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Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Virginia TV reporter, photographer killed in shooting during live interview — Shooting occurs during live television report — Two local TV station employees were killed during a live interview near Moneta, Virginia, station WDBJ says — (CNN)An apparently routine live TV interview …
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Alleged WDBJ Gunman Has Reportedly Shot Himself (UPDATED) — UPDATE — 12:06 p.m. ET: CNN and WDBJ are now reporting that Flanagan did shoot himself but has not died. He is currently in critical condition. … Multiple news outlets are reporting that Vester Flanagan, known on-air as Bryce Williams, has shot and killed himself.
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Brian Ries / Mashable:
Virginia gunman posted videos of shooting to Twitter and Facebook, accounts are now suspended — Suspected gunman posts video of Virginia news crew shooting — The man suspected of shooting two journalists at a Virginia news station took video of the murders and posted the video to Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday morning.
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
As Donald Trump and Jorge Ramos Clash, Latino News Media Airs Its Offense — Ricardo Sánchez, known as “El Mandril” on his Spanish-language, drive-time radio show in Los Angeles, has taken to calling Donald J. Trump “El hombre del peluquín” — the man of the toupee.
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National Association of Hispanic Journalists:
National Association of Hispanic Journalists condemns Trump for allowing Univision's Jorge Ramos to be tossed from news conference
National Association of Hispanic Journalists condemns Trump for allowing Univision's Jorge Ramos to be tossed from news conference
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
NRS: Most of national audience now mobile-only at 4 UK newspapers — The Guardian and the Express pass this milestone for the first time, while the Mirror and the Independent continue to grow their mobile-only audience past a 50 per cent share of the total — Credit: By Jhaymesisviphotography on Flickr.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
NRS claims 94 per cent of UK adults read national newspaper or magazine monthly — Some 94 per cent of UK adults interact with national newspapers and magazines at least once month in print or online, according to the National Readership Survey. — This is based on its latest quarterly estimate …
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China news media's silence on stock market volatility in line with June directive to deter panic — China's Party-Run Media Is Silent on Market Mayhem — HONG KONG — After China's stock markets crumpled, prompting a global sell-off, People's Daily, the premier newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party …
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Mayumi Mori / The Asahi Shimbun:
Japanese bookstore chain to acquire 90K copies of 100K first print run of new Murakami book “Novelist As a Vocation” in a stand against online book retailers — Kinokuniya to buy up most copies of Murakami's new book in strike against online shops
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Wendy Davis / mediapost.com:
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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Plagiarism Today, Techdirt and Hollywood Reporter
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
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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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
YouTube Gaming launches on the web, Android, and iOS — Meet YouTube Gaming, Twitch's Archenemy — YouTube just launched YouTube Gaming on the web, Android and iOS. As expected, YouTube Gaming goes head-to-head against Twitch, mirroring many popular features of the existing gaming streaming giant.
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Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
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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