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Avner Ronen / Boxee Blog:

How Boxee Sees the Apple TV — Most of us at Boxee are Apple fanboys. If it is silver and it has the Apple logo on it, we pre-order it. If there's a line around the block, chances are we're in it. And everything stops at Boxee HQ while we unbox the latest gadget to come out of Cupertino.

Discussion: The Next Web, CrunchGear, paidContent, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Engadget and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Apple TV: $99 Device; $4.99 First-Run Movies; 99-Cent TV — And here it is ... the pocket-rocket version of Apple TV with $4.99 first-run movies and $0.99 TV shows. The main content events: as expected, ABC (NYSE: DIS), Fox and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX). And, as expected, it's a heck of a lot cheaper …

Discussion: blogs.tampabay.com, Co.Design, Mashable!, Gadget Lab, rbr.com, MediaPost, paidContent:UK and TechCrunch

Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com: Apple To Offer ABC & Fox Shows For $.99; Other Networks & Studios Oppose Rental Plan

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Here's The Difference Between Apple TV And Google TV

Discussion: TomsTechBlog.com and broadstuff

New York Times:

Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond — IN NOVEMBER 2005, three senior aides to Britain's royal family noticed odd things happening on their mobile phones. Messages they had never listened to were somehow appearing in their mailboxes as if heard and saved.

Discussion: Crikey, New York Magazine, CJR, Jon Slattery, New York Observer and WHAT'S NEXT

Nick Davies / Guardian: Coulson ‘discussed hacking at NoW’

TBD:

Discovery Channel hostage situation: Gunman, believed to be James Jay Lee, shot dead; hostages safe — UPDATE 2:25 All workers in building were evacuated. Many told to go home though they left personal items in the building. — UPDATE 2:21: Police are saying there is at least one hostage.

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Choire / The Awl:

Discovery HQ Being Evacuated: Man Demands “Stop All Shows Glorifying Human Birthing” — “A man with what appears to be an explosive device has taken at least one hostage at the Discovery Communications building in downtown Silver Spring, Montgomery County Police said.”

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post: Twitter breaks story on Discovery Channel gunman

Dave Levy / State of the Fourth Estate:
Discovery Channel Stand Off: The Day The Old/New Media Line Ceased to Exist

Discussion: CNN and GalleyCat

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Apple Debuts Facebook's New Music Service (Which Doesn't Run On Facebook) — My sources in the music industry were correct: Apple has been working on an iTunes update that's all about social, not streaming. — But rather than do the obvious thing-create a system that links …

Discussion: Apple, ReadWriteWeb, Fortune, Company Town, NPR Topics, 9 to 5 Mac, VentureBeat, WHAT'S NEXT, Inside Facebook, The Wrap and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Apple announces iTunes 10 with Ping social network

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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

The New MySpace Movies, Presented By... The Facebook Movie — It seems as if the ads for Sony's upcoming movie The Social Network — you know, the Facebook movie — are everywhere on the Internet. They're here on TechCrunch, they're on VentureBeat, they're on Techmeme — they're just about everywhere but Facebook itself.

Discussion: Speakeasy

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Facebook Won't Run Ads for “The Social Network,” but Facebook Users Like It Anyway

Discussion: Emdashes, TechCrunch and Show Me The Money

Mike Oreskes / ap.org:

AP announces editorial guidelines for credit and attribution — Associated Press Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes has announced a new set of guidelines for credit and attribution to the AP staff. His policy document is below. — Colleagues, — In the age of the Web …

Irina Slutsky / AdAge:

Google Maps Gets an Ad Unit: Your Logo Here — Search Giant Says Algorithm Will Keep Logos From Getting Spammy — NEW YORK (AdAge) — After a six-month tryout in Australia and New Zealand, Google is bringing Sponsored Map Icons to the U.S., allowing companies to pay for their logos to show …

Discussion: LA Observed and paidContent

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

Paste Magazine Is Dead — We heard earlier today that Paste Magazine was in imminent danger of folding. Looks like it's already happened. More » — 02:50 PM — 201,550 — 461 — By Rosa Golijan … All the Cool New Stuff From Apple Today

Discussion: Paste Magazine, Folio, FishbowlNY, PAPERMAG, UnBeige and New York Observer

Rebecca Dana / The Daily Beast:

Collapse at CBS News — With a new round of layoffs expected this fall, CBS News is being trimmed to the bone. Rebecca Dana on the dramatic drop in ratings, strange BlackBerry blackouts, and eager suitors for anchor Katie Couric. — On Monday, Katie Couric begins her fifth …

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Ken Doctor / Newsonomics:

Out of the Western Sky: It's a Hyperlocal, Worldwide Mormon Vertical! — It's an original recipe. — Start with several cups full of daily newspaper and broadcast types. Take a teaspoon of the Christian Science Monitor. Add in a dash of HuffPo spice. Ladle a tablespoon of Demand Media into the mix.

Discussion: Romenesko

Alan Deutschman / Vanity Fair:

The Vanity Fair 100 — Two years ago, when Facebook recruited its 100-millionth user, a celebratory toga party was thrown by C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg, a classics buff who is prone to spontaneously reciting Homeric verses from memory. Since then the stunningly successful Web site has quintupled …

Discussion: DealBook, Hollywood Reporter, Company Town and PopWatch

David Folkenflik / NPR:

The Saudi Prince, The Mosque And Fox News … The proposed construction of an Islamic center and mosque close to ground zero in New York City has inspired intense scrutiny from news outlets this month — and few have outstripped the Fox News Channel in their interest.

Josef Adalian / New York Magazine:

Conan O'Brien Announces the Name of His New TV Show on Vulture! — Ladies and gentleman, summer 2010's greatest pop-culture mystery is about to be solved: No, not the identity of the new American Idol judges, the other greatest mystery. Today, Conan O'Brien officially announces the exact name …

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Bloomberg:

Amazon.com Girds for Combat With Netflix — Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. has approached media companies including Time Warner Inc. with plans to start an online video subscription service to rival Netflix Inc., said three people with knowledge of the talks.