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12:05 PM ET, April 27, 2010

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Gizmodo:
Police Seize Jason Chen's Computers  —  Last Friday night, California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen's home without him present, seizing four computers and two servers.  —  They did so using a warrant by Judge of Superior Court of San Mateo.
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Yahoo! News:
What is Apple Inc.'s role in task force investigating iPhone case?  —  The California criminal investigation into the case of the errant Apple G4 iPhone that Gizmodo.com unveiled before legions of curious Internet readers last week is noteworthy in its potential to make new media law.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
iPhone Leak Investigation Pauses As DA Ponders Gizmodo Shield Law Defense  —  Earlier today news broke that police had raided Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's home in connection with the iPhone leak last week.  Authorities got a search warrant and removed four computers, two servers, and more.
Choire / The Awl:
Gawker Media Claims Reporter Exemption in Gizmodo Raid
Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
Print War Between NYT and WSJ Is Really About Digital  —  The New York Times sold part of its headquarters for $225 million last year, and now leases it back from a real estate company.  —  NEW YORK — The stage was set for a clash of the titans Monday as Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal …
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John Koblin / New York Observer:
Robert Thomson and Les Hinton Introduce ‘Greater New York’ at the Plaza … “We are a national newspaper with a New York heart,” said Les Hinton, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, in his British accent.  “We are, after all, named after a famous Manhattan street.”
Editor and Publisher:
Growing ‘Wall St. Journal’ Tops Daily Circulation List
David Carr / Media Decoder:
Wall Street Journal Says It's Up to You, New York, New York
Jon Chesto / Mass. Market:
Downside to a price hike: The Globe loses nearly one fourth of its paid readers
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Mobile Blogger “Boy Genius” Unmasked, Acquired  —  You probably haven't heard of Jonathan Geller.  But you may have read his site.  Geller's Boy Genius Report is avidly followed by those obsessed with mobile phones and the companies who make them.  —  Among those paying attention …
Discussion: MediaPost
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Boy Genius Report:
Taking BGR to the next level — MMC acquires BGR
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Super Mike, Politico's star  —  If the cover of the New York Times Magazine is any indication, Mike Allen must be the most important journalist in Washington.  —  I'm afraid I don't get it.  —  This is not a knock at the Politico reporter, who has also toiled for my paper, Time and the New York Times.
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Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Reading between the lines: Collaboration panel all smiles, but subtext tells more nuanced story  —  The New York Times hasn't had a single bad experience partnering with another news organization.  Neither has ProPublica, or California Watch.  The same is true for NPR and PBS Newshour.
Discussion: New York Observer
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Updated: BBC, C4, Five, IT Going After TV Streamers; Zattoo Removes Streams  —  The legality of services like Zattoo and TVCatchUp, which re-stream public-service TV channels via what they say is a provision in copyright law, has long been a hornet's nest waiting to be stirred.
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Steve O'Hear / last100:
Zattoo turns off BBC streams, could TVCatchup be forced to do the same?
Discussion: NewTeeVee
Tim Bradshaw / blogs.ft.com:
Spotify moving on up  —  ‘, Assanka.  $(this).parents(’.falconpostactions'), “, ‘Share’, 530)”>Share  —  Spotify is growing up fast.  After first pitching itself as the best weapon against piracy, the online music service now has Apple in its sights.  Apple's approval of Spotify's mobile application …
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Washington Blade to resume publishing  —  The District's long-running gay weekly will resume publishing under its original name, the Washington Blade, at the end of this week, after the acquisition of the Blade's assets in bankruptcy court in Atlanta.  —  In late February …
Discussion: Romenesko, FishbowlNY, FishbowlDC and DCist
Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk:
Investigative journalism bureau will embrace multimedia and government data analysis, says head  —  “If you define investigative journalism purely as the search for the next Watergate, you are going to be waiting a long time before that lands in your lap.”  —  That's not to say the UK's …
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
TOLDJA!  Nancy Dubuc To Run Lifetime (And I Bet Retain History, Too)  —  UPDATES EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime's Andrea Wong Out, And History's Nancy Dubuc Most Likely In EXCLUSIVE: My sources tell me that the announcement will come this week (probably tomorrow now that I've written this) …
Etan Horowitz / CNN:
Social media ‘watershed’ predicted for World Cup  —  Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — World Cup fans have never been shy about expressing their opinions, but this year's tournament in South Africa — which will be the first of the “social media age” according to many — may see record levels of global interactivity.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
WSJ Experiments With Location-Based News  —  Checking-in at a venue around town with the Foursquare mobile location app could now come with a thought provoking payload: a news link related to the place you're at.  The Wall St. Journal announced today that as a part of its new focus on covering New York City …
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Meet the Newest TVNewser  —  We're happy to announce that Alex Weprin is joining mediabistro.com as co-editor of TVNewser and editor of WebNewser.  —  Alex joins us from Broadcasting & Cable where he is a reporter and online editor covering the intersection of new media and the television business …
Discussion: B&C and FishbowlLA
Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:
Why Did Apple Just Hire A Blogger?  (AAPL)  —  Looking to get your iPhone or iPad game highlighted in Apple's App Store?  Matt Casamassina appears to be your man.  —  Matt announced on his blog Apple hired him to be “global editorial games manager” for the App Store, which means he …
Discussion: Network World and MacRumors
Philly.com:
D-DAY FOR NEWS, INQUIRER  —  SEVERAL NEW investors, including members of Philadelphia's wealthy Perelman family, have surfaced for a bankruptcy auction today that will likely determine the future ownership of the Daily News and Inquirer.  —  But pending negotiations with the newspaper …
Discussion: Romenesko
rbr.com:
Citadel Media, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski partner for new show  —  Citadel Media announced development plans for a new three-hour program to be hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.  The new show will offer an expanded radio platform for the two popular media personalities.
Discussion: TVNewser and Media Decoder
Todd Spangler / Multichannel:
DirecTV, Dish Team On Interactive Ads With ‘ASAP’  —  Satellite Companies Launch ‘Advanced Satellite Advertising Platform’  —  DirecTV and Dish Network may be fighting tooth and nail for subscribers, but they have buddied up to try to sell interactive TV advertising to big-budget marketers …
Discussion: rbr.com and Broadcasting & Cable
 
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