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3:40 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 — 2:28 p.m. ET: Authorities confirmed the the suspect was pronounced dead the hospital after shooting himself. … UPDATE — 12:45 p.m. ET: Virgina State Police posted the following report on Facebook:
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Police threaten to take camera from BBC journalists covering Virginia shootings  —  Police ordered a journalist from the BBC to delete footage taken from the scene of the arrest of Vester Flanagan, the gunman who fatally shot two journalists earlier today while they were covering a feature story.
Discussion: PRI and The Daily Beast
Brian Ries / Mashable:
Virginia gunman posted videos of shooting to Twitter and Facebook, accounts are now suspended
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
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.
Discussion: Mediatel and Mediatel
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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 …
Agence France-Presse:
Chinese authorities accuse journalist at financial magazine Caijing of colluding to manufacture and spread false information of securities and futures trading  —  China police ‘summon 11 over stock market activities’  —  Shanghai (AFP) - Chinese police have summoned 11 people including …
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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 …
Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:
Scribd cuts back service, imposes quota of one audiobook per month beginning Sept. 20  —  Scribd Dials Back Its Audiobook Service  —  When Scribd culled its romance catalog a couple months back, I predicted that the ever-popular SF&F category would be the next to go under the knife.  I was wrong.
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.
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
 
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
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