Mediagazer: 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 (Adam Withnall/The Independent)

12:10 PM ET, August 27, 2015

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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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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 …

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Police threaten to take camera from BBC journalists covering Virginia shootings

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Jason Hanna / CNN:
Ex-journalist at WDBJ in Virginia, with on-air name of Bryce Williams, kills two ex-colleagues, fatally shoots self during escape

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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 …

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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 …

Discussion: @jcstearns, @jayrosen_nyu, @yappelbaum, @beccarosen, @davidfrum, @joeljohnson and @tcarmody

Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:

The Daily Show plans to expand production of original content for digital platforms as viral content becomes crucial to late-night television success — ‘The Daily Show’ Gets Ready to Go Viral — Though “The Daily Show” is generally consumed as a once-a-day experience …

Discussion: Variety and @jamilsmith

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.

Discussion: Newcastle Herald, MEAA web site, Guardian, ABC and @rohanthomson

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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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 …

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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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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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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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