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John Koblin / New York Times:
Melissa Harris-Perry refuses to host her MSNBC show Saturday after weeks of preemptions and what she calls loss of editorial control — Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-Emptions — Melissa Harris-Perry said she was refusing to go on the MSNBC show she hosts this Saturday …
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Jamil Smith / Medium:
Melissa Harris-Perry's email to staffers of her show: I love our show. I want it back. — Melissa Harris-Perry's Email to Her #nerdland Staff — On Friday afternoon, media reports emerged about my friend Melissa Harris-Perry's refusal to host her eponymous weekend program on MSNBC on Saturday.
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@daveweigel, @chrisgeidner, @rebeccashap and @mlcalderone
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Hughes sells New Republic to Win McCormack, founder of Tin House; Hamilton Fish named publisher — Chris Hughes Sells New Republic to Liberal Publisher Win McCormack — Mr. McCormack, founder of Tin House literary quarterly, names Hamilton Fish as publisher — Welcome to a new New Republic.
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New York Times, MinOnline, The New York Observer, Crain's New York Business, Media Wire Daily, Washington Post, @noahmccormack, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, The Huffington Post, FishbowlDC, @noahmccormack, Willamette Week, @lmlauramarsh, @sasowerby, Talking New Media, New York Magazine, Mashable, The Week, @michaelbd, @camilareads, @mlcalderone and @profjeffjarvis
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump says he'll change US libel laws to make it easier to sue news organizations — Donald Trump: We're going to ‘open up’ libel laws — Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to change libel laws in the United States so that he can have an easier time suing news organizations.
Greg Howard / Deadspin:
How SB Nation, structured to gain prestige from longform writing with minimal editing costs, published the flawed Holtzclaw profile despite editor's warning — How SB Nation Published Their Daniel Holtzclaw Story — Last week, Vox Media's SB Nation published “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?” …
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Ben Williams / Adblock Plus and (a little) more:
Adblock Plus Acceptable Ads: publishers with over 10M ad impressions per month pay licensing fee for whitelisting — Acceptable Ads explained: monetization — Internally, we talk about Acceptable Ads all the time. Ever since we decided to take the middle way, choosing not to block …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Soldier of Fortune Shutters Print Magazine After 40 Years — Magazine, which chronicles the world of mercenaries, will transition to being entirely online — Soldier of Fortune, the notorious magazine chronicling the shadowy world of mercenaries battling it out in hot spots around the globe …
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@brian_sack, @lalpert1, Talking New Media and FishbowlNY
Facebook:
Facebook rolling out live video streaming to Android in US, expanding to over 30 countries on iOS — Bringing Facebook Live to Android and More Countries — Facebook Live enables you to share your experiences and perspectives in real time, with the people who matter to you …
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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Amazon releases its first ad-supported original show, season three of reality series The Fashion Fund, available on Amazon.com without a Prime subscription — Amazon Debuts Its First Original Show With Ads, Hinting at a New, Free Video Business — Amazon has spent billions to create …
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Business Wire, PCMag India feed, GeekWire, The Next Web, Engadget, The Verge, The Drum and StreamDaily
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Plagiarism charges against Fareed Zakaria did no harm to his career as he remained silent while distinguished members of the media came to his defense — How Fareed Zakaria Defeated the Media Reporters — Of all Fareed Zakaria's accomplishments—a wildly successful career in print journalism …
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@mcmoynihan and @crushingbort
Metropolitan Police:
Operation Elveden, the probe into leaking of information to journalists, and inappropriate payments by journalists to police and public officials, has ended — Operation Elveden completed — [IMAGE: Infographic on Operation Elveden in numbers] — On Wednesday, 24 February following consultation …
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Guardian, ITV, Guardian, Press Gazette, Bloomberg Business, London Evening Standard, Manx Radio, Associated Press, @skynewsbreak, @lisaocarroll, @tomjharper and BBC
Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:
Theater chains decline to show Crouching Tiger sequel because Netflix is releasing the film online at the same time — Why so many theater chains are refusing to screen Netflix's ‘Crouching Tiger’ sequel — “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” will be available for streaming …
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The Verge, Guardian, Business Insider and Variety
Tristan Ahtone / Al Jazeera America:
AJAM reported on tribal communities and offered coverage on Indian Country that few could match — AJAM reported on tribal communities and offered coverage on Indian Country that few could match — In 2013, I received an email from a digital editor at Al Jazeera America.
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
RIAA wins $22M in damages from MP3Skull filesharing site and the power to seize domain names, but the site's owner is unknown — Music labels win $22.2m damages from MP3Skull - if they can find its owners — Following a lawsuit coordinated by industry body the RIAA …
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