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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Interview with Mark Bowden and Seymour Hersh on covering Osama bin Laden's death, and how competing agendas create contrasting narratives on official stories — What Do We Really Know About Osama bin Laden's Death? … Mark Bowden was watching a ballgame — the Phillies versus the Mets …
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Mark Bowden / Vanity Fair:
The New York Times Magazine's suggestion that The Finish is fabricated has no factual basis — There's Just One Problem with Those Bin Laden Conspiracy Theories — They have no factual basis, despite what you may have read in The New York Times Magazine, argues the reporter who pieced together …
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Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
Some VCs, appearing defensive, dismiss WSJ's reporting on Theranos, but should actually welcome investigative journalism — Some tech investors sure seem to be getting defensive lately ... Nobody likes to be questioned. — But lately, some of Silicon Valley's big tech investors seem …
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. buys pop-culture, beauty, and lifestyle site Hello Giggles, source says in the range of $20M — Time Inc. Buys Hello Giggles — Website operator focuses on pop culture, beauty, lifestyle topics of interest to younger women — Seeking to broaden its appeal to younger women …
Walt Hickey / FiveThirtyEight:
Analysis: Fandango's movie ratings are higher than IMDb's 79% of the time, and similarly higher than ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic — Be Suspicious Of Online Movie Ratings, Especially Fandango's — You were excited for the date: dinner and a movie. Your date picked a restaurant — “It got five stars on Yelp!”
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@drewkarpyshyn, BGR and The Wrap
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Ex-BBC journalist Jacqueline Sutton dies in suspicious circumstances at Turkish airport — British journalist found dead at Turkish airport — Jacqueline Sutton, 50, who worked for the UN and the BBC, died at Istanbul's Ataturk airport en route to Iraq — Tributes have been paid …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Inside German investigative nonprofit CORRECT!V's collaborations, projects, and growth — The German investigative nonprofit CORRECT! V is building a name for itself by doing a bit of everything — BERLIN — CORRECT! V launched with lofty goals. In the year-plus that it's been in operation …
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@hristio and @nicebastard
New York Times:
As it expands globally, Netflix faces increasing competition and demand for local-language programming — Netflix Faces Challengers in Its Push to Expand Globally — At first glance, Miguel Díez Ferreira would seem to make an ideal customer for Netflix.
Meagan Doll / MediaShift:
Q&A with Northwestern University professor Josh Meyer on the challenges and opportunities of reporting on national security — How Medill is Teaching National Security in the Classroom and Beyond — Alongside more traditional news beats, Northwestern University professor Josh Meyer …
Erin Carroll / Columbia Journalism Review:
FOIA “expedited processing” provision for media often ignored, reflects widening disconnect between government and media — Why FOIA's speed clause is broken — In August of 2013, the Associated Press made a straightforward records request to the State Department.
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@cjr and @mmcauliff
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Interview with Zaina Erhaim on the responsibilites and challenges of training citizen journalists in Syria — Citizen journalists in Syria ‘start writing history’ — Award-winning journalist Zaina Erhaim decided to return to Syria and give basic journalism training to citizens to help them tell their own stories
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Atlantic's April redesign has tripled click-through rates, increased time spent on native ads to over four minutes, surpassing industry average — How The Atlantic gets people to spend more than 4 minutes on its native ads — The Atlantic took a user-friendly approach when it redesigned …