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5:55 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:
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter, Facebook put in uncomfortable place after autoplay video of Virginia shooting spreads  —  Autoplay Puts Twitter, Facebook In Uncomfortable Place After Video Of Virginia Shooting Spreads  —  Unwitting distribution channels for violent footage.  —  YouTube, Facebook, Twitter …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Police threaten to take camera from BBC journalists covering Virginia shootings
Discussion: PRI, The Daily Beast and @dankennedy_nu
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
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 …
Discussion: New York Times and Boing Boing
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David B. Caruso / Associated Press:
AP plans move in 2017 to 170K-square-feet space next to World Trade Center, 40% smaller than current space that costs $15M/year  —  The Associated Press to move to new NYC headquarters in 2017  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press plans to move its global headquarters from Manhattan's far west side …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Cox Launches Online Video App for Children, Dubbed Flare Kids  —  Not to be outdone by rivals like Comcast and Verizon, Cox Communications has started to quietly test a mobile online video service of its own.  Flare Kids, which launched as an iPad app a few days ago, offers children free …
Discussion: Multichannel News
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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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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
YouTube Gaming launches on the web, Android, and iOS
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Wall Street Journal releases What's News digest iPhone app to subscribers
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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
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Reuters TV app now available to everyone for free with limited advertising, paid subscriptions are ad-free
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