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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 …
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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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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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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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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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.
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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iranian diplomat says there are no plans to swap detained Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian for prisoners held in US — Diplomat: Iran has no plan to swap detained Post reporter — 1 photo — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian diplomat said Tuesday that Tehran has no plans …
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