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Tony Perry / L.A. NOW:
Shirley Sherrod vows to sue conservative blogger who misrepresented her remarks — Shirley Sherrod, the African American federal agriculture official who was forced out of her job after a conservative blogger posted a heavily edited portion of a speech she had made, said Thursday …
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Fox News admits ‘a breakdown’ on Shirley Sherrod story
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
Kindle to Go ‘Mass Market’ — Amazon Digs in Heels by Introducing New, Cheaper Version of E-Book Reader — Amazon.com Inc. plans to release a cheaper Kindle e-reader next month, said Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, laying out a strategy to go “mass market” with an inexpensive gadget designed …
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Deadspin:
ESPN Killed That LeBron Story Because Reporter “Did Not Properly Identify Himself” (UPDATES) — ESPN now says in a statement that Arash Markazi's LeBacchanalia story was pulled because “Arash did not ... clearly state his intentions to write a story.” Full statements are below …
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Sumner Redstone gal pal says she got nothing — THR EXCLUSIVE: Peters defends Viacom chief amid scandal — Sumner Redstone's news-making gifts to women are proving irksome to his longtime lady friend, Christine Peters. — Peters is well aware that her longtime production deal …
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Mia / YouTube Blog:
Upload limit increases to 15 minutes for all users — We want YouTube to be the best place to upload video. Without question, the number one requested feature by our creators is to upload videos longer than 10 minutes. We've heard you, and today we're pleased to announce that we've increased the upload limit to 15 minutes.
James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
Steve McPherson resigned amid alleged sexual harassment probe — Exclu: Steve McPherson resigned from ABC as the company conducted an internal sexual harassment investigation of the executive, according to a source. — ABC pointedly did not deny allegations of inappropriate conduct were involved.
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David Cohen / WebNewser:
True/Slant Shutting Down — The May acquisition of True/Slant by Forbes Media turned out to be the death knell for the digital news site, as writer and reporter Neal Ungerleider said in a post on the site that operations would wind down at the end of the month.
Elisabeth Malkin / New York Times:
Mexican Journalists' Captors Demand Broadcast of Videos — MEXICO CITY — Mexico's drug cartels hang banners, attach warning notes to bodies and post videos on the Internet to intimidate the police, the military, the news media, their rivals and anyone else who gets in their way.
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Richard Stengel / Time:
The Plight of Afghan Women: A Disturbing Picture — Our cover image this week is powerful, shocking and disturbing. It is a portrait of Aisha, a shy 18-year-old Afghan woman who was sentenced by a Taliban commander to have her nose and ears cut off for fleeing her abusive in-laws.
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Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Is radical transparency compatible with total anonymity? … - Spitzer: The New Financial Reform Bill Is Nothing To Celebrate- If the Pope Prays for a Dead Person, Does It Help the Deceased Get Into Heaven? - The Dangers of Sharing a Netflix Queue With Your Spouse- Can You Expense a Prostitute, Like in Mad Men?
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Samuel P. Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Julian Assange vs. The New York Times
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Fox Uses Heavy Exposure for Previews of ‘Lone Star’ — BY the time Fox introduces the soapy new drama “Lone Star” on television this fall, some Vanity Fair readers, cruise line passengers, hotel guests and iPad owners will have had a chance to watch it. — The network says it wants the show …
Kunur Patel / AdAge:
Brands on Sidelines as Disney, Google and MTV Charge Into Social Games — Sale of Virtual Goods More Powerful than Ad Dollars, for Now — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — There's a land grab in social gaming, but at this point, it doesn't look like there's much room for advertisers.
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
The Inside Story: Flipboard's Crazy Launch And Its Plan To Save Media — Flipboard is a beautiful iPad app that looks at the content your friends are sharing on Twitter and Facebook and reformats it into a digital, interactive magazine. — The consumer reaction to the app since its launch …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Journalistic blogging is fair, balanced and ethical — I have been taken to task for a posting I put up here eight days ago on an article by Cardiff University's Andy Williams about the state of the newspapers run by Media Wales, a division of Trinity Mirror.
Claudia Eller / Los Angeles Times:
Jeff Sagansky stakes claim to new media future — After holding management posts at big studios and TV networks for two decades and co-founding a production finance company, Jeff Sagansky has seen the digital light. — For 22 years Jeff Sagansky worked in “old media,” …
Steve Safran / Lost Remote:
Guest Post: Establishing news sites from the ground up — This post is by Polly Kriesman, the self-described “editrix” of theloopny.com and mind behind InvestigateNY.com. The sites are trying to help define new journalism, and are grassroots efforts. We asked Polly to tell us more about her adventures.
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Rupert Murdoch to White House: No free news — It looks like Rupert Murdoch has finally figured out a way to make the White House pay — literally. — The Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has jacked up the rate it charges the administration's news clipping service by a jaw-dropping $600,000 per year …
Zeke Turner / New York Observer:
Aliona Doletskaya Leaves Russian ‘Vogue,’ But is She Coming Stateside? — After 13 years at the healm of Russian Vogue, Aliona Doletskaya submitted her resignation to Jonathan Newhouse earlier this week, according to Memo Pad. Mr. Newhouse has already named a replacement, Viktoria Davydova.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
Interview: Virgin Media Plans TiVo Web Apps Beside Web, Mobile VOD — UK cable operator Virgin Media's new web and mobile VOD service will offer premium archive material, rather than the latest catch-up shows, because broadcasters already offer own-brand catch-up services …
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Robert Andrews / paidContent:
BSkyB CEO: VOD Changes Nothing, Free Is Difficult — UK satcaster BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) CEO Jeremy Darroch channeled much the same belief in paid content as its its largest shareholder News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). while discussing healthy growth from the last financial year with investment analysts Thursday morning...
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Martin Peers / Wall Street Journal:
Mixed Ad Message From Newspapers — Online advertising has turned into a good-news story for newspapers. Will it have legs? — Several newspaper publishers have reported solid growth in digital advertising revenue for the second quarter in recent days, helping offset continuing declines in print advertising.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
HBO Sinks Its Teeth Into GetGlue To Reward Fans For Checking-In To Hit Shows — Forget about checking-in to venues. Apparently, the new thing to do is to check-in to whatever you're doing — like watching television shows, or reading a book. It's something that Hot Potato offers …
Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
Henry Blodget's Money Talks: New Cash, Same Strategy — Yesterday, The Business Insider's chief Henry Blodget announced a new round of funding to the world in a blog post explaining that the company just scored a cool $3M in the form of backing from a venture capital firm, RRE Ventures.
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