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Al Jazeera English:
Turkey's Zaman adopts pro-government line after the takeover and firing of editor-in-chief — Turkey's Zaman: Editorial tone changes after takeover — Pro-government line marks newspaper's first edition since court order for it to be seized set off two days of protests.
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Agence France-Presse:
Zaman defiant in latest issue printed despite takeover; EIC Abdulhamit Bilici fired by new government administrators, protests and clashes resume on Saturday — Turkey newspaper defiant after raid as police disperse protests — Agence France-Presse By Stuart Williams with Fulya Ozerkan in Ankara 16 minutes ago
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Nate Schenkkan / Foreign Policy:
How a soured relationship between former allies Erdogan and Gulen led to government's takeover of Zaman, a possibly fatal blow to a free press in Turkey — The Death Blow to Turkey's Media — Earlier today, a Turkish court gave the green light to a government-approved takeover of media group Feza Journalism.
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BBC:
Turkish police raid offices of anti-Erdogan daily paper, Zaman, after court ruling placed it under state control
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Oliver Roeder / FiveThirtyEight:
New database helps reveal that more than 60 crossword puzzles edited by Timothy Parker for USA Today and syndicated Universal Crossword copy elements from NYT — A Plagiarism Scandal Is Unfolding In The Crossword World — A group of eagle-eyed puzzlers, using digital tools …
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Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
NBA star Steph Curry launches Slyce, a new startup helping athletes optimize social media chatter — Most sports fans likely know how Stephen Curry is breaking new ground on the court, with the Golden State Warriors star playing basketball this season at an insanely high level and in a way no one has seen before.
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
AT&T launching programmatic ad marketplace in partnership with ad tech firm Videology for its U-Verse and DirecTV platforms — AT&T Plans to Sell Linear TV Programmatically — Through partnership with Videology, brands will be able to use software and data to place TV ads
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Water issue becomes personal for political reporters who traveled to Flint for Sunday Democratic debate — For political media in Flint, the water crisis penetrates the campaign bubble — FLINT, Mich. — As the media and political campaign staff from New York and Washington planned …
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Sridhar Pappu / New York Times:
Young reporters, steeped in social media, accustomed to digital speed and always-on world, grab spotlight on US campaign trail — Millennial Reporters Grab the Campaign-Trail Spotlight — When the last presidential race was in its early stages, Katie Glueck was a senior at Northwestern University.
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Meerkat Is Ditching the Livestream — And Chasing a Video Social Network Instead — Two weeks ago, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin sent an email to his company's 48 investors laying bare an observation that he'd made peace with months earlier: Meerkat, the livestreaming app that played the role …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Samsung says it has no plans to buy Tidal — Samsung Says It Won't Buy Tidal (EXCLUSIVE) — Samsung has no plans to acquire Jay Z's Tidal music service, the company told Variety Friday. — “The rumor of Samsung acquiring Tidal is not true,” said Samsung spokesperson, breaking the company's silence on the matter.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Samsung has reduced jobs at Milk Music, likely to shut down service soon
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Editorial Director Karen Wickre Is Leaving the Company — Twitter's editorial director, Karen Wickre, is leaving the company after more than four years. — Wickre made the announcement in a Medium post Friday. She ran Twitter's editorial teams, which includes overseeing …
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
SEC filing: New Media Investment Group agreed to keep buyer of Las Vegas Review Journal secret indefinitely — Las Vegas newspaper sellers agreed to keep buyers a secret ‘indefinitely’ — Gatehouse/New Media Investment Group agreed to keep the new owner of the Las Vegas Review Journal secret …
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@jayrosen_nyu and @davidfolkenflik
Yaqiu Wang / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Anonymous former Weibo censor discusses off limit topics, sensitive words, and methodology — Read and delete: How Weibo's censors tackle dissent and free speech — The Chinese microblogging site Weibo has a huge following, with around 100 million users posting every day.
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