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Schams Elwazer / CNN:
Iran sentences journalist Jason Rezaian to prison — (CNN)An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to prison for spying, the semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported Sunday. — The length of the sentence was not specified, Tasnim reported.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Podcasting is following the trends blogging did a decade ago: professionalization, open platforms, and diverting audiences — Podcasting in 2015 feels a lot like blogging circa 2004: exciting, evolving, and trouble for incumbents — So one move is in the direction of quality.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Vox.com added to Snapchat Discover lineup, launching November 23 — Vox.com is Snapchat's newest Discover publisher — Snapchat is adding another publisher to its Discover feature with Vox.com set to come aboard Nov. 23. It's not the first news publisher to get a channel on the messaging app …
Erik Kain / Forbes:
Why Kotaku Was Right To Go Public When They Were Blacklisted By Two Major Video Game Publishers — The big story in games journalism and the video game industry right now is Fallout 4. But right on its heels we have a post by Kotaku's editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo that's generating …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
CNN, Fox, other TV networks to meet and discuss how to respond to Donald Trump's attempts to restrict press at events, including blacklisting reporters — TV networks unite to fight Trump's restriction on journalists' access — Network TV news representatives will confer Monday to hash …
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Bloomberg Business:
Alibaba's Jack Ma Said to Be in Discussions to Buy SCMP Stake — If completed, Ma would follow Bezos in buying storied masthead — Hong Kong-based SCMP was once world's most profitable paper — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s founder Jack Ma is in talks to buy a stake in the publisher …
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Fox to stop reporting Live + Same Day Nielsen ratings for all programming except live events — Fox to Stop Using Same-Day TV Ratings: Read Dana Walden and Gary Newman's Internal Memo — Fox has become the first broadcast network to cease using Live + Same Day Nielsen ratings …
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Alex Hern / Guardian:
YouTube plans to defend film-makers against copyright claims — Video site will defend strong examples of fair use against copyright claims, saying creators can be ‘intimidated’ by the effort required to defend their rights — YouTube will go to court to defend film-makers wrongly accused …
Nancy Watzman / MediaShift:
Internet Archive will gather data about 2016 political ads and TV news in 20 markets — Freeing the Data Underlying Presidential Political TV Ads — The following piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this publication. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here.
Washington Post:
How the media division of ISIS creates a dual image as a benevolent destination and a menacing, violent domain — Inside the surreal world of the Islamic State's propaganda machine — CONFRONTING THE ‘CALIPHATE’ | This is part of an occasional series about the rise of the Islamic State militant group …
Olivia Koski / Nieman Reports:
How Participatory Journalism Turns News Consumers into Collaborators — Involving news consumers in the reporting process can improve stories and enhance audience engagement — Julia Kumari Drapkin, a climate reporter, was living in Washington, D.C. in 2011 when she started noticing something odd …
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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Paris-Beirut debate: Why news organizations paid more attention to the attacks in France — The Friday attacks in Paris that killed more than 120 left many American news organizations racing to get pieces in place for wall-to-wall coverage over the weekend.
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of news nonprofit Philadelphia Citizen, which uses events and giveaways to encourage reader engagement and incentivize voter participation — Paid to vote: Why a nonprofit news outlet gave away $10,000 in a lottery — Bridget Conroy-Varnis, a school crossing guard …
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