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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Mail Online sues Gawker for defamation for publishing former news writer's first-person account of workplace practices — Mail Online sues Gawker for defamation over first-person piece — On March 4, Gawker published a first-person piece by James King, a former worker for the Mail Online …
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Gawker, Mediaite and @nickconfessore
Michael Pizzi / Al Jazeera America:
The Vice reporters' arrest and continuing detention of their assistant highlight Turkey's crackdown on Internet freedom and encryption — Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom — Two British reporters freed, but Iraqi stringer remains in jail for downloading same encryption software used by ISIL
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Refinery29
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Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
Turkish official says two Vice News journalists have been released, assistant remains in custody
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Al Jazeera English, DailySabah, ITV, The Hill, Index on Censorship, Voice of America, NBC News, Newsweek, Business Insider, Associated Press, UK - The Huffington Post, en.europeonline-magazine.eu, BBC, UPI, The Independent, ITV, Reuters, Associated Press, Adweek, New York Magazine, Gawker, Reuters, Jerusalem Post, TodaysZaman, Poynter and @breakingnews
Marissa Newman / The Times of Israel:
Israel bans journalists at public broadcasting organization from expressing opinions in newscasts as broadcaster reorganizes, dropping TV tax — State broadcast journalists condemn ban on expressing political opinions — Reporter slams ‘shameful’ clause in new law; Press Council …
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Guardian, Haaretz, Jerusalem Post and ABC News
Jim Romenesko:
Robyn Tomlin leaves Pew Research Center to become Dallas Morning News managing editor — Robyn Tomlin, Pew Research Center vice president/digital and communications, is joining the Dallas Morning News as managing editor. The editor's memo:
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Biz Beat Blog, @jimbrady and @ckrewson
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Spotify updates privacy policy with clearer language after backlash — Spotify is overhauling its privacy policy today with plainer language that should be readable to the average human — not just lawyers. The streaming service found itself amid a furor last month after its users complained …
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Spotify Blog, BetaNews and TheJournal.ie
Celeste Lecompte / Nieman Reports:
How automation helps reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news — Automation in the Newsroom — How algorithms are helping reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news — Philana Patterson, assistant business editor for the Associated Press …
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MediaShift, @tedgioia and @ap_corpcomm
Gurman Bhatia / Poynter:
Al Jazeera English builds Slack bots that share breaking news alerts with staff, give traffic analytics, and recommend related stories with keywords — The Slack bot trend continues, this time with Al Jazeera English — When the Virginia shooting happened last week …
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@gurmanbhatia
Peggy McGlone / Washington Post:
US Copyright Office's online registration has been down since last Friday, part of a larger computer failure at Library of Congress — Copyright Office's online registration hasn't worked for almost a week — The U.S. Copyright Office's electronic registration system has been down since Friday …
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Federal Computer Week, @xor and @xor
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
CNN's app comes pre-loaded on Samsung Gear S2 and Galaxy Tab S2, available for download on Galaxy S6, Note5, edge will display headlines as part of info ticker — CNN Partners With Samsung to Preload News App on Tablet, Smart Watch — Samsung's new Gear S2 smart watch and Galaxy Tab S2 tablet …
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Broadcasting & Cable, CNN, Fortune and VentureBeat
SI.com:
ESPN removes Curt Schilling from coverage for rest of season — ESPN has removed Curt Schilling from its coverage for the rest of the 2015 MLB season. — Schilling was removed from recent Sunday Night Baseball and Little League World Series coverage in wake of a tweet he sent …
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UPROXX, Deadspin, HardballTalk, ESPN, Mediaite, SBNation.com, The Big Lead, Bleacher Report and USA Today
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Longtime Times-Picayune editor Jim Amoss steps down — Jim Amoss, the veteran journalist who steered the New Orleans Times-Picayune through its coverage of Hurricane Katrina and an adversarial business environment, is stepping down from the editor's job after 25 years.
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@djdreilinger, @stevebuttry and WVUE-TV
Jennifer Brandel / Medium:
News organizations should include the public in the reporting process allowing questions to replace focus on post-publishing comments — Putting the audience last — Here's what I mean by that. — So traditionally, the first opportunity the audience has to offer feedback for journalists …
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