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Becca Mitchell / WTKR-TV:
Roanoke reporter, photographer killed by shooter during live news interview — Moneta, Va. - A reporter and photographer from a local news station WDBJ in Roanoke have been killed by a shooter that appeared during a live news interview Wednesday morning, according to WDBJ Chief Meteorologist Brent Watts.
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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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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Consultants return to Condé Nast starting Wednesday to examine editorial workflow and productivity — Condé Nast gets the jitters as consultants come through — Consultants are returning to Condé Nast amid rumors that more cost-cutting is in store at the storied magazine publisher.
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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 — Respect & Dignity: NAHJ Condemns Donald Trump for Allowing Journalist Jorge Ramos to be Tossed Out of News Conference — The National Association …
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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.
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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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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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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China news media's silence on stock market crash 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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Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
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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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sinclair Broadcast pulls 153 channels from Dish Network amid dispute over new distribution contract — Sinclair Broadcast Pulls TV Signals From Dish Network — Blackout comes amid dispute over a new distribution contract — Signals for one of the nation's biggest local broadcasters went dark …
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Aileen Ford / Journalism in the Americas:
Q&A with journalist Miguel Solana, granted asylum in the US after family members were killed, on the horror for colleagues in Veracruz — “We journalists cannot find the reason why they're killing us,” says Veracruz reporter living in asylum — When Miguel Ángel López Solana received …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court upholds broad FOIA fee exemption for media & groups — Advocacy groups and non-traditional news outlets should have an easier time avoiding fees under the Freedom of Information Act under a decision issued Tuesday by a federal appeals court in Washington.
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