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Syracuse study finds that aside from NYT, no legacy news organizations sued US government under FOIA in 2014, but digital-only outlets increasingly used law — As legacy media cuts back on FOIA, digital-only news outlets step in — Ask any journalist and they'll tell you the Freedom of Information Act process is broken.
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@trevortimm, @dustinslaughter, @chrismlusk, @franticgoat, @csmcdaniel, @sarahgrieco and @digiphile


Consultants return to Conde Nast starting Wednesday to examine editorial workflow and productivity — Condé Nast gets the jitters as consultants come through — Consultants are returning to Condé Nast amid rumors that more cost-cutting is in store at the storied magazine publisher.
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The Awl, @joepompeo, @jwherrman, @fmanjoo and @petespande


Reuters TV app now available to everyone for free with limited advertising, paid subscriptions are ad-free — Reuters TV pivots, goes free to seek wider audience — Reuters TV, the much-anticipated “Netflix for news” app that launched earlier this year, is now available for free in the App store.
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@s_m_i


National Association of Hispanic Journalists condemns Trump for allowing Univision's Jorge Ramos to be tossed from news conference — Respect & Dignity: NAHJ Condemns Donald Trump for Allowing Journalist Jorge Ramos to be Tossed Out of News Conference — The National Association …
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Mediaite, TVNewser, The Wrap, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Variety, Politico, The Huffington Post, USA Today, CNNMoney and Fusion


Sinclair Broadcast pulls 153 channels from Dish Network amid dispute over new distribution contract — Sinclair Broadcast Pulls TV Signals From Dish Network — Blackout comes amid dispute over a new distribution contract — Signals for one of the nation's biggest local broadcasters went dark …
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Hollywood Reporter, FierceCable and Broadcasting & Cable

District court judge gives mixed ruling in TVEyes-Fox News case, saying downloading of TV clips isn't protected as fair use — TVEyes Infringes Copyright By Letting Users Download Clips, Judge Rules — Handing television monitoring company TVEyes a partial defeat, a federal judge ruled …
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Hollywood Reporter


Pro-government Twitter spam bots jammed communication channels for activists during Mexico protests — Pro-Government Twitter Bots Try to Hush Mexican Activists — On September 26, 2014, a group of students departed the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College for a protest in Iguala, Mexico, about 80 miles away.
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Motherboard


Q&A with journalist Miguel Solana, granted asylum in the US after family members were killed, on the horror for colleagues in Veracruz — “We journalists cannot find the reason why they're killing us,” says Veracruz reporter living in asylum — When Miguel Ángel López Solana received …


The end of American Journalism Review and what it means for media criticism — AJR is no more. You might not have noticed, because by the time it winked out this summer there was not a lot of it left. The American Journalism Review had gone from publishing 11 semi-solid issues a year …
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@crelewis, @jacquib, @abeaujon, @edforbes and FishbowlDC


Hulu to Open a Private Ad Exchange Powered by Facebook's LiveRail — Advertising's programmatic revolution will be televised — by Hulu. — This fall the streaming video service, which is owned by NBC Universal, Fox and Walt Disney Co., will open a private ad exchange powered …
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AgencySpy, AdExchanger, Variety and Adweek


Italian journalists receive death threats following mafia don's funeral — Attacks on investigative reporter and team from Rai 3 politics show come amid indignation over Hollywood-style service for Vittorio Casamonica — Two journalists, one in Rome and one in Naples …
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Poynter and @ninaburleigh


YouTube Gaming launches Wednesday on iOS, Android, and web to compete with Twitch — YouTube Gaming—Google's Twitch.tv competitor—launches tomorrow — Twitch.tv finally gets some real competition in the game live streaming market. — One year and one day after Google lost Twitch.tv to Amazon, YouTube Gaming is going public.
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TechCrunch, Variety, Engadget, GeekWire, Pocket-lint, Polygon, BetaNews, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Fortune, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Android Police, VideoInk and Gamasutra