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4:55 PM ET, August 27, 2015

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Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
News organizations should change the way they cover mass killings to avoid fueling copycats, just as they show caution in coverage of suicides  —  The Virginia Shooter Wanted Fame.  Let's Not Give It to Him.  —  A BRUTAL attack takes place on live television; the on-air reporter and cameraman …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NPPA: Forcing BBC to delete Virginia shooting images was ‘unlawful’  —  Virginia police officers acted unlawfully when ordering two BBC journalists to delete images from their cameras after Wednesday's on-air shootings near Roanoke, the attorney for a photojournalism group alleged Thursday.
Discussion: PRI, Examiner and @poynter
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’
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 …
Todd Leopold / CNN:
Friends pay tribute to WDBJ's two slain journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
Associated Press and Reporters Committee for Press Freedom sue Department of Justice over FBI failure to provide public records related to 2014 fake news story  —  AP sues over access to FBI records involving fake news story  —  The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday …
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 …
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
PRS for Music sues SoundCloud for copyright infringement  —  A problematic year for SoundCloud just got even more challenging: the music-streaming service is being sued for copyright infringement by British collecting society PRS for Music.  —  “After careful consideration …
Miranda Ward / mUmBRELLA:
Newcastle Herald staff strike as Fairfax Media proposes to cut 69 jobs across the Hunter  —  Newcastle Herald editorial staff have staged a walkout in response to Fairfax Media's proposal to cut 69-full-time equivalent positions, including 46-full time editorial jobs, across the Newcastle and Hunter region.
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 …
Discussion: @hasitshah and @niemanreports
Biz Carson / Business Insider:
Co-founder Garrett Camp buying back majority share in StumbleUpon, which has downsized as it struggled to compete with other social sharing sites  —  Uber cofounder is taking over stumbling social media company StumbleUpon  —  Content discovery site StumbleUpon is ready for a change, according to the site's cofounder Garrett Camp.
Discussion: Medium and TechCrunch
Alexandra Bruell / Ad Age:
BuzzFeed and online ad buyer GroupM partner to share resources for ad creation and analytics  —  GroupM Inks Year-Long BuzzFeed Deal for Data, Creative and Preferential Rates  —  GroupM's Rob Norman Expects to Spend 50% More With BuzzFeed  —  $137.8B  —  WPP media agency network GroupM …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Facebook tests a video matching tool with partners including Fullscreen, ZEFR, and Jukin Media to find clips uploaded without owner's permission  —  Facebook to Test New Video Filters With Fullscreen, ZEFR to Prevent Freebooting  —  Facebook will soon begin to beta-test a new content management technology …
 
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