Mediagazer: Benny Johnson, Fired From BuzzFeed After Plagiarism, Joins National Review (Travis Reilly/The Wrap)

2:45 PM ET, September 8, 2014

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With Videos of Killings, ISIS Sends Medieval Message by Modern Method — The ostensible purpose of the recent videos that show the beheadings of two American journalists by Islamic militants is to deter attacks — your missiles on our positions will beget our knives on Western hostages — but the true aim is to spread dread and terror.

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James Doleman / The Drum:

Questions remain over new press regulator IPSO as it launches — Today (8 September) sees the launch of a new regulator for the press as the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) replaces the Press Complaints Commission (PCC). — Why IPSO? — The PCC, which was set up in 1990 …

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Jason Deans / Guardian:

Victims of press intrusion brand new regulator Ipso a sham — Parents of Milly Dowler and Madeleine McCann among signatories of letter attacking publishers for rejecting Leveson — Madeleine McCann's parents Kate and Gerry were among 30 victims of press intrusion who signed the letter.

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Bloomberg News Stands Out With Editorial Policy to Not Report on Itself — On the Forbes list of the world's billionaires, Michael R. Bloomberg appears at No. 15, with a net worth of $33.6 billion. But on his own company's ranking, the Bloomberg Billionaires index, he appears nowhere.

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Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

The Information announces two hires, including WSJ media reporter Martin Peers as columnist — Welcome Martin Peers and Stephen Nellis! — I am delighted to announce that Martin Peers, a longtime Wall Street Journal media reporter and editor, is joining The Information as a columnist.

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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:

Why California's smartphone ‘kill switch’ law should concern journalists — An antitheft measure creates the risk that the government could interfere with newsgathering — Imagine this. — You're a journalist covering a street protest, and the local police chief doesn't like the photos you're tweeting from your iPhone.

Discussion: @jonathanwpeters

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Twitter Announces Its First Commerce Product — A “Buy” Button On Mobile — After months of reports and rumors, Twitter is announcing its first commerce product. — The company first signaled its interest in this area last year, when it hired former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard to lead its commerce team.

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Travis Reilly / The Wrap:

Benny Johnson, Fired From BuzzFeed After Plagiarism, Joins National Review — BuzzFeed political reporter Benny Johnson was fired in July in the wake of a serial plagiarism scandal. He found a new job recently as the social media director of the National Review Online, one of many sources from which Johnson plagiarized.

Discussion: Politico and Mediaite

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Politico Executive Editor Rick Berke Resigns Over Newsroom Strategy Differences — NEW YORK — Politico executive editor Rick Berke resigned Sunday, writing in a staff memo that he disagreed with co-founders John Harris and Jim VandeHei over strategy for running the Washington news organization.

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, LA Observed, The New York Observer, Talking Points Memo, @mlcalderone and @mlcalderone

Emily Steel / New York Times:

Nielsen Finds Older Adults Are Embracing Digital Video — Digital video may be most popular with children and young adults, but it increasingly is being embraced by viewers of an older set. — People 50 to 64 years old watched an average of 19 minutes a day of digital video during …

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

American Reader to drop its web content and focus on print — One of the consequences of the print industry's downward slide over the past several years has been the trend of newspapers and magazines going “digital-only”—ditching costly paper products, with their diminished circulation …

Kellie Riordan / Guardian:

Is showing emotion the same as taking a stance? And what place does a journalist's opinion have in the digital space? — Is showing emotion the same as taking a stance? And what place does a journalist's opinion have in the digital space? — If you think of the names that have created …

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