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12:30 PM ET, March 13, 2011

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Matt Thompson / Snarkmarket:
Snark by Snarkwest: Bloggers v. Journalists  —  I'm flying my journalism colors for a little bit, liveblogging Jay Rosen's solo presentation: “Bloggers vs. Journalists: It's a Psychological Thing.”  If you haven't yet, read Jay's introductory post: “Why Bloggers v. Journalists Is Still With Us.”
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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
The Twisted Psychology of Bloggers vs. Journalists: My Talk at South By Southwest  —  This is what I said at South by Southwest in Austin, March 12, 2011.  It went well. … There's an old rule among sportswriters: no cheering in the press box.  In fact, a few weeks ago a young journalist lost …
Discussion: OWNI.eu
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Engadget's Top Editors Topolsky and Patel Exit From AOL's Giant Tech Site  —  Josh Topolsky, the editor-in-chief of Engadget, is leaving the AOL-owned property, which one of the largest tech news sites on the Web.  —  Also departing is Managing Editor Nilay Patel, said sources.
MediaShift Idea Lab:
Churnalism.com Reveals Press Release Copy in News Stories  —  Editors' Note: Martin Moore is the director of the Media Standards Trust, which recently launched Churnalism.com — a website that helps the public distinguish journalism from “churnalism,” a news article that is published as journalism …
Discussion: Media Standards Trust
Walter Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Newspaper publishers may merge with regional rivals to survive  —  The possible sale of Freedom Communications, parent of the Orange County Register, could signal the start of wave of consolidation.  —  The possible sale of the Orange County Register's parent company could mark the start …
Steve Myers / Poynter:
What James O'Keefe knows about media (and you should too)  —  It's a credit to James O'Keefe that amid the diverse vocabulary in the English language, so many terms inadequately describe him and what he does.  —  Is he a provocateur, a prankster, an activist, a muckraker, a citizen journalist, an investigative journalist?
Discussion: NPR, Tuned In, CJR and Big Journalism
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Bill Moyers / The Huffington Post:
In Defense of NPR  —  Come on now: Let's take a breath and put …
Discussion: Mediaite and NewsBusters.org blogs
Yahoo! News:
Cooper, Amanpour among TV journalists to Japan  —  U.S. broadcast and cable networks, some of which were very short-staffed Friday morning in Japan, are now stepping up efforts to cover the deadly earthquake and tsunami by sending top anchors and correspondents to the region.
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Simon Dumenco / AdAge:
Twittersphere Slams Itself, and CNN, for Godzilla References After Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami  —  The Top 10 Trending Topics on Twitter This Week  —  As I write this late Friday morning, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami have effectively taken over Twitter's Trending Topics list …
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Is Government-Funded Media a Good Idea?  Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Others Weigh in.  Plus, a True Tale of “Monkey Bras”  —  On Friday, Reason's Matt Welch wrote about why NPR, PBS, and CPB should not receive taxpayer subsidies: … And because Welch is what he is, he included a gratuitous Sting lyric …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Sean Parker, Music Mogul?  Facebook Billionaire Mulling Warner Music Bid  —  Sean Parker helped create Napster, which kicked off the long and steep decline of the big music labels.  Soon he might own part of one.  —  The digital entrepreneur is considering putting his money into a consortium bidding …
Discussion: Electronista, VentureBeat, SAI and Forbes
Latoya Peterson / Poynter:
New York Times, Houston Chronicle tell different stories of 11-year-old's rape  —  The New York Times finds itself embroiled in controversy after publishing an article on a horrific gang rape that occurred in Cleveland, Texas.  Citizens (most notably young feminist organizer Shelby Knox) …
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Arianna Huffington: SEO Is Just A Tool, Not A Way To Produce Great Journalism [TCTV]  —  Yesterday afternoon, our new editorial overlord, Arianna Huffington, stopped by the TechCrunch office for a meeting.  —  Before she had a chance to leave, I dragged her into the TCTV studio to grill …
 
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Lois Beckett / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Judith Acosta / The Huffington Post:
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MediaShift:
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Dan / Xark!:
The danger in the doldrums  —  This morning's day-off multi-tasking …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs
 

 
From Techmeme:

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

 
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