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Filmed Entertainment, owner of DVD mail-order service Columbia House files for bankruptcy, lists total assets of about $2M, liabilites of about $63M — Columbia House Owner Files for Bankruptcy — Parent seeking sale of former mail-order music seller — The owner of onetime mail-order …


Charges dropped after 3 years in case that New York journalist said was police retaliation for his investigation of local police — Prostitution Charge Dropped in Case an Albany Journalist Called Retaliation — ALBANY — In March 2012, just blocks from the State Capitol …
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YouTube Is a Viable TV Alternative For Advertisers, But Some Are Wary of Commitment — Last week was one to forget for the TV industry, which got hammered by mounting fears of cord-cutting and the realization that TV is losing some of its grip on marketers.
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Johnston Press reports digital revenue up 17.5% in first half of 2015 and digital audience up 20% — Johnston Press Sales Fall as U.K. Election Curtails Ad Spending — Johnston Press Plc, the second-biggest publisher of local newspapers in the U.K., reported declining half-year sales as companies cut print advertising spending.
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Journalist Rasim Aliyev killed in Azerbaijan after criticising a football player on Facebook — Aliyev was beaten by a group of men who lured him to a meeting, claiming to be relatives of the footballer — A journalist from Azerbaijan was killed after he was attacked by football fans for criticising a popular footballer.