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Christopher Bodeen / Associated Press:
China says new restrictions to come on terrorism reporting — 3 photos — BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it would impose new restrictions on media reports about domestic terrorism, as it continued to deride a French journalist being forced to leave the country for questioning Beijing's claims about the terrorist threat it faces.
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Becky Davis / Agence France-Presse:
China to expel Ursula Gauthier, a French Jounalist from L'Obs magazine who questioned government's treatment of Muslim Uighur minority
China to expel Ursula Gauthier, a French Jounalist from L'Obs magazine who questioned government's treatment of Muslim Uighur minority
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook fights skepticism from net neutrality advocates over its Free Basics program in India — Facebook Confronts The Free Internet Neutrality Dilemma — What's more important? Restricted free Internet access for the poor? Or maintaining an open, neutral Internet without limitations?
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Times of India, Times of India, The Wire, @nitin, Fortune, Ad Age, @rafat, Save the Internet, Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Journalist who resigned from The Bristol Press over Adelson subterfuge receives first $5,000 I.F. Stone Award, named after investigative journalist — Reporter Who Resigned Over Adelson Subterfuge Gets $5,000 Award — A Connecticut journalist who resigned last week in protest …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sole WDBJ shooting survivor, Vicki Gardner, speaks out about the tragedy — WDBJ shooting victim on the tragedy, TV violence and looking ‘ahead’ — Four months after she was shot in the back during a live TV broadcast, Vicki Gardner is finally finished with surgeries and is almost ready to return to work.
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Ed Christman / Billboard:
Spotify Announces Database to Properly Manage Royalties — A woman walks through a hallway at Spotify offices following a press conference in New York City.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Trademark Filings Point To More Beats Radio Stations Coming To Apple Music — Just-spotted trademark applications from Apple-owned Beats Electronics, LLC point to Apple's plans to introduce more live streaming radio stations to its Apple Music service to accompany its 24-hour station, Beats 1.
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Dan Gillmor / Nieman Lab:
Journalists must become activists for free expression amid increasing government surveillance and corporate control — Journalists turn activist — In 2016, journalists will recognize that they have to be activists — if they want to call themselves journalists, that is.
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Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Bollywood studios and US giants like 21st Century Fox, Amazon, and Netflix hope to persuade people in India to pay for video — Bollywood and U.S. Media Giants Try to Induce Indians to Pay for Video — MUMBAI — As the morning rain dripped in the garden outside, the yoga teacher Aparajita Jamwal got …
Agence France-Presse:
Naji Jerf, Syrian journalist, author of anti-ISIS documentaries, killed in Gaziantep, Turkey — Syria anti-IS documentary maker ‘assassinated’ in Turkey — Beirut (AFP) - A Syrian activist who produced documentaries hostile to the Islamic State group was assassinated in Turkey Sunday …
Tim Peterson / Ad Age:
Snapchat adds a year-in-review music-themed channel that runs from Saturday till the end of the year to Discover, sponsored exclusively by Spotify — Snapchat Is Making Its Own Original Content for Discover Again — App Adds Year-in-Review Music Channel to Discover, Sponsored by Spotify
Jessica Lussenhop / BBC:
Profile of Bill Proctor, a retired WXYZ-TV reporter investigating suspected cases of wrongful conviction in Michigan, including 1996 murder of 12-year-old girl — TV reporter spends retirement investigating brutal murder — After a long career in television, Bill Proctor could have spent his retirement out of the spotlight.
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Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
China sentences former 21st Century Media top executive Shen Hao to 4 years for extortion and embezzlement — Ex-News Executive in China Gets 4-Year Sentence for Extortion — HONG KONG — A court in Shanghai sentenced a prominent former news executive on Thursday to four years in prison for extortion …
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