Vietnam Gives Brief Show of Openness in Standoff With China
Date: 11 August 2014
By AUSTIN RAMZY
Austin RAMZY
Vietnam invited foreign reporters to embed with its Coast Guard and see what challenges it faced from China’s presence in the South China Sea.
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99-Page Ruling in O’Bannon Case Is Missing Something: Clarity
Date: 10 August 2014
By BEN STRAUSS, STEVE EDER and MARC TRACY
Ben STRAUSS
News analysis; Judge Claudia Wilken, who declared that NCAA's longstanding amateurism rules are a violation of antitrust laws, tempers blow to NCAA by suggesting that universities pay athletes via trust fund that they can gain access to once their college playing careers are over, and that NCAA puts cap on how much institutions can offer each player.
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As ISIS Militants Exert Their Control, U.S. Pursues a Military Middle Road
Date: 10 August 2014
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Michael GORDON
News analysis; United States is trying to contain threat posed by Islamic militants in northern and western Iraq by carrying out limited airstrikes; says formation of government in Iraq is critical in fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria militants.
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Judge in N.C.A.A. Case Known as Evenhanded
Date: 11 August 2014
By JOHN BRANCH
John BRANCH
News analysis; Federal Judge Claudia Wilken may forever be remembered as the judge who helped reshape college athletics after her landmark ruling that NCAA cannot prevent college athletes from earning money, in what is known as the O'Bannon case; has a reputation as an intelligent, fair-minded, good-humored referee who prizes efficiency and directness.
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Print Is Down, and Now Out
Date: 11 August 2014
By DAVID CARR
David CARR
David Carr The Media Equation column contends that persistent financial demands of Wall Street have trumped informational needs of Main Street; observes that print has become too much of a drag on earnings, so media companies Gannett and Tribune Co are rapidly dropping their print divisions.
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Facebook’s Change of Face
Date: 10 August 2014
By KATHERINE ROSMAN
Katherine ROSMAN
More Facebook users are posting their opinions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as other global news stories, alongside family pictures and funny videos, leaving some users feeling disoriented.
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50 Million New Reasons BuzzFeed Wants to Take Its Content Far Beyond Lists
Date: 11 August 2014
By MIKE ISAAC
Mike ISAAC
Viral media site BuzzFeed will use a $50 million investment from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz to diversify its content, expand its video arm and create an in-house incubator for new technology; question remains whether site, with 150 million average monthly viewers, can maintain agility and skills of tech start-up while building breadth of large media company.
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His Own Redemption Story
Date: 10 August 2014
By LAURA M. HOLSON
Laura
Former Vanity Fair celebrity journalist Kevin Sessums, whose storied life came crashing down after a fall-out with editor Tina Brown and descent into substance abuse, is slowly making his way back into celebrity culture; Sessums, now sober, is editor in chief of FourTwoNine, new glossy magazine published in San Francisco by gay and lesbian professional social network dot429.com.
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Chapman Pincher, Fleet St. Scoop Specialist, Dies at 100
Date: 10 August 2014
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Douglas MARTIN
Chapman Pincher, reporter for The London Daily Express who insinuated himself into murky world of spy chiefs, generals, politicians and royalty for 40 years, dies at age 100.
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