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Committee to Protect Journalists: At least 257 journalists jailed in 2016, the highest number since CPJ began its annual census of imprisonments in 1990 — At least 257 journalists have been jailed around the world this year, a press advocacy group reported on Monday, the most since it began …
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Committee to Protect …, @jmalsin and @conradhackett
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New Jersey judge orders the Trentonian newspaper to stop publishing articles about a child abuse case, a ruling experts say could violate the First Amendment — A New Jersey judge has ordered the Trentonian newspaper to stop publishing articles about a child abuse case …
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@romenesko, @bgrueskin, @projomike, @estebanhrz and @rizzotk
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Jim VandeHei's new site, Axios, will have a hub in its Washington D.C. HQ called Newsdesk; the site is currently recruiting reporters in D.C. and Silicon Valley — Politico founder Jim VandeHei is hiring for his new startup, and the job descriptions give a few clues about what he and co-founder Mike Allen are up to.
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In a letter sent Monday, National Amusements instructs Viacom and CBS to scrap merger talks, saying there is renewed confidence in Viacom under CEO Bob Bakish — In a letter sent Monday, National Amusements instructs Viacom and CBS to scrap merger talks
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Pondering the possibilities and the challenges for journalism in virtual worlds as VR becomes mainstream — In June 2003, the San Francisco company Linden Labs launched a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game called Second Life. It quickly grew to over a million users …
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Stephen Hayes named EIC of the conservative Weekly Standard; Bill Kristol, the magazine's co-founder and current EIC, will become editor at large — The Weekly Standard has named senior writer Stephen Hayes its next editor in chief. Bill Kristol, the magazine's co-founder and current editor …
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@erikwemple, @hotlinejosh and @hadas_gold
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Amazon and Netflix make up 40% of Golden Globe nominations this year, receiving as many individually as the broadcast networks combined — Streaming heavyweights Netflix and Amazon are spending gargantuan amounts of money on TV shows, and it's getting results.
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/Film, TechCrunch, Forbes, The Wrap, Observer, Adweek, Variety, Daring Fireball, The Wrap, Golden Globes and @sarahcuda
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On Friday, the Senate failed to reconfirm Democratic pro-net neutrality FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, portending new Trump era leadership and agenda — The Senate failed to reconfirm one of net neutrality's top advocates at the FCC. — Setting the stage for new leadership …
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Radio & Television …, Vanity Fair and Techdirt
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Inside the battle between student-run GW Hatchet, a 112-year-old GWU paper, and DC as court rejects tax break request, says it isn't an educational organization — The District of Columbia is locked in a nearly two-year court battle against the student-run GW Hatchet at The George Washington University …
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@scottnover, @scottnover, @scottnover, @mlcalderone, @mediafiledc, @abeaujon and @benmullin
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The Huffington Post faces backlash from its unpaid contributors after introducing a new CMS requiring that bloggers promote their stories if they want exposure — The Huffington Post is facing a blogger backlash since it changed its platform strategy to grow its network of unpaid contributors.
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@digiday, @dangillmor, @gaberivera, @jenstar, @digiday and @jeffjarvis
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The surprised reactions to Teen Vogue's astute political coverage are a reflection of the low expectations for teens, girls, and fashion magazines — On Saturday morning, Teen Vogue published a sharp piece by the writer Lauren Duca entitled “Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America.”
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@sincerely_steff, The Guardian, @andrea_dunlop, The Huffington Post, @sethmnookin, bookforum.com and BBC
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LA Times EIC Maharaj says that two letters defending WWII internment of Japanese-Americans should not have been published, weren't “civil, fact-based discourse” — Tule Lake, which held nearly 19,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, is now maintained by the National Park Service.