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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
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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New York Post, The New York Observer, Slate, MySanAntonio.com, Mediaite, The Hill, @anthonyadornato, @sahilkapur, @susanpage, @stevesilberman, @like2go, @joelmsiegel, @mckaydan, @hopeforvirginia, @dangillmor, @ruralj, @markdistef, @jimmorrill, Advocate, The TickerThe Ticker, Re/code, Vanity Fair, Business Insider, Forbes, Guardian, Refinery29, Hit & Run, Fast Company, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Fusion, New York's PIX11, The College Fix, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine and SCOTUSblog
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
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
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
CNN to roll out CNNMoney brand internationally, makes Richard Quest editor-at-large — CNNMoney business news to roll-out internationally — Successful US-based business brand will see hiring of new editors and producers across several CNN International bureuax
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CNNMoney
Ben Dowell / RadioTimes:
BBC3 could be merged with Radio 1 to create new ‘Youth’ division — Exclusive: According to BBC sources, serious consideration is being given to merging BBC3 and Radio 1 under a single controller of Youth post. But the current BBC3 boss believes the idea won't fly and that his channel will last the year...
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Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
BBC to axe television and radio divisions as part of radical management overhaul — Lord Hall, the director-general, is to unveil what is being billed as the most far-reaching organisational overhaul in the BBC's history, and will not replace recently departed TV boss, Danny Cohen
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@sallywhyte, @johncbaron, C21Media and Complete Music Update
James Rufus Koren / Los Angeles Times:
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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PR Newswire:
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, Washington Post, Associated Press and @scottmaustin
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
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, @mathewi, @brosandprose and @jyarow
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
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
Agencia EFE:
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
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
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
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
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 …