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Mark Hertsgaard / Guardian:
Former senior US Department of Defense official John Crane shares how his colleagues broke the law and withheld evidence to persecute whistleblower Thomas Drake — Instead their lives were ruined - and so was his — y now, almost everyone knows what Edward Snowden did.
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Guardian, @snowden, @jayrosen_nyu, Real Stories, @dangillmor, The Independent, @thomas_drake1, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald and @attackerman
Peter Elkind / Fortune:
Sources: Sumner Redstone ousts Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and director George Abrams as trustees of entity that will control Viacom and CBS — Sumner Redstone, it seems, has at least one power move left in him—and he appears to be using it to benefit his daughter, Shari.
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Reuters:
Sources: Sumner Redstone plans to add National Amusements exec Tad Jankowski and family friend Jill Krutick to seven-person trust that will control Viacom, CBS — Media mogul Sumner Redstone is planning to name National Amusements Inc general counsel Tad Jankowski to the seven-person trust …
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New York Magazine, Broadcasting & Cable and CNBC
David Lieberman / Deadline:
In statement, Sumner Redstone opposes sale of Paramount stake and calls claims he's incapacitated “false and unfair” — Redstone's camp released a lengthy statement challenging Dauman's assertions that his nearly 93-year-old boss isn't competent enough to have decided for himself …
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New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, @mathewi, Variety and Broadcasting & Cable
Scott Collins / The Wrap:
Viacom: Move to Oust Philippe Dauman ‘Extremely Disrupting and Damaging’
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Fortune
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Minneapolis Star Tribune finds sustainable business model with a metered digital paywall, programmatic ads, and diversified revenue streams — Does the Star Tribune of Minneapolis have a secret formula for outperforming the rest of the newspaper industry? — I have been puzzling over that for years.
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Reuters:
Sources: Tribune Publishing to reject Gannett's latest offer of $15 per share, will disclose confidential corporate information under non-disclosure agreement — Tribune Publishing Co (TPUB.N) has decided to reject Gannett Co Inc's (GCI.N) latest $864 million takeover proposal …
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Wall Street Journal
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Now's an opportune time for aspiring journalists to play a major role in helping the industry survive — News reporter — that's just about the worst job you can have, right? According to one career site, it ranks dead last, behind pest-control worker and logger.
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@corybe, @dangillmor, @niemanlabfuego, @moorehn and @rafat
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Adelson claims he hasn't meddled in the Las Vegas Review-Journal newsroom, but staffers suspect otherwise and continue to leave — In late January, about a half-dozen reporters from The Las Vegas Review-Journal gathered at a colleague's apartment after work.
Discussion:
@petersterne, @ennisnyt and @brianstelter
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times memo: less commodity news, more story forms, assigning editors no longer focus on print with separate hub building print edition, more — An ambitious effort to overhaul The New York Times is beginning to come into focus. — In a memo sent to staffers Friday …
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@benmullin, @featuresedndn, @geniepee, @sonnyrd, @jamesrbuk, @derekjohnbryant, @periodistas21 and @coreyschreppel
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
TipOff is a twice-weekly email newsletter that explains sports to non-fans by writers from ProPublica and ESPN — Sports are ever-present in most Americans' lives. There's practically always a game on in the background at restaurants or bars, and idle chit-chat in offices or parties often turns …
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@mdichristina and Awful Announcing
Financial Times:
Digital media companies like BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and Tastemade use food videos to drive traffic and advertising — Companies such as BuzzFeed showcase cooking as drivers of traffic in bid to attract advertisers — More than 100,000 people signed a petition this week in protest at the BBC's plan …
Vulture:
How the dramatic surge in TV production is reshaping the industry for actors, writers, showrunners, and crew — <span>There are more great shows in production now than ever before — but it’s never been harder to make one.</span> — In Hollywood, the tweets and email alerts …
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@kevinroose, @tvmojoe and @nkulw
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