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Al Jazeera English:
Israel's communication minister asks parliament for authority to revoke media credentials of Al Jazeera journalists and close the network's office in Jerusalem — Request made by the country's communication minister targets both the network's Arabic and English channels.
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Committee to Protect …, Associated Press, Gizmodo, @kevin_maguire, Reuters, @jayrosen_nyu and @ggreenwald
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox News suspends Eric Bolling while it investigates reports that he sent lewd photos to female colleagues — Fox News has suspended Eric Bolling following the report last night about allegations he send lewd photos to female colleagues. — Mediaite received the following statement from Fox News:
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HuffPost, CNNMoney, NBC News, New York Times, HuffPost, @yashar, Allure, Bustle, Refinery29, Media Matters for America, @johnjharwood, Fortune, NPR, TVNewser, The Wrap, Washington Post, Axios, Newser, The Hill and Variety
Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein: “We don't prosecute reporters for doing their jobs”, won't rule out prosecutions, says no policies have been revised yet — The Justice Department likely won't be going after journalists for publishing leaks on the Trump administration …
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@reliablesources, @devlinbarrett, @ggreenwald, Business Insider, @mkraju, Reuters and The Week
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the DoJ is reviewing its policy on media subpoenas as part of a crackdown on leaks
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the DoJ is reviewing its policy on media subpoenas as part of a crackdown on leaks
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New York Times, The Wrap, Bustle, @arimelber, New York Times, The Hill, HuffPost, Hit & Run, Washington Post, @johnson_carrie, New York Magazine, Washington Post, @pressfreedom, The Guardian, Politico, Newsweek, @spytalker, The Daily Caller, @rcfp, @brianstelter, @aclu, CBS News, @selectedwisdom, @liamstack, @ggreenwald, @jamilsmith, @tbridis, CNNMoney, @woodruffbets, @tom_winter, @zekejmiller, @kelseymsutton, @hadas_gold, @aubreyjwhelan, @ericgeller, @loisbeckett, The Independent, @adamgoldmannyt, @kaylatausche, @davidfolkenflik and @w7voa
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Leaks must be handled with care, but they're necessary, and leakers and journalists who depend on them should be honored, not jailed
Leaks must be handled with care, but they're necessary, and leakers and journalists who depend on them should be honored, not jailed
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@digiphile, @adamgoldmannyt and @sangernyt
Ken Doctor / TheStreet:
Six major US newspaper companies demand that LexisNexis stop distributing their content to media monitoring organizations — Six major U.S. newspaper companies have demanded that LexisNexis, a major aggregator and distributor of news content, stop business practices that the publishers …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Columbia Journalism School is launching a new master of science in data journalism, the school's fourth degree, for just just under $100K — Say a highly-placed source has a mountain of incriminating data they want to make public. Who are they going to send it to?
Discussion:
@kreissdaniel
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Monocle launches short-run, 48-page, summer print newspaper, financed through ads and preorders with issues available on newsstands for £5 — “We've spent a lot of time looking at the state of the international news market and looking at what's working and what's not working …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How deep-pocketed political donors invest in meme production to sway the masses, with some Dems trying to catch up by funding their own viral content studios — Imagine you're a millionaire or billionaire with strong political views and a desire to spread those views to the masses.
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Tonia O'Connor, Univision's newly appointed CRO, says some of the former Gawker verticals will get shows on Fusion TV — Tonia O'Connor, Univision's newly appointed CRO, says some of the former Gawker verticals, now called Gizmodo Media, will get shows on Fusion TV.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Chartbeat adds subscriber analytics to its dashboard — the “single most requested feature” — Do paying users behave differently than non-paying users? — Heads up, Chartbeat users: if you've ever wished for a way to see how subscribers respond to content differently than non-subscribers, your wish has now been granted.
Discussion:
Poynter and Chartbeat Blog
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook tests showing posts from local politicians in News Feed even for users not following those politicians, at most once per week — You may soon see posts from politicians you don't follow. — Facebook is testing a new feature that inserts posts from local politicians into users' News Feeds …
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Engadget and Adweek, more at Techmeme »
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
The public-records battle by a Raycom-owned TV station for officials' text messages highlights all-too-common hurdles reporters can face in FOIA disputes — A PAIR OF NORTH CAROLINA sheriff's offices, in Ashe and Union counties, have a couple things in common.
Discussion:
The Charlotte Observer, @coreyhutchins and @ncopengov
Harun Maruf / Voice of America:
Somalia's National University to reopen its journalism school for the first time in 26 years, with classes beginning as soon as next month — Being a journalist in Somalia carries both risk and reward. The risk comes from al-Shabab militants and other armed groups who have killed …