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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Sony Pictures altered “Concussion” film to avoid antagonizing the NFL, hacked emails show — Sony Altered ‘Concussion’ Film to Prevent N.F.L. Protests, Emails Show — When Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to make a movie focusing on the death and dementia professional football players …
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Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, The Big Lead, @cjchivers, @wikileaks, Washington Post, SBNation.com and Sporting News
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
In charter review, UK's News Media Association submits 69-page report calling for gov controls, partnerships, more transparency for BBC's online news operation — BBC digital news operation must be curbed, say newspaper publishers — News Media Association calls on government …
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@raju
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Bloomberg Editor Lays Out Newsroom's Vision After Layoffs — He wants staffers to “capture everything that matters in global business and finance.” NEW YORK - Just hours after laying off roughly 80 staffers, Bloomberg editor John Micklethwait said Tuesday afternoon that he wanted …
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@sdkstl, @dangillmor, @mplsgilyard, @munilass, @petersterne, @wblau and Talking Biz News
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Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
Turkey claims arrest of Vice journalists was due to encryption software on assistant's computer, which reporters and assistant deny — Lawyer: Turkey arrested journalists to deter foreign media — ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A lawyer representing two Vice News journalists and their assistant …
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The Atlantic and Al Jazeera English
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Josh Stearns / MediaShift:
How ProPublica, NPR, New York Times, and others are using transparency to deepen community engagement — Why Journalists Should Use Transparency as a Tool to Deepen Engagement — When we talk about transparency in journalism we tend to discuss it in terms of the people and institutions we cover …
George Winslow / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS to stream some NFL games for free, no cable TV authentication required: two regular-season games, four playoff games, and the Super Bowl — CBS Plans Record NFL Streaming Coverage — NFL On CBS will stream two regular season games, four playoff matches and Super Bowl 50
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CBSSports.com, Variety and Quartz
Tom Rosenstiel / American Press Institute:
Twitter and the News: How people use the social network to learn about the world — Overview — How does Twitter change the way people get news? What kinds of thought leaders, journalists and organizations do people follow on the network? How are these Twitter followers different than those on other social networks?
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@mjbroersma, @sub8u, @rubinafillion, @davidclinchnews, @shanbow, @engagingnews, @kirstinestewart and @antderosa
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google says it will penalize mobile pages with app install ads covering a “significant amount of content” — Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites That Use Annoying App Install Ads — There's nothing wrong with app install ads, but too often now, you click on a mobile search result …
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Google Webmaster Central Blog, Android Police, Marketing Land, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web and Search Engine Land
Nicolas Kayser-Bril:
Recent pressures on journalism across Europe by the judiciary threaten to set the industry back a decade — String of rulings bodes ill for the future of journalism in Europe — During the summer of 2015, European governments hit hard against journalists. In Germany, Netzpolitik was almost charged with high treason.
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@nicolaskb
Frank Eltman / Associated Press:
National Press Photographers Association and New York Civil Liberties Union seeing increase of citizens harassed and/or arrested for filming police — Citizens taking video of police see themselves facing arrest — 2 photos — HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — Thomas Demint's voice is heard …
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@nyclu
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Feedly's news reader gets “Shared Collections” and collaboration features, including improved search, Slack integration, and shared tags — Feedly's News Reader Gets Business-Friendly With “Shared Collections,” Team Collaboration Features — Before Google decided …
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Open feedly and The Next Web
Peter Sterne / Politico:
News Guild starts $500,000 campaign to organize digital newsrooms — The News Guild — known until recently as the Newspaper Guild — has traditionally been the union for American journalists who produce written work. Lately, though, in the digital-media business, it has been overshadowed …
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@mlcalderone
Charles Recknagel / Guardian:
Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who focused her reporting on government corruption, sentenced to 7.5 years in jail, vows to fight on — Azerbaijan journalist Khadija Ismayilova vows to continue fight from prison — Award-winning Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova delivered …
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@efjeurope, US Department of State, Agence France-Presse, Index on Censorship and BBC
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