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Rob Price / Business Insider:
Twitter is reversing its ban on political watchdog Politwoops — Four months after being banned by Twitter, Politwoops is coming back. — If you're not familiar with it, Politwoops is a kind of social media watchdog. It automatically monitors the Twitter feeds of politicians and highlights whenever they delete a tweet.
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
How Medium, which opened a Washington DC office last spring, is courting politicians on the left and right — How Medium is breaking Washington's op-ed habit — The online publishing platform has assiduously courted the political class. — Medium, the three-year-old online publishing platform run …
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Agence France-Presse:
Fifth man working for Hong Kong publishers critical of Chinese government goes missing, wife says — Another Hong Kong bookseller goes missing: wife — Hong Kong (AFP) - A Hong Kong employee of a publishing firm known for producing books critical of the Chinese government has gone missing …
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South China Morning Post
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post drops progressive columnist Harold Meyerson, claiming poor social media metrics and excessive discussion of two topics — Washington Post Claims It Dropped A Progressive Columnist Because Of Poor Readership. Readers Aren't Happy. — Bernie Sanders says the columnist's “insights will be sorely missed.”
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Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
On the ‘digital frontline,’ social media reporters and editors exposed to vicarious trauma — As part of her job as a social media editor for the Associated Press, Hannah Cushman had to watch a video over and over again of a 17-year-old killed by a Chicago police officer. How many times did she view the shooting?
Anasuya Basu / BBC:
Inside India's Balaknama, a quarterly newspaper by former street children and child laborers focused on kids still working or on the streets — The street children who run a newspaper in India — A group of street children are busy in an unusual editorial meeting in a house in the Indian capital, Delhi.
Allison Lampert / Reuters:
Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi's health deteriorating, wife says — Imprisoned Saudi blogger's health deteriorating, wife says — Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, recent recipient of a prestigious European human rights award, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Fox News averaged 1.8M primetime viewers in 2015, second only to ESPN; CNN and MSNBC saw growth, helped by major news stories and presidential campaign — Fox News Holds Its Lead in a Year of Growth for Cable News — In a year that featured a number of prominent news stories …
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Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
LexisNexis Sells Law School Publishing Business To Carolina Academic Press — As a LexixNexis author, I received the following email: Law School Publishing News from LexisNexis Matthew Bender and Carolina Academic Press (posted with permission of LexisNexis):
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Authors Guild asks US Supreme Court to consider its case against Google's book scanning without copyright fees; appeals court ruled in Google's favor in October — The Authors Guild files to take Google to the Supreme Court — The Authors Guild has officially asked the Supreme Court …
Darren Rovell / ESPN:
New York attorney general amends suit against DraftKings, FanDuel, seeking that profits made in NY be returned, users' losses be repaid, and $5K fine per case — New York attorney general amends lawsuit against daily fantasy sites — The fight to stay in business in New York got a bit uglier …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Crowdfunded ‘Star Trek’ Movie Draws Lawsuit from Paramount, CBS — ‘Axanar’ aims to be a professional-quality prequel and has raised more than $1 million. — For decades, Paramount and CBS have tolerated and even encouraged fans of the Star Trek franchise to use their imagination at will …
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