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What Gen. McChrystal should have known about Rolling Stone's reporter going in. — I have two answers for people who ask whether they should cooperate with a reporter assigned to write a feature story about them. — The short answer is “no.” — If that advice proves unsatisfactory, I give this longer answer:
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The Politico Opens the Kimono. And then Pretends it Never Happened. — “Think about what the Politico is saying: an experienced beat reporter would probably not want to ‘burn bridges’ with key sources by telling the world what happens when those sources let their guard down.”
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Romenesko, Mediaite, Foreign Policy, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast and The New Yorker Blog
Aaron / YouTube Blog:
YouTube wins case against Viacom — Today, the court granted our motion for summary judgment in Viacom's lawsuit with YouTube. This means that the court has decided that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement.
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Why Would CNN's ‘Spirited, Nightly Roundtable’ Work This Time? — Five years ago, CNN president Jonathan Klein gave an interview to the Times that he's probably hoping nobody looked back at today. The chat came on the heels of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson's departure from the network …
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Joe Pompeo / The Wire:
Critics Bewildered By Spitzer's New Gig As Talking Head
Critics Bewildered By Spitzer's New Gig As Talking Head
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Diesel Wins Outdoor Grand Prix for ‘Be Stupid’ — Jury Also Awards Andes Beer Grand Prix for ‘Teletransporter’ for Its ‘Ambient’ Execution — CANNES, France (AdAge.com) — The trophies for outdoor at the 57th annual Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival today went to two different executions …
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All the clichés fit to print — BP CEO Tony Hayward is embattled. If you haven't heard his name and that adjective together, you have managed somehow to avoid more than 200 newspapers and numerous radio and TV reports. By now, Hayward's parents might wonder whether their son has legally changed his first name to “Embattled.”
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NPR Music Keeps Growing With iPhone App — Music has long been part of NPR's identity, but perhaps never more than in recent years, as its NPR Music Web site has become an increasingly popular outlet for artists and music fans. — The site, at www.npr.org/music, features many artists …
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MSNBC Readies a Cautious Move Onto the iPad — MSNBC is preparing its own entry into the iPad app derby. But the cable network is moving cautiously into the race: Its upcoming free app will feature programming from just one of its shows. — Mark Marvel, who runs video sales for MSNBC.com …
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
More turnover in the NYT bureau here — Randal C. Archibold, a reporter in the New York Times bureau in Los Angeles, is moving to Mexico City as bureau chief this summer. He will be joined by Damien Cave, currently the bureau chief in Miami. It represents a return to two reporters in Mexico City for the NYT.
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Digital Content Today: Digital Influence Underplayed — A new analysis of consumer digital behavior and influence finds that the Internet is by far the most influential media channel — but marketers have yet to capitalize on that influence. The conclusion comes from the 2010 Digital Influence Index …
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The battle lines are being drawn over fair use: Two POVs on the Barclays v. TheFlyOnTheWall.com case — We mentioned yesterday that Google and Twitter had filed an amicus brief in the Barclays v. TheFlyOnTheWall.com case. That's the case involving a website's reporting on stock recommendations from Wall Street firms.
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Citizen Media Law Project
Christopher Heine / ClickZ:
Break Media Gets in Touch With Its Feminine Side — Break Media isn't just about marketing to dudes anymore, now that the ad network has added verticals for advertisers looking to reel in women viewers. The Los Angeles-based company said it has added 23 new categories …
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In war of words, blogging platform Posterous takes preposterous swipe at Tumblr — Direct attacks and unprovoked hostility are usually reserved for gossip blogs, not the people who make the platforms that power them. — But Posterous, the blog service that lets users post using e-mail …
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The Pitchfork Frankenstein Effect: Indie Powerhouse Now Spawns Bands in its Own Image — Ryan Schreiber, the founder of Pitchfork, thinks indie rock is getting younger. The 34-year-old, who launched his highly influential Web site from his parents' basement 15 years ago …
Jim O'Neill / Online Video News:
RGB acquires RipCode with an eye on TV Everywhere and three-screen delivery — Network video processing company RGB Networks has acquired privately held mobile video transcoding specialist RipCode in an all-stock deal that helps RGB position itself as a leader—and an intriguing target itself …
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Brazilian Brands Love the Web — What if you could design your own pizza, tweet the recipe, and then order it in from your local Pizza Hut? Or close the deal on a new condo through an iPhone application? These are just two clever ways that brands in Brazil are using social media to engage customers …
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Poll shows Americans trust Facebook and Twitter more than traditional media — A recent poll has revealed the news sources that Americans most trust, reports Reuters. And surprisingly, traditional media ended up on the bottom of the list, under social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Matthew Lynch / WWD Media Headlines:
Rupert Murdoch Talks Media Predictions and the iPad — The topic of the opening night panel at this week's New York Forum on Tuesday was ostensibly corporate reinvention, and for a few moments the hour-plus discussion stuck to script. — Hearst Magazines president Cathie Black explained …
Joseph Plambeck / Media Decoder:
Clear Channel Chief Executive Stepping Down — Clear Channel Communications said on Wednesday that Mark P. Mays, its chief executive since 2004, would leave that post as soon as a replacement was found. — Mr. Mays's decision comes two years after two private equity firms …
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Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
A Site for the Videos You Don't Want Everyone to See — Some people post videos to YouTube and Facebook with the hope that they will go viral. But for many others, the idea of the whole world viewing a personal video is a nightmare. — VidMe, a new video site going live on Wednesday, is for the latter group.
Felix Salmon:
When the SEC subpoenas journalists' sources — Henry Blodget, like all other right-thinking individuals, is appalled at the SEC recapitulating its David Einhorn let's-shoot-the-messenger errors with its subpoena of 37,000 documents from Sam Antar. But at the same time …
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