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Columbia Journalism Review
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The most dangerous place to be a journalist in America is at a protest. That's a key early takeaway from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a nonpartisan website launched in August that documents press freedom incidents around the country.
Threat tracker
Columbia Journalism Review
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At the beginning of last year, the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker started cataloguing every violation of press freedom that took place on American soil, be it through violence, arrest, denial of access, or other threats. This is a selection of those incidents from 2017.
34 arrests, 44 physical attacks, and more chilling numbers from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker's ...
Freedom of the Press Foundation
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With just a few days to go until the one year anniversary of the inauguration of Donald Trump, an avowed critic of press freedom protections, here’s what we learned about violations of press freedom in the United States in 2017.
America's 'Official Secrets Act' - the long, sad history of the 100 year-old Espionage Act
Freedom of the Press Foundation
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In the century since the act went into effect, it's been used against much more than just foreign spies. Socialists, anti-war activists, whistleblowers and journalists have all found themselves targets of the Espionage Act.
Trump's call to have Congress investigate NBC News source faces challenging precedent
POLITICO
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There has only been one instance in the last hundred years when a Congressional committee subpoenaed reporters as part of a leak investigation.
Gawker Media files for bankruptcy
Politico
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Gawker Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, in order to protect its assets from seizure by former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
The fall of Salon.com
Politico
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How a digital trailblazer and progressive powerhouse lost its way
Meet the new Gawker
Politico
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In November, Gawker announced that it would shift its focus to political reporting. Has anything changed?
Jury awards Hulk Hogan $115 million as Gawker looks to appeal
Politico
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While the sheer size of the judgment is unexpected, the fact that the jury decided in favor of Hogan is not. Gawker has long anticipated that it would lose the jury trial, and has been preparing for an appeal. Gawker stands a good chance of winning the case on appeal.
Journalism group responds to invocation of its ethics code in Hogan v. Gawker
Politico
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The president of the oldest organization for journalism professionals in the country is shouting "objection!" at the way its code of ethics is being deployed in the $100 million lawsuit pitting pro wrestler and reality star Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media.
The Monte Carlo Story: Maxim sues former employees for defamation
Politico
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Earlier this week, Maxim filed a lawsuit against former employees Jason Feifer and Wayne Gross for defamation and breach of contract, accusing them of serving as sources for a controversial Dec. 2 New York Post column about the magazine's December cover shoot in Monte Carlo.
Changes at Gawker much bigger than just politics
Politico
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Behind the scenes, the pace of change at Gawker had already been accelerating. Several announcements made Tuesday constitute a culmination, revealing a company that in the space of a year has changed almost everything about itself: its management, its distribution strategy, its tech approach, its content strategy and more.
Gawker's cruel summer
Politico
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During a contentious meeting with his editorial staff on July 21, Gawker C.E.O. Nick Denton found himself having to defend his commitment to the company that he started a dozen years ago and still controls.
News Guild starts $500,000 campaign to organize digital newsrooms
Politico
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Lately, the News Guild has been overshadowed by the Writers Guild of America-East union, which has organized the editorial staffs at digital-only news outlets Gawker Media, Salon and Vice Media.
Gawker in the fight of its life with Hulk Hogan sex-tape suit
Capital New York
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Nick Denton is preparing for the biggest fight of his life. The Gawker Media founder and C.E.O.'s opponent: celebrated professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea), who sued Denton and Gawker in 2012 after the gossip blog published a supercut of his sex tape and refused to take it down. The case has seen numerous twists and turns over the past three years, but it's finally set to come to trial in Pinellas County, Fla. — where Hogan lives — on July 6.
Genius tests 'annotate everything everywhere' feature
Capital New York
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Earlier this month, the company quietly introduced what could become its most significant feature — the ability to annotate any page on the web.
Jack Shafer on losing his job, and the state of things
Capital New York
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I called up the legendary media critic Jack Shafer after word got out he'd been laid off at Reuters. There was some idea of putting it all together into an article but he speaks too well for himself for us to publish it any other way than as a Q and A. So here you go.
Harry Kargman's 15-year-old start-up
Capital New York
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Originally founded by Harry Kargman a decade and a half ago, Kargo is something of an outlier, a boutique player in the mobile ad space. Unlike most mobile ad tech companies, which have embraced the industry’s trend toward programmatic ad buys on long-tail sites, Kargo has stubbornly remained focused on a relative handful of premium publishers’ mobile sites.
A relaunch for The New Yorker, with high stakes
Capital New York
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The magazine is not content to be a relic of the slow-news movement — even a successful one.
Mixed emotions as Jezebel gets new editor
Capital New York
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The announcement two weeks ago that Emma Carmichael, editor of The Hairpin, will succeed Jessica Coen as editor-in-chief of Jezebel left some Jezebel staffers feeling conflicted — both happy for Carmichael and disappointed that management passed over deputy editor Dodai Stewart for the top job.
Being 'Jon Nicosia'
Capital New York
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On Saturday, Jan. 4, Mediaite's managing editor Jon Nicosia published a confessional blog post in which he told readers that his real name is "Zachary Hildreth" and he is a convicted felon. In his confession, Hildreth described his convictions for larceny, bank fraud, and securities fraud.
A young woman 'languishing' at CBS gets a quick career assist from Mika Brzezinski
Capital New York
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Only snatches of the conversation between Brzezinski and the CBS executive could be overheard from where the young woman stood—“she’ll be in your office for 5 minutes to talk,” “she is languishing in her current job,”—but it was clear that Brzezinski had arranged a meeting between the reporter in the purple sweater and someone high up at the network.
Moonies, Messiahs and Media: Who Really Owns Newsweek ?
New York Observer
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Some say that Newsweek's parent company is actually controlled by — or at least has very close undisclosed ties to — David Jang, a controversial Korean Christian preacher who has been accused of calling himself "Second Coming Christ."