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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
NYT Iraq coverage doesn't represent enough anti-intervention voices, relies too heavily on unnamed government sources — Covering New War, in Shadow of Old One — THE lead-up to the war in Iraq in 2003 was not The Times's finest hour. Some of the news reporting was flawed …
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@davidfolkenflik, @sulliview, @jayrosen_nyu, @stephenrodrick, @mlcalderone, Pressing Issues, @antderosa and The Huffington Post

For Email Newsletters, a Death Greatly Exaggerated — Here at the Media Equation, we pride ourselves on keeping our readers abreast of the newest technologies and approaches in reaching audiences. So it gives us great pleasure to reveal a radical publishing technology that is catching on in news media companies big and small.
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@rafat, @danshanoff, @msquinn, @ennisnyt and @raju
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Some use TinyLetter's email newsletters to replace blogs, and lose discussion in the process — Tiny Letters to the Web We Miss — Something is missing from this blogger reunion in our inbox — It has been more than a decade since I last saw a web ring.
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@pud, @tealtan, @lauraolin, @robinsloan, @aarron, @mailchimp, @mattdpearce, @ftrain and @ftrain
Chet Kanojia / Aereo:
Aereo chooses to “pause its operations temporarily” following Supreme Court decision — A Letter to Our Consumers: Standing Together for Innovation, Progress and Technology - An Update on Aereo — “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.”

NYC's immigrant presses see substantial revenue from ads and strong subscriptions — Newspapers That Aren't Dying — There is no “digital first” strategy at 169-20 Hillside Avenue, a nondescript shop offering photo services, money transfers and video rentals in Jamaica, Queens.
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Personanondata, Capital New York and The Newspaper Guild

GoPro, after robust IPO, seeks to become media distributor — GoPro, the camera maker whose customers have leaped from the edge of space, made a successful first-day jump Thursday into the world of publicly traded companies. But even though stock in the San Mateo company soared …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Missed a World Cup gooooooooooaaaaalll? A new Twitter bot will catch you up — It's the golden age of sports Twitter bots. — The New York Times now second-guesses NFL coaches' play calls in real time with @NYT4thDownBot. If you're flipping between NCAA tournament games, @NailbiterBot will let you know when a game gets tight.
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@xdamman and The Next Web

NBC in discussions with Dish over Dish's ad-skipping Hopper recorder, puts lawsuit on hold — NBC, Dish Talks Ease Tensions Over Ad-Skipping — Two-Year-Old Standoff With Broadcasters May Be Easing — Dish Network Corp. is in discussions with NBC over Dish's ad-skipping digital video recorder …
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@shaliniwsj
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Fox moves to use Aereo ruling against Dish streaming service — Fox has cited Wednesday's ruling - which found Aereo to be operating illegally - to bolster its claim against Dish — The clash with Fox centres on Dish's Dish Anywhere streaming service and its Hopper DVR ‘sideloading’ feature

TV exec Lauren Zalaznick tries hand at news aggregation with LZ Sunday Paper for women in media and tech. — Lauren Zalaznick's career has included stints as a movie producer, marketing executive and cable network president. Now she can add newsletter editor to her resume.
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MediaWire Daily and Los Angeles Times

Case of James Risen, Times Reporter, Poses Dilemma for Justice Department — On Dec. 31, 2005, the C.I.A.'s acting general counsel, John A. Rizzo, received an urgent phone call from the White House about a chapter in James Risen's coming book, “State of War,” detailing a botched C.I.A. operation in Iran.
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@mschwirtz, @dankennedy_nu, @anonyops, @danieldrepper, @kenroth, @robertfaturechi, @nc5philwilliams and @tcarmody

Ethiopia reportedly fires 18 journalists from a state-run outlet — The quiet dismissal of some 10 percent of the station's journalists underscores the country's further descent into total media blackout — On June 25, when 18 journalists from Ethiopia's state-run Oromia Radio and Television Organization …
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Gadaa.com-FinfinneTribune