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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
More than 100 Boston Globe writers, editors, and business side employees pitched in to deliver Sunday papers after widespread problems with new delivery vendor — ‘Army’ of Boston Globe reporters to deliver Sunday's newspaper — If you're a subscriber to the Boston Globe …
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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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Brooke Borel / Guardian:
Science journalists need to look beyond data and focus on scientists and conflicts of interest — The problem with science journalism: we've forgotten that reality matters most — It's the job of science journalists to look beyond data - we have to look at the people doing the science and whether they have conflicts of interest
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The Independent:
The New York Times' Pakistan printing partner removes front page article on attacks and killings of secular Bengali bloggers — The article Pakistan doesn't want you to read — The International edition of the New York Times newspaper had two blank pages after printers in Pakistan removed an article.
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Reality TV giant Discovery tries to return to its roots by spending millions on documentaries and science shows — Life after ‘Honey Boo Boo’: Inside Discovery's fight to grow up — NEW YORK — Since the Discovery Channel first hit the airwaves 30 years ago with an after-school special on icebergs …
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers hope daily ebook deals companies will entice readers but worry about long-term consequences of low prices — Daily E-Book Deals Are Gaining Traction — Publishers want to get readers hooked so they eventually will buy full-priced works — Every day, the company BookBub.com sends …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Drudge Report's pro-Trump links stand in contrast with the site's support of Romney in 2012 — Why Is Matt Drudge Boosting Donald Trump? — The Republican frontrunner owes his rise to a whole host of factors. But Drudge's conservative media behemoth could've stopped him. Why didn't it?
Rafat Ali / Skift:
How we built travel news site Skift, now profitable with revenue near “mid single-digits millions”, after giving up on scale and VC funding — How We Got off the Addiction to Venture Capital and Created Our Own Way to Profits — The Skift team on stage, at Skift Global Forum 2015.
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Wall Street Journal:
How Gawker earns revenue through affiliate links, which brought in about $10M in 2014 — How Gawker Brings In Millions Selling Headphones, Chargers and Flashlights — Media company uses affiliate links to help sell products on e-commerce sites — Gawker Media, a network of websites known …
Jason Stern / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Militarization of the press in Syria is blurring the distinction between journalist and fighter, endangering all journalists working in the country — The militarization of the press in Syria — Ahmed Abu al-Hamza, “Software” as he was known by his friends, stood behind the camera …
Associated Press:
Egypt arrests three people who administer 23 Facebook pages, accusing them of belonging to a banned organization, ahead of Jan. 25 anniversary of 2011 uprising — Egypt arrests 3 Facebook admins ahead of Jan. 25 anniversary — CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities arrested three people …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Discogs has a user-generated database of more than 6.5M music releases and a marketplace with 24M items for sale — Discogs Turns Record Collectors' Obsessions Into Big Business — BEAVERTON, Ore. — In the beginning, Kevin Lewandowski just wanted a way to keep track of his techno records.
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