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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Ben Rhodes, an Obama national security adviser, says he pushed a “narrative” of the Iran nuclear deal, relied on “know nothing” reporters to accept it — One of President Obama's top national security advisers led journalists to believe a misleading timeline …
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John Herrman / New York Times:
Apple met with top podcasters as concerns grow about its commitment to the medium; lack of sharing tools, analytics, subscriptions remain industry sore points — Steven P. Jobs put his talent as a master salesman to the test when, in 2005, he introduced new Apple software for downloading digital audio shows.
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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Despite Apple's dominant role in podcasting, the medium has remained decentralized and open; individual podcasters would suffer if Apple asserted more control — This New York Times article gets a lot wrong, and both podcast listeners and podcast producers should be clear on Apple's actual role …
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Al Jazeera English:
Egyptian court recommends death sentences for two Al Jazeera journalists, plus reporter for Rassd and three others accused of leaking state secrets to Qatar — The defendants, including two Al Jazeera journalists, punished to death for leaking state secrets to Qatar.
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New York Times:
Deposition of Sumner M. Redstone — A transcript of videotaped testimony of Mr. Redstone, taken Thursday at his Los Angeles mansion. The document includes some vulgar language.
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Fortune:
Insiders talk about the decline of Sumner Redstone and how the competence trial could impact the future of CBS and Viacom
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Wall Street Journal:
Unauthorized Prince Videos Pour onto YouTube, a Practice He Opposed — More than most artists, Prince fiercely protected his music — The day after Prince died two weeks ago, Peter Stroud, a guitarist for Sheryl Crow, went digging in his video archives for footage of a 1999 performance …
BBC:
Khurram Zaki, editor of website Let us Build Pakistan, shot dead in Karachi — A prominent Pakistani journalist and human rights activist, Khurram Zaki, has been shot dead in Karachi. — Reports say Mr Zaki was dining in a restaurant in the north of the city when four suspects opened fire from two motorbikes.
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Telegraph:
Three Spanish journalists released in Syria by al-Qaeda group after almost a year in captivity — Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria some 10 months ago have been freed, the Spanish Press Federation (FAPE) and government said on Saturday. — “All three have been released …
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Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
UK culture secretary to propose that BBC disclose salaries of top earners, in draft white paper next week — The BBC will be told to disclose the salaries of more than 100 of its top stars, under government proposals to force the corporation to provide greater transparency over how it spends …
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Inside YouTube's NextUp program, which aims to grow the next generation of video stars — What is it like to be a NextUp contest winner, one of 16 hopefuls chosen as emerging stars by YouTube and trained to be the next PewDiePie or Zoella — f people are learning about John Stuart Mill …
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
North Korea invited journalists to cover first Workers Party congress in 36 years, then barred them from the event — Journalists from around the world were invited to North Korea to cover the ruling party's first congress in 36 years on Friday. But while many were allowed to travel to Pyongyang …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice's Shane Smith promises 20 TV channels in Europe and Asia and six new digital channels this year: health, gaming, travel, LGBTQ, money, sustainability — Shane Smith was lying flat on his back at the start of Vice's Digital Content NewFront presentation.
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