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Long on Cutting Edge of Print, New York Magazine Cuts Back — Since its founding in 1968, New York magazine has served as a prototype of literate, high-tempo publishing, using its weekly cadence and location in one of the world's cultural capitals to usher in a new, more intimate and frank approach to what a publication could be.
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Exclusive: Chinese authorities conduct unannounced ‘inspections’ of Bloomberg News bureaus — The unusual visits follow a controversy about an investigative article involving a Chinese billionaire. — FORTUNE — In what appears to be a conspicuous show of displeasure …
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Bloomberg's Robert Hutton excluded from a press conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang — British Journalist Excluded From Press Conference With Chinese Leader — Robert Hutton, Bloomberg's long-standing and respected UK political reporter, has been excluded from a press conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
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Jeff Bezos: I Had To Be Talked Into Buying The Washington Post — Yes, yes, we know: Amazon is gearing up to start deliveries by drone. Very exciting, to be sure. Among the less headline-grabbing but nevertheless interesting things Jeff Bezos told Charlie Rose in interviews for Sunday night's …
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The exploited laborers of the liberal media — I was 21 years old when I took out my earring, combed my hair, and tried concealing my distaste for power and Washington, DC, in order to ask questions at press conferences. It was the summer of 2006, and I had just left college to go work for a small …

How a Gawker Editor Picks the ‘Viral’ Content Readers Can't Resist Sharing — Neetzan Zimmerman doesn't like to be called a machine. That word implies something cold and inhuman about how he works, and Mr. Zimmerman believes that what makes him so good at his job is precisely the opposite sensibility …
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Sam Champion Leaving ABC for The Weather Channel — First on TVNewser: Sam Champion, weatherman for ABC's “Good Morning America” is leaving ABC and joining the Weather Channel. It's the first talent departure at the No. 1 morning show in more than two years.
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How we turned a world record in journalism crowd-funding into an actual publication — De Correspondent is a Dutch-language, online journalism platform that offers background, analysis, investigative reporting, and the kinds of stories that tend to escape the radar of mainstream media …
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‘Time’ magazine's a-changing, gets digital focus — Charles, Prince of Wales, graced Time magazine's cover this month, looking unabashedly autumnal and revealing his philanthropic pursuits as he nears his 65th birthday. The rare interview from the grounds of his private residence was a reminder …
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André Schiffrin, Publishing Force and a Founder of New Press, Is Dead at 78 — André Schiffrin, a publishing force for 50 years, whose passion for editorial independence produced shelves of serious books, a titanic collision with a conglomerate that forced him out to stem losses …
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Detective.io launches as platform for data investigations — Journalism++, a network of data journalists and developers, has released an open source platform for managing large data sets and searching the connections between them. Detective.io lets users input large data sets …
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NY Times, AFP photographers among at least 30 journalists injured in clashes with police — When baton-wielding riot police outside the presidential offices began to charge, Denys Danko held up the only shield he knows — his journalist's identification card. — “I'm a reporter,” said the award-winning journalist from 1+1 channel.
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