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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Activists at University of Missouri block freelance ESPN journalist from public space on campus, raising issues of respect vs. press freedom — As Missouri Activists Block Journalists, a Divide Over ‘Respect’ and Rights — A video that showed University of Missouri protesters restricting …
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Melissa Cronin / Gawker:
Woman calling for “Muscle” to block reporter from Mizzou demonstrations is Melissa Click, a Professor of Mass Media — Woman Calling for “Muscle” To Block Reporter From Mizzou Demonstrations Is a Professor of Mass Media — A professor of Mass Media at the University of Missouri …
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why journalists have the right to cover the University of Missouri protests — Pay heed, all who interfere with Tim Tai's newsgathering: He will photo-splain the First Amendment to you. Tai is the student journalist seen in the viral video trying to take pictures of the #ConcernedStudent1950 assembly Monday …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Storyful founder Mark Little joins Twitter as vice president of media for Europe and Africa — Twitter hires Storyful founder for senior international role — Mark Little, who set up News Corp owned social news agency, takes up role as vice president of media for Europe and Africa
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How The Washington Post works with its foreign correspondents to report via social media — Last February, the Iraqi government lifted Baghdad's nighttime curfew, which was established by American forces when they invaded the country in 2003. After more than a decade, Baghdad's night life was coming back.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Leaked documents show the FBI never charged the hacker in the Matthew Keys case, despite knowing his identity for at least two years — Feds Never Charged the Real Hacker in the Matthew Keys Case — Former Reuters social media editor Matthew Keys is facing up to 25 years in prison …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Medium launches new series You Tell Me, soliciting responses to encourage conversations — Meet “dialogue,” the new front in the Internet commenting wars — Internet comments have a pretty terrible reputation these days, and every couple of weeks or so we see another news site drop them.
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Dave McNary / Variety:
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global, both owned by John Malone, each take 3.4% stake in film studio Lionsgate for an undisclosed price — Lionsgate Sells Another Stake to John Malone — Lionsgate has reached a deal in principle for Discovery Communications and Liberty Global …
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Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
US pay-TV providers lost 357K subscribers in Q3, more than double the Q3 2014 loss but less than the 605K loss in Q2 2015 — The Cord-Cutting Verdict for Pay TV — The cord-cutting results are in. But there will be plenty of debate about what the data means.
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Instagram, Tumblr, and YouTube help lift a new generation of poets onto bestseller lists — Web Poets' Society: New Breed Succeeds in Taking Verse Viral — On a recent Friday night, Tyler Knott Gregson, a blond, tattooed poet from Montana, took the stage at a Manhattan bookstore and beamed …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
ITV revenue up 13% YoY to £2.3B in first nine months, ad revenues surged 8% in Q3 from Rugby World Cup coverage — ITV enjoys ad revenue surge from Rugby World Cup coverage — Broadcaster reports 8% increase in third quarter with year-on-year figures rising 13% in first nine months to £2.3bn
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Tribune Media's Q3 income is $27.9M, down from $38M in Q3 2014 — Tribune Media's TV and Digital Revenues Tick Up - But Not Enough for Wall Street — Tribune Media fell shy of Wall Street's revenue expectations in the third quarter of 2015, despite positive momentum from both TV and digital divisions …
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