Mediagazer: Refugees in Germany launch paper for fellow newcomers (Anealla Safdar/Al Jazeera English)

5:30 AM ET, January 11, 2016

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The El Chapo interview with Sean Penn, giving the subject final approval, is similar to concessions some business and tech publications make for access — El Chapo, journalists and readers — I liked the Rolling Stone story about El Chapo, the Mexican drug lord. — It's is a big story.

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Rolling Stone grants Mexican drug lord El Chapo full approval over exclusive interview by Sean Penn, raising ethical questions — A controversial coup: Sean Penn and Rolling Stone land El Chapo interview — When Rolling Stone published Sean Penn's exclusive interview with Joaquin …

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Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner talks about how the magazine handled the planning and editing of Sean Penn's interview with El Chapo — How Rolling Stone Magazine Handled a Get With Ramifications — Several months ago, Jann Wenner, a founder of Rolling Stone magazine, received a call from the actor Sean Penn.

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Peter H. Stone / The Huffington Post:

Three months before “Edward Clarkin” story, Michael Schroeder offered freelancer Scott Whipple $5K to probe Nevada courts — The Story Of Sheldon Adelson's Purchase Of A Las Vegas Paper Is Even Crazier Than You Think — Three months before a mysterious article popped …

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Maria Bustillos / New Yorker:
How the Las Vegas Review-Journal Unmasked Its Owners

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Eddy Cue: due to a glitch, Apple has been underestimating the number of News app users since launch and passing that inaccurate information to publishers — Apple News App Is Off to a Rocky Start — There's one glitch: Neither publishers nor the company know how many people are reading

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Sources: Apple Music now has more than 10M subscribers — Apple's music streaming subscribers top 10m — Apple has passed 10m subscribers for its music streaming service, taking six months to hit a milestone that took its arch-rival Spotify six years to hit, say people familiar with the matter.

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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:

Twitter removes conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos's verification badge without stating a reason, inflaming politicized battle over online speech — Twitter Unverifies Writer Amid Speech Wars — Twitter's removal of journalist and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos's verification badge …

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Anealla Safdar / Al Jazeera English:

Refugees in Germany launch paper for fellow newcomers — A group of volunteer refugees have founded Abwab, an Arabic newspaper with helpful information and stories of hope. — When Ramy Alasheq was searching last year for a title to give to a newspaper he was helping launch …

Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:

SoundCloud reportedly raises €32 million in debt funding with an option for additional loans — According to Swedish technology news site DiGITAL, Berlin-based SoundCloud has raised 300 million Swedish krona (a little more than €32 million, or about $35 million) in debt funding.

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Joe Pompeo / Politico:

New Village Voice owner Peter Barbey hires veteran theater critic Michael Feingold, promises significant investment in paper — New Village Voice owner hires an old hand as his plans start to take shape — Three months after a little-known Pennsylvania newspaper mogul named Peter Barbey bought …

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Miles Johnson / Financial Times:

London's Amber Capital, an activist shareholder which amassed 15% stake in Grupo Prisa, owner of Spain's El País, presses for management shakeup — El País owner faces activist pressure for board shake-up — An activist hedge fund is pressing for a corporate governance upheaval …

Associated Press:

Turkey arrests three over the killing of Syrian journalist … Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency says authorities have arrested three people in connection with the killing of a Syrian journalist in southern Turkey. — Naji Jerf, the editor-in-chief of pro-opposition Hinta Magazine died …

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