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How the San Antonio Express-News broke news of Scalia's death — Gary Martin, the government and political editor for the San Antonio Express-News, was working the weekend shift this afternoon when he got a tip from a federal source bearing big news. — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia …
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How Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait balances tensions of the terminal business, China, investigative reporting, and covering a possible Bloomberg candidacy — Micklethwait's Balancing Act, After a Year as Bloomberg Editor in Chief — In recent weeks, John Micklethwait …
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@joepompeo, @poynter, @dangillmor and @mlcalderone


Tribune Publishing, Digital First Media bid to buy bankrupt O.C. Register — Bidders interested in acquiring Freedom Communications, the bankrupt owner of the Orange County Register, had until Friday to submit initial offers. An auction is scheduled for next month.
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Orange County Register, Denver Business Journal and Santa Cruz Sentinel
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Polk Award winners announced: New York Times, AP, Washington Post, Slate, Wall Street Journal, Marshall Project and ProPublica, Huffington Post, and more — Long Island University Announces 67th Annual George Polk Awards In Journalism — Coverage of Heroin Addiction, Human Rights …
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New York Times, Associated Press and Washington Post


Tumblr gets a dedicated ad sales team again, after integration with Yahoo ad sales failed — Yahoo is ditching a plan that caused turmoil within Tumblr — Yahoo's challenges have been in the investor spotlight for months — now signs of turmoil are becoming visible at its Tumblr group.
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The Next Web


CIR's StoryWorks project creates stage adaptations of investigative journalism — Investigative journalism finds a new outlet: the stage — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The two uniformed jail guards argued angrily, cursed each other, then erupted into a nasty brawl with punches and furniture and bodies flying.
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@cironline and @mtfarnsworth

Veracruz governor links Zetas drug cartel boss Josele Marquez to death of journalist Anabel Flores Salazar and 2011 attack on offices of El Buen Tono newspaper — Zetas cartel boss ordered Mexican reporter's killing, governor says — Josele Marquez, a regional Zetas drug cartel boss arrested earlier …
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Reuters and telesurtv.net


Bookstore sales rose 2.5% to $11.17B in 2015, the first increase since 2007 — After Eight Year Slump, 2015 Bookstore Sales Rise — Bookstores sales rose 2.5% in 2015, marking the first time since 2007 that sales in the sector were up. According to preliminary figures released …
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@peterturner, New York Times and CNNMoney


Copyright lawyer uses DMCA to try to take down copy of unflattering article about himself — Embattled copyright lawyer uses DMCA to remove article about himself — Marc Randazza tells Wordpress that the unflattering story “is not fair use.” — Well-known copyright lawyer Marc Randazza used …


Q&A with Boston Globe election reporter James Pindell on digital-first reporting, using platforms, and staying online — James Pindell is trying to bring The Boston Globe's election coverage to everyone by being everywhere — In the past five days, Boston Globe political reporter …
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@niemanlab


John Dickerson, Molded by News Legends, Hones His Skills at CBS — WASHINGTON — By the standards of Sunday morning news shows, the handoff of the anchor's position on “Face the Nation” on CBS was really quite peaceful. — A few days after the longtime anchor Bob Schieffer announced …
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@koblin, @saletan and @brianstelter


Meet the girls on the bus: reporters on the campaign trail for NBC in 2016 are overwhelmingly women — At NBC News, Women Are Telling the Stories — This Is What NBC News Looks Like in 2016 — The cameras have stopped rolling in the Des Moines café that Andrea Mitchell has turned …
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@nickconfessore, @katyturnbc, @mlcalderone, @meetthepress, @jacquellenac, @halliejackson and @kristindonnelly