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9:30 AM ET, August 26, 2015

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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.
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
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter
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 …
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 …
Discussion: @rosental and @dabeard
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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Michele Azzu / Guardian:
Italian journalists receive death threats following mafia don's funeral
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Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
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Treasury refuses to publish BBC funding deal details despite FoI request
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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