Mediagazer: How A Teenager With A Fake Escort Service Duped Darren Rovell And CNBC (John Koblin/Deadspin)

7:05 PM ET, June 6, 2012

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John Koblin / Deadspin:

How A Teenager With A Fake Escort Service Duped Darren Rovell And CNBC — An 18-year-old high school senior named Tim was bored one day last November when CNBC's sports biz guy, Darren Rovell, sent out the following tweet: If you are losing a paycheck/business because of the NBA, I want to tell your story.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

How things went bad at GOOD magazine, what's next for fired staff and the company they left — Max Schorr isn't interested in engaging in what he calls “he said/she said back and forth” with the former staffers of GOOD, the magazine he cofounded that laid off most of its editorial staff last Friday.

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TOMORROW:
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

Bradley Manning defence gets report on WikiLeaks damage to US interests — Judge rules that Obama administration must hand over documents assessing leak of diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks — Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of being the source of the biggest leak of state secrets …

MSNBC:

Bradley Manning's Wikileaks hearing opens as defense seeks dismissal of 10 counts — FORT MEADE, Md. — WikiLeaks suspect Pvt. Bradley Manning appeared at a military court outside Washington on Wednesday for a three-day pretrial hearing at which his lawyers were seeking dismissal of 10 of the 22 counts against him.

Discussion: CNN, Agence France Presse, Associated Press and Techdirt

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

HBO Says No, for Now, to Fans Who Want a Web-Only Option — HBO doesn't want your money, Web-only television viewers. — The premium cable channel on Wednesday acknowledged a fan campaign called “Take My Money, HBO!” with a Twitter message that said, in effect, thanks but no thanks.

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Katy Bachman / Adweek:

Future of Audio Hearing Kicks Over Old Issues — A House hearing on the future of audio kicked the rock over on two old issues in the radio business exacerbated by the stunning growth of digital radio services like Pandora. Should over-the-air radio stations be forced to fork over performance fees …

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Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
Clear Channel and Taylor Swift's Label Agree to Reinvent Royalty System

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Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:
Pandora is lobbying Congress to keep online radio royalties low

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Stuart Levine / Variety:

NBC digital chief Zigler exits — NBCUniversal digital president Vivi Zigler is out at NBC. Topper of the digital division since 2008, Zigler has been replaced by Showtime alum Robert Hayes, who is now the exec VP of digital media. Not only is a new exec now running the digital department …

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Wattpad raises $17 million to become the YouTube of writing — Wattpad, which describes itself as the world's largest online community of readers and writers, has raised a Series B funding round of $17.3 million from a group of venture funds led by Khosla Ventures and including Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.

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Jim Romenesko:

Warren Buffett buys 3.2% stake in Lee Enterprises — Warren Buffett hoped Berkshire Hathaway could keep quiet about its investment in struggling Lee Enterprises, but the SEC wouldn't allow it. On Tuesday, the billionaire investor disclosed that Berkshire purchased 1.66 million shares of Lee …

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Jack Shafer:
The great newspaper liquidation

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Telegraph:

Barbara Walters: the key emails — Following her exclusive interview with Bashar al-Assad, Barbara Walters tried to use her influence to help one of the Syrian dictator's former aides. Here are the key emails. December 8, 2011 - Sheherazad Jaafari to Barbara Walters …

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Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Barbara Walters Apologizes for Helping Aide to Assad of Syria

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Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:

Back to You: Aaron Sorkin Returns to Television With ‘The Newsroom’ — LOS ANGELES — A new one comes every few years, like a presidential election or the Olympic Games: an Aaron Sorkin television series set in a high-pressure work environment. “The Newsroom,” which will have its HBO debut on June 24 …

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Associated Press:

Media executives cite progress in dispute over Labor Department curbs on release of jobs data — WASHINGTON — Progress is being made in talks with government officials over a Labor Department proposal to require reporters to use agency computers and telephone lines to file stories …

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

New York Times Scoops Spur Calls For Investigation, White House Responds — NEW YORK — The Obama administration disputed claims Wednesday from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and others that it had revealed national security secrets to reporters for its own political gain.

Discussion: Politico