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1:30 PM ET, August 26, 2015

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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.
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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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 …
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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Agence France-Presse:   Chinese authorities accuse journalist at financial magazine Caijing of colluding to manufacture and spread false information of securities and futures trading
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.
Discussion: @s_m_i
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.
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 …
Discussion: Techdirt and Hollywood Reporter
 
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