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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
E-book sales fell 10% in first five months of 2015, while print books and bookstores are showing resilience — The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead — Five years ago, the book world was seized by collective panic over the uncertain future of print.
Al Jazeera English:
Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed released from prison following Egyptian pardon — Al Jazeera journalists freed from Egypt prison — Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have been released from prison following Eid al-Adha pardon. — Jailed Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy …
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Fusion, @ajenews and @benjaminnorton
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BBC:
Egypt pardons Al Jazeera journalists Fahmy and Mohamed — Egypt's president has pardoned one of the three Al Jazeera TV journalists convicted of broadcasting false news. — Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian citizen, is included on a list of 100 prisoners given pardons by Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BuzzFeed to cover more local news as it expands UK editorial team — Fourteen new staff to include regional reporters increasing competition with local newspapers — BuzzFeed will make its first foray into more localised news coverage by beefing up its UK editorial team …
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Nieman Lab, Politico, Press Gazette, @jayrosen_nyu and Digiday
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
DC Comics Is Entitled to Copyright on Batmobile, Appeals Court Rules — The 9th Circuit rules that the automotive character is sufficiently distinctive to be protected as a work of authorship. — DC Comics drove out of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday with a big win that affirms …
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Variety, Reuters, EW.com, The Wrap, Comicbook.com, Deadline and Plagiarism Today
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Nine journalists subpoenaed to testify in privacy case by Jill Kelley against US government, linked to ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus — Journalists subpoenaed in Kelley privacy lawsuit against government — Nine journalists have been subpoenaed to give testimony in a Florida's woman's lawsuit alleging …
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Associated Press, @freedomofpress and Washington Post
Atavist Insider:
The Atavist Magazine abandons native apps to focus on web, saying apps have poor discovery, slow approval, tech limitations, smaller readership — Goodbye, Native Mobile Apps — When we concocted the ideas that would become Atavist and The Atavist Magazine, in 2010 …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
ITV launches new TV streaming service to take on iPlayer and Channel 4 — ITV Hub will replace ITV Player TV and ITV.com and be home for live streaming and on-demand services — ITV is to scrap the ITV Player TV service and ITV.com and launch a new online hub that will be the home …
Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes:
Forbes blocks small number of ads from one advertiser that served malware from September 8-15 — Forbes Shuts Down Ads Serving Malware — A small number of ads on Forbes.com were serving malware this month. — This publication was informed by security company FireEye on 17 September about the malvertising issue.
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FireEye, CSO, ITProPortal, Graham Cluley, Inquirer, SecurityWeek and Talking Biz News
Jason Burke / Guardian:
Militant Bangladeshi group publishes global hit list of bloggers, activists, and writers: 9 in UK, 7 in Germany, 2 in US, 1 in Canada, 1 in Sweden — Militant group publishes hit list of bloggers, activists and writers — An Islamic militant group in Bangladesh has issued a hit list of secular bloggers …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Buzzfeed, denied credentials for pope visit, calls it ‘retaliation’ for previous coverage — Buzzfeed has been blocked from covering the Pope's visit to the United States, Buzzfeed claims in a letter to officials in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. The letter, addressed to Don Clemmer …
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Forbes, @saschasegan, Poynter, @medinamora, Washington Post, Mediaite, @shani_o, @rob_stott, @joanne_stocker, @ortile, @katherinemiller, @davidfolkenflik and @steventdennis
Robert Cookson / Financial Times:
Study finds that Google charges for YouTube ads when fraud-detection systems identify viewer as a robot — Google charges for YouTube ads even when viewed by robots — Google has been charging marketers for advertisements it places on YouTube even when the video platform's fraud-detection systems identify …
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MediaPost and Business Insider
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