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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 — Obama official says he pushed a ‘narrative’ to media to sell the Iran nuclear deal
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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 — Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear Apple Isn't Listening — Steven P. Jobs put his talent as a master salesman to the test when …
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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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@dkthomp
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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 — The Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone (Part 1 of 3) — With a trial about to begin, lurid and alarming details of the billionaire's condition and the scheming around him continue to emerge.
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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 — Egypt sentences six to death in espionage case — The defendants, including two Al Jazeera journalists, punished to death for leaking state secrets to Qatar.
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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 — John Whittingdale to force BBC to reveal stars' pay — The BBC will be told to disclose the salaries of more than 100 of its top stars, under government proposals to force …
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The Times & The Sunday Times, The Drum, Guardian and Daily Mail
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Inside YouTube's NextUp program, which aims to grow the next generation of video stars — Inside the bootcamps where YouTube grows its next generation of 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
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@birdkeepertoby and @thelaserbearguy
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 …
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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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
North Korea invited journalists to cover first Workers Party congress in 36 years, then barred them from the event — Dateline North Korea, but Still Reporting From a Distance — Journalists from around the world were invited to North Korea to cover the ruling party's first congress in 36 years on Friday.
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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 — Vice to Launch 6 New Vertical Sites, 20 TV Channels Worldwide This Year — Shane Smith was lying flat on his back at the start of Vice's Digital Content NewFront presentation.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Gannett Slams Tribune Publishing Chairman Michael Ferro; Oaktree Pushes for Merger Talks … Gannett Co. has taken aim at Tribune Publishing chairman Michael Ferro in its latest salvo in the acquisition fight that began last month. Meanwhile, Tribune Publishing shareholder Oaktree Capital …
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Daily Sabah:
Turkey sentences Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül to more than five years in prison on charges of revealing state secrets — Istanbul court sentences Cumhuriyet Daily's Dündar, Gül to 5 years in prison over ‘revealing state secrets’
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@dailysabah, Associated Press, BBC and Hurriyet Daily News
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Reuters:
Assailant tries to shoot prominent Turkish journalist outside court
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