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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN global affairs correspondent Elise Labott suspended for two weeks after she tweeted opinion following US House Syrian refugee vote — UPDATED: CNN correspondent suspended over tweet about House vote — This post has been updated to reflect that Labott has been suspended.
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
CNN's Punishment of Refugee-Defending Journalist Highlights Media Abdication — CNN yesterday suspended its global affairs correspondent, Elise Labott, for two weeks for the crime of posting a tweet critical of the House vote to ban Syrian refugees. Whether by compulsion or choice, she then groveled in apology.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Two of Elise Labott's tweets for CNN show the often-arbitrary distinction between analysis and punishment-worthy editorializing — What Does A CNN Reporter Have To Tweet To Get Suspended? — The gray area between analysis, editorializing and expressing sympathy.
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
New York Times commenting system criticized for favoring verified users, plans to include more automated moderation, faster posting for frequent commenters — Change Needed for Commenting That Favors the ‘Verified’ — In emails, in online comments and even in that wonder of our time called face …
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sources: Adele's new album, 25, won't be available on streaming services when it's released on Friday; Adele involved in decision — Adele Is Said to Reject Streaming for ‘25’ — For weeks, the music industry has been awaiting the release of Adele's new album, “25,” with a mixture of excitement and anxiety.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Politico Hires Brad Dayspring, Veteran G.O.P. Operative, as Spokesman — Politico is expanding at an aggressive pace, with new outlets opening from Brussels to New Jersey. And now they're hiring a communications expert with the same aggressive pedigree. — The growing news organization …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Comcast adds Chicago to cities with access to Stream, its $15/month TV add-on for its internet subscribers; Seattle is next — Comcast launches streaming TV service that doesn't count against data caps — Stream TV for Internet-only customers available in Boston and Chicago.
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Vasudevan Sridharan / International Business Times:
Bangladesh: Government briefly shuts down internet and mobile services — Bangladesh briefly shut down internet and mobile chat services after the country's top court upheld the death sentences of two opposition leaders. The services were restored after a 90-minute blackout.
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Maury Brown / Forbes:
Major League Baseball announces three-year deal with 15 regional sports networks to stream in-market games on Fox, requires cable authentication — Manfred Announces 3-Year Deal With FOX To Have MLB Games Streamed In-Market — As part of the General Managers meetings in Dallas …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
NBC's Andy Lack in talks to simulcast Bloomberg TV politics show With All Due Respect, from John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, on MSNBC — John Heilemann and Mark Halperin Ponder Game-Changing Deal With MSNBC — The cable network wants to simulcast the duo's Bloomberg TV politics show …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Piano Media plans to launch biannual ad-supported print magazine in 2016 to cover the media business — Piano Media to launch print magazine covering the media business — Even as some publishers continue to contract, 2016 will undoubtedly bring a new wave of journalism startups keen on making a splash in the market.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sky News senior executive Rob Owens joins Twitter UK as head of news and government partnerships — Twitter raids Sky for new head of UK news — Sky News senior executive Rob Owers joins Twitter to lead UK news team and develop government and industry partnerships