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Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Ex-journalist at WDBJ in Virginia, with on-air name of Bryce Williams, kills two ex-colleagues, fatally shoots self during escape — Virginia TV reporter, photographer killed in shooting during live interview — Shooting occurs during live television report
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Todd Leopold / CNN:
Friends pay tribute to WDBJ's two slain journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward — Friends remember WDBJ's Alison Parker and Adam Ward — Remembering victims killed in Virginia shooting — (CNN)Reporter Alison Parker was 24. A “rock star.” “The most radiant woman I ever met,” in the words of a colleague.
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Washington Post, WDBJ-TV, Gawker, Adweek, WSLS-TV, WDBJ-TV, WTKR-TV, Global News, CNNMoney, CBS New York, USA Today, UPROXX, @jamiekcnn, Mediaite, Guardian and The Rural Blog
Adam Withnall / The Independent:
New York Daily News sparks outrage with front page showing Virginia killings from shooter's point-of-view, same images used on several UK newspaper covers — Virginia shooting: New York Daily News and other newspapers spark outrage with front pages ‘letting killer tell the story’
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New York Magazine, Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, Raw Story, iMediaEthics and The Wrap
Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:
Mobile video combined with autoplay and social media's reach bring unexpected horror to users' feeds — Twitter, Facebook Users Unwittingly Shown Video of Virginia Shooting — Soon after Vester Lee Flanagan allegedly gunned down two TV reporters while they were on air Wednesday morning …
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New York Times, Fusion, Poynter, Mashable, Re/code, @mikeisaac, @srabil, Fortune and CNNMoney
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter, Facebook put in uncomfortable place after autoplay video of Virginia shooting spreads
Twitter, Facebook put in uncomfortable place after autoplay video of Virginia shooting spreads
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@tara_mulholland, Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post and The Huffington Post
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Police threaten to take camera from BBC journalists covering Virginia shootings
Police threaten to take camera from BBC journalists covering Virginia shootings
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PRI, The Daily Beast, @dankennedy_nu and @poynter
Magdi Abdelhadi / Nieman Reports:
As US media outlets expand into India, cheap smartphones are changing the way people access news in local languages — Why News Outlets Are Watching India's Next Billion Internet Users — As Quartz, BuzzFeed, and The Huffington Post look for footholds in India, the bigger opportunity …
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@hasitshah and @niemanreports
The Atlantic:
The Atlantic launches Notes, a section for staff blogging with comments submitted via email — Welcome to Notes — We've brought blogging back to TheAtlantic.com. Here are some thoughts from our editors on what this new section's all about. — As Gould said, we're hoping Notes …
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@yappelbaum, @beccarosen and @tcarmody
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 …
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Crain's New York Business, New York Daily News, The Real Deal New York and Politico
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon to offer its live streaming service to Prime members in Japan beginning Sept. 2 for no additional fee — Amazon to Launch Prime Instant Video in Japan, Taking on Netflix — Amazon.com next month will launch Prime Instant Video in Japan — adding the streaming service for no extra cost …
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Home Media Magazine, CNET, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, AJW, Kyodo News, Digital Trends, Reuters, VentureBeat, The Next Web, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget and Japan Times latest
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Sinclair stations return for Dish customers as talks restart — The big pay-TV standoff is off — for now. — The 129 TV stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group went off the air for customers of Dish Network after the two companies had failed to strike a new agreement …
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FCC.gov, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business, Washington Post, @tomwheelerfcc, Variety, Multichannel News and Wall Street Journal
Alexander Howard / The Huffington Post:
Cutting Off Politwoops, Twitter Follows The Needs Of Politicians, Not Public Interest — The executives who once called Twitter the “free-speech wing of the free-speech party” don
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New Statesman, The Independent, The Independent, Naked Security, DW.COM and Vox
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Snapchat Adds Discover Channels for Tastemade, Mashable, IGN — Advertisers including Coca-Cola have signed onto the new channels at launch. — Snapchat is expanding Discover. — The photo and video sharing app plans to add three new channels to its publisher platform.
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Re/code, Fast Company, Adweek, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Mashable, Tubefilter and The Drum
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 …
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Multichannel News
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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New York Times and Boing Boing
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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China news media's silence on stock market volatility in line with June directive to deter panic
China news media's silence on stock market volatility in line with June directive to deter panic
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Committee to Protect …, Newsweek, Poynter and The Week