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Facebook blocks Russian page supporting Navalny, Putin's biggest critic — MOSCOW — In a sign of new limits on Facebook's ability to serve as a platform for political opposition movements, Russian users appear to have been blocked from accessing a page calling for a protest in support of a prominent dissident.
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@syriano100, BuzzFeed, Quartz, ABC News, Vocativ and Global Voices
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A group of Swedish journalists and researchers wade into ugly corners of the Internet to expose trolls, racists, and creeps — The Troll Hunters — A group of journalists and researchers wade into ugly corners of the Internet to expose racists, creeps, and hypocrites. Have they gone too far?
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Hyperallergic
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
In sustainable news organizations, journalists need to understand the business model, so they can more effectively create value for the business — When to quit your journalism job — When the sales people are happy to sell what the newsroom is happy to make, there you have a well-run editorial company.
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@amir, @pmarca, @mikareport, @nxthompson, @dankennedy_nu, @jayrosen_nyu, @stevebuttry, @scottros, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu and @mathewi
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
New York Times Executive Editor says in past press gave in too readily to government pressure — When the Government Says, “Shhh!” — HOWELL RAINES remembers a call from Ari Fleischer not long after the 9/11 attacks on the United States. — Mr. Raines, then the executive editor of The Times …
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@mlcalderone, @jayrosen_nyu, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @johnmcquaid, @ramez, @davidfolkenflik, Pressing Issues and @themurdochtimes
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Fox News, Fox Business Channels Go Dark On Dish As Carriage Talks Stall — 21st Century Fox and Dish pointed the finger at each other tonight as carriage talks between the two failed to produce a deal by midnight, resulting in Fox News Channel and Fox Business Channel no longer being available on Dish.
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Colbert's fame rose with modular, shareable online video and Viacom-YouTube copyright battle — Stephen Colbert, First Star of the Age of YouTube — When The Colbert Report premiered nine years ago, Comedy Central tried something different. It made the first week of episodes available to download and watch online.
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@elitereporter, @tcarmody, @lara_hogan, @tcarmody, @phillydesign and @tcarmody
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Vox developer explains how creating integrated newsrooms requires dialogue, respect from all parties — Reporters, designers, and developers become BFFs — If you Google “integrated newsroom,” you'll see loads of search results for articles, op-eds, presentations, academic papers, and even images of seating charts.
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@bankoff, @melissabell, @niemanlab, @yurivictor, @lock, @joannabrenner, @alishalisha, @yurivictor, @mattyglesias and @ezraklein
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Politico editor Susan Glasser: We're in a ‘period of growth and rising ambition’ — Since the start of 2014, about 40 reporters, editors and producers have left Politico. They include names like ex-executive editor Rick Berke, longtime political reporter Jonathan Allen …
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@erikwemple
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Belarus blocks access to a number of local news, opposition, and e-commerce sites — Belarus Has Shut Off Part of the Internet — The eastern European country has blocked access to a number of opposition websites, news outlets and e-commerce sites — The Iron Curtain is returning to Eastern Europe, this time via the internet.
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Associated Press
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NPR's digital success complicates its relationship with member radio stations — Public radio's complicated digital journey — One of the year's freshest new audio apps didn't come from a Silicon Valley tech company; it came from NPR. — The app, NPR One, is essentially a “Pandora for news” …
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@digiday and @stephenjaward
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Writer whose post helped kick off #HasJustineLandedYet mob recounts meeting and apologizing to Justine Sacco, reflects on his own fumble with Twitter irony — Justine Sacco Is Good at Her Job, and How I Came To Peace With Her — The internet is a mountain, and if you climb that mountain …
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@tessastuart, @davechensky, @noahwg, @legalnomads, @acarvin, @eisingerj, @sandihlogan, @raju, @ccriadoperez, @anildash, @moorehn, @sub8u, @ryanlawler, @patrickruffini, @joemfbrown, @glennf, @rafat, @theferocity, @binarybits, @nickbilton and FishbowlNY
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All Day, the company founded by creators of @HistoryInPics and @EarthPix, raises $2M — All Day Raises $2 Million To Be A Media Portal For The Twitter Generation — Would-be media moguls take heart: with nothing more than a Twitter handle and a dream, you can raise capital to become the next Vice or Vox Media Group, or Buzzfeed.
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Gigaom
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North Korea denies Sony hack, proposes joint inquiry with US, warns of “grave consequences” if Washington refuses — North Korea seeks joint probe with US on Sony hack — North Korea has offered to hold a joint inquiry with the United States into a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures …
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