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5:20 AM ET, July 13, 2011

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Ryan Tate / Gawker:
HuffPo Fires Writer for Doing ‘What We Were Taught and Told to Do’  —  The Huffington Post indefinitely suspended a young blogger today for rewriting too much of someone's news article.  This is pretty ridiculous, given HuffPo's systematic, officially-sanctioned approach to rewriting too much of people's news articles.
Yahoo! News:   HuffPo controversy highlights cavalier online editorial culture
Bloomberg:
News Corp.'s Lost $7B Shows Investor Concern  —  News Corp. (NWSA)'s loss of $7 billion in market value over four trading days shows investor concerns that a probe into alleged phone hacking by journalists at one London newspaper could have a broader impact on the company.
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Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
Phone-hacking scandal reaches US  —  US senator Jay Rockefeller warns of ‘serious consequences’ if Rupert Murdoch's journalists have targeted American citizens  —  A key US senator has called for an investigation into whether any of News Corporation's organisations in the country have hacked US citizens.
Discussion: The Wrap
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
WSJ Ex-Editor on Scandal: News Corp. ‘Incompetent or Complicit’ (Exclusive)  —  A former deputy managing editor of the Wall Street Journal told TheWrap that he found it hard to believe top-level News International players like Rebekah Brooks and Les Hinton could claim no knowledge of News Corp.'s phone-hacking activities.
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
News Corp. Sends Signal to Wall Street With $5 Billion Share Buyback
Discussion: News Corporation and Media Decoder
Aaron Gell / The New York Observer:
Bin Laden Hunter ‘CIA John’ Identified  —  The Man in the Yellow Tie, with Clinton and Panetta, and in a college yearbook photo.  —  Anyone who's ever logged in to a social network while in a jubilant, possibly intoxicated, frame of mind knows the dangers.
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
Gawker Tries to Reveal Identity of CIA Agent Behind Bin Laden Kill
Discussion: The Wire
Steve Myers / Poynter:
U.S. has same number of newspapers now as in 1890s  —  Stanford has used data from the Library of Congress to illustrate the spread of all kinds of newspapers across the U.S. from 1690 to 2011.  Users can see which cities had multiple papers and click on them to learn more about them.
Zooey Deschanel / Hello Giggles:
AN OPEN LETTER TO LOS ANGELES TIMES WRITER PATT MORRISSON  —  This is an open letter in response to a piece entitled Downtown LA: Good enough for the royals, but not for Zooey Deschanel?, written by columnist Patt Morrison, which appeared in the publication on July 10, 2011.  —  Dear Ms. Morrison,
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo Prepares New Web Ad Push  —  People are spending less time on Yahoo Inc.'s websites.  So in a bid to reverse its waning influence, the Internet company is working on a way to get more of its content and advertising on others' websites instead.  —  As part of a network it expects …
Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Gawker on Drugs (Literally!)  —  On Monday, Deadspin editor A.J. Daulerio unrolled a fairly epic foray into the world of stunt journalism: an attempt to re-create Major League pitcher Dock Ellis' infamous no-hitter of June 12, 1970 against the San Diego Padres, pitched while tripping on LSD.
Discussion: Deadspin and The Wrap
Rebecca Meany / Idaho Mountain Express & Guide:
Allen & Co. leaves town, takes secrets with it  —  Conference closes with no news of big deals  —  Wood River Valley residents typically don't give another thought to a celebrity spotted locally—less so if the famous name is a business executive.  —  But the collection of VIPs …
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
With NBCU Digital Studio Closure, What's Next for Network-Backed Web Series?  —  Why Comcast Wanted the No. 4 Broadcast Network to Change Its Digital Strategy  —  Comcast's decision to close NBC Universal's Digital Studio was only the latest attempt to answer questions about making …
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Journalism students must bridge 'digital divide 2.0′ to become less old-school  —  Assistant professors Alexa Capeloto and Devin Harner say young journalism students “know how to act the part of digital natives,” but “they're inclined to see the Internet as a tool for entertainment and socializing …
 
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Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:UK:
Publisher Penguin Waddles Into Social Media Experiment With Peer Index
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