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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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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 …
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 …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Police threaten to take camera from BBC journalists covering Virginia shootings
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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 …
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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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
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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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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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
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.
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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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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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China news media's silence on stock market volatility in line with June directive to deter panic
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