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New Delhi, Feb 17: Hours after forming government in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal and his aides faced hurdles in continuing their work smoothly. Media boycotted Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

Sisodia, a close aide of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, faced the rage by media following a circular which bans media's entry into Delhi Secretariat on Monday, Feb 16.

Both TV and print journalists were not allowed to enter the Secretariat on Monday and later they refused to cover a press conference where Sisodia was scheduled to brief about government's decision.

When journalists from both print and electronic media tried to enter the Secretariat, a security told, "We have orders from senior government officials not to let mediapersons enter the premises."

However, Nagendra Sharma claimed that the circular was not issued by Kejriwal government and that was issued before Kejriwal formed government in the national capital.

Sharma, the media-advisor to Kejriwal, was quoted as saying, "Before new government took charge, a circular was already in place which banned the entry of media into the Delhi Secretariat. New government has issued no direction in this regard. Give me one or two days, I will sort out this matter."

In the evening when Sisodia entered the media room adjacent to a main entry gate of the Secretariat, journalists from both electronic and print media asked explanation as to why they were not allowed inside.

Despite the Deputy CM's efforts to control the journalists, the media persons refused to pay heed to his words. Seeing this, Sisodia walked out of the press conference.

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Transcript Media Call: Measles Outbreak in the United States Speakers: Laurie Garrett and Richard E. Besser Presider: Thomas E. Novotny February 6, 2015

Laurie Garrett, CFR's senior fellow for global health, and Richard Besser, ABC News' chief health and medical editor join Thomas Novotny, San Diego University's associate director for border and global health, for a conference call on the recent measles outbreak in the United States and its effect on public health.

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Nancy A. Aossey, president and chief executive officer at International Medical Corps, Laurie Garrett, CFRs senior fellow for global health and author of Ebola: Story of an Outbreak, and David Nabarro, the UNs special envoy on Ebola, join Richard E. Besser, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, to discuss the panelists recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and developments in the international response to the crisis.

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Nancy A. Aossey, president and chief executive officer at International Medical Corps, Laurie Garrett, CFRs senior fellow for global health and author of Ebola: Story of an Outbreak, and David Nabarro, the UNs special envoy on Ebola, join Richard E. Besser, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, to discuss the panelists recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and developments in the international response to the crisis.

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Nancy A. Aossey, president and chief executive officer at International Medical Corps, Laurie Garrett, CFRs senior fellow for global health and author of Ebola: Story of an Outbreak, and David Nabarro, the UNs special envoy on Ebola, join Richard E. Besser, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, to discuss the panelists recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and developments in the international response to the crisis.

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Fear and overreaction to the Ebola outbreak threaten to undermine effective responses to the pandemic, writes CFRs Yanzhong Huang.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers star forward sat down with Hollywood Reporter to discuss his growing media empire.

When sports stars achieve global fame, the assumption is that they do socompletelythrough the meritocracy of the playing field. More so than any other modern icon, a sports star does not have to be beautiful or rich or connected, they simply have to be great at what they do.

LeBron James is undoubtedly great at what he does, but that alone is not the source of his power as an international idol.

LeBron is featured in an issue of Hollywood Reporter, where the magazine was able to get an in-depth look at the star as he extends his global image from beyond the basketball court. But the piece is not a view inside LeBron the person; its a view inside LeBron the product.

Ever since the fateful decision of 2010, where LeBron created a spectacle out of his free agency choice to join the Miami Heat, he has been careful to monitor how he can control his perception with the media.

When he chose to return to Cleveland for this year, he did so by publishing a piece at Sports Illustrated outlining his choice. This move was perhapsdone as retroactive damage control for the outrage in Cleveland for leaving.

James discusses his role in the upcoming Judd Apatow film Trainwreck, and the anecdotes from James and Apatow portrays the basketball star as the perfect mixture of humility, informality and dedication to whatever craft he approaches.

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We tested the movie, and he gets laughter as big as anyone, says Apatow. The only fear you ever have with people of his stature is whether or not theyre game to have fun and take chances. Theyll say: I dont want to say that. That will sound weird. Thats not good for my reputation. LeBron is a very strong actor, and he has a fantastic sense of humor. We do a lot of improvisation, and he was really good at it. As a result, its a really fun, wild, slightly strange performance that really scores.

James admits that he was as anxious on the New York City set of Trainwreck as he was for his very first NBA game. Last summer on a Nike promotionaltrip to China, he had his entourage Carter, Mims read the other characters. I was just trying to stay ready, he recalls. I was very nervous all the way to the point where they said, Action.

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Social media star is an actual job title now, with so-called influencers raking in tens of thousands a month to craft tweets, Vines, and other content for paying brands. Twitter sees this activity and has decided it wants a cut: The company just bought Niche, a talent agency and analytics firm that connects some 6,000 top content creators with advertisers.

Now Twitter and its 6-second video-looping service Vine, where some of social medias biggest stars were born, control the connection between creators and brands that want to make ads that dont seem like ads. That means the company presumably gets a cut when popular Viners signed to Niche make clips for brands.

Vine doesnt insert ads into your feed, but that doesnt mean theres no advertising on the app. The platforms most popular users have signed on with Niche or other social media talent agencies (yes, those are a thing now) to connect with companies who will pay for content. A prime example is HP, which hired Viners to create clips using the companys x360 Pavilion hybrid PC. Not only did the clips rack up millions of loops on Vine, but HP then strung the Vines together to create a TV commercial, getting even more bang for its buck.

As more users and creators use different products as a way to share whats happening in their world, brands are also looking to partner with those individuals in hopes of generating moments that resonate with the people they are trying to reach, Twitter product management director Baljeet Singh said in a Wednesday blog post.

Niche and Twitter developed a close relationship shortly after Niche launched in late 2013, and that partnershipand now ownershipgives Twitter an advantage when it comes to attracting advertisers. Now the network can simply point to talent and say, This person has millions of followers. Want to buy placement? Vines are also embeddable and viewable within tweets, giving advertisers cross-platform promotional opportunities.

The Niche acquisition also brings Vine stars into the Twitter fold. Twitter has allowed Vine to grow as a stand-alone service with little overlap, and now that the network has its own native video creation tool, it seemed like the two services were starting to duplicate efforts. But Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has said that Vine and Twitter video are complementary services with different purposesVine encourages creativity, while Twitter will now enable real-time news to unfold visually. Costolo reiterated the importance of both kinds of video at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference this week.

Content creators want to go into an ecosystem, deliver great experiences to users and tell stories, and then make money from it, he said.

Twitter is struggling to add new users, but with Niche, at least it can make money off its most popular ones. Costolo said there will be "more to come" on that front.

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The targeted suppression or manipulation of the media in conflict regions such as Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and the Palestinian territories is one of the most significant reasons for the general worsening of worldwide press freedom, according to the 2015 index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

The organization said many countries cite the protection of national security interests to impose restrictions on press freedom. "Journalists become the preserve of the opposing parties when control over information is used as a strategic war aim as is the case currently in eastern Ukraine or Syria," said RSF spokesman Michael Rediske in Berlin.

RSF's annual index evaluates the situation of press freedom in 180 countries. It is based on a survey of all aspects of independent journalistic work, which the non-profit organization sends out to hundreds of journalists, researchers, lawyers, and human rights activists worldwide, as well its own network of correspondents. The 87 questions focus on media diversity, media independence, the journalistic environment and self-censorship, the legal system, institutional transparency, as well as media production infrastructure. There is also a category for "acts of violence and infringements," which the Paris-based organization keeps a record of independently. This accounts for all incidents between October 2013 and October 2014.

Many NATO member countries and stable democracies still fall short of a 'good' score

Truth - the first casualty of war

In the notes accompanying the current index, RSF said many of the armed conflicts of the past year were partly conducted as information wars. Whether in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, the war between Israel and Hamas, or in South Sudan, the opposing sides attempted to shut down independent news sources or use them to broadcast their own propaganda.

National security as a cover for repression

In many countries, supposed threats to national security served to justify restrictions on press freedom and other basic civil rights. Russia, for example, used the war with Ukraine to impose further repressive laws, including tightening a ban on publicly denouncing breaches of territorial integrity effectively criminalizing any critique of the annexation of Crimea.

Kazakhstan introduced a law allowing pre-censorship in times of social unrest in order to arm itself for protests such as in Ukraine.

RSF frequently stages demonstrations highlighting journalists' plight

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