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12:25 PM ET, July 5, 2012

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Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
WikiLeaks starts publishing 2.4m #SyriaFiles and outlines its ‘search interface’  —  WikiLeaks announces the start of its publication of ‘more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies’ from 680 domains  —  WikiLeaks has today started publishing …
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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
HBO Now Targeting Fox News' Roger Ailes With TV Movie Produced By MSNBC Rivals  —  EXCLUSIVE: HBO appears obsessed by GOP Conservatives.  There have been movies about the 2000 Bush vs Gore election standoff and Sarah Palin and most recently a TV series featuring George W Bush's severed head.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Phone hacking: 26-year-old arrested is News International employee  —  Publisher's chief executive tells staff that suspect arrested on Thursday morning is not a journalist  —  The 26-year-old man arrested on Thursday morning in connection with Scotland Yard's phone-hacking inquiry is a News International employee.
Discussion: Press Gazette and Guardian
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Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:
Visual.ly: New infographics tool to launch ‘later this year’  —  Stew Langille, CEO of Visual.ly, a platform for creating, exploring and sharing infographics, discusses plans to roll out additional data visualisation creation options later this year  —  Copyright: Visual.ly infographic on ‘big data’
Discussion: eMedia Vitals
NY Daily News:
Inner Tube: NBC denies report that David Gregory could be on the way out at ‘Meet the Press’  —  Network responds quickly to online report and also calls CBS Sunday ratings misleading; Sheryl Lee Ralph plans NYC appearances  —  NBC gave ‘Meet the Press’ host David Gregory its backing after a report claimed his job was in jeopardy.
Jim Romenesko:
Jake Barnes surfaces again  —  From MARK POTTS: There's a very weird link between the Journatic fake byline scandal and one of the most notorious newspaper fakery scandals: The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the fake byline Jeremy Schnitker used to submit 32 articles was Jake Barnes.
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Reuters Hires Caveman to Write Headlines  —  What can we say?  The new hire at Reuters — a caveman from the Paleolithic Era — was a risky move, but he is doing fantastic work so far.  —  A tipster told us he still spends a lot of time yelling at the water fountain and he tried to eat a desk last week …
Discussion: Reuters and AppNewser
Peter Osnos / The Atlantic Online:
In E-Book War, the Independent Publishers Strike Back  —  In the fight between Apple, Amazon, the government, and publishers to set prices for electronic books, independents were overlooked.  Now, they're banding together and voicing complaints.  —  To briefly recap: In April …
Discussion: TeleRead
Joe Harris / Courthouse News Service:
Fired Columnist Sues Kansas City Star  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CN) - A former columnist claims in court that the Kansas City Star defamed him after firing him for using what he says almost all reporters use - press releases.  —  Steve Penn worked for the Star from 1980 to July 2011.
Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera show's Twitter account hacked  —  LONDON (AP) — The Twitter account of Al-Jazeera's English-language social media show has been hacked by supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad.  Hackers hijacked the Twitter account of “The Stream,” a program aimed at tapping into online audiences.
Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:
Writer and Climber, 45, Is Killed Near Yosemite  —  Michael J. Ybarra, a freelance writer and extreme-sports correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, was killed in a fall during a weekend mountain-climbing trip in the Sierra Nevada, according to his sister, Suzanne Ybarra.
Ryan Thornburg / MediaShift Idea Lab:
When News Organizations Geocode, How Accurate Are They?  —  In my intro news writing class at UNC-Chapel Hill we ding students 50 points for allowing a fact error to creep into a story.  If the fire happened at 123 W. Main St. and it really happened at 123 E. Main St., it's an instant F …
Jim Romenesko:
Washington Post's Amanda Zamora joins ProPublica  —  Amanda Zamora leaves the Washington Post after seven years to become senior engagement editor at ProPublica.  “At ProPublica she will be in charge of expanding social media, crowd-sourcing and distributed reporting efforts,” says the Post memo announcing her departure.
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
Caroline Thomson, BBC's chief operating officer, expected to leave  —  Caroline Thomson, who narrowly missed the chance to become the BBC's first-ever female director general, is expected to leave the corporation following the announcement that rival George Entwistle is to succeed Mark Thompson.
Discussion: Guardian
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Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Europe sues to continue taxing digital content higher than physical
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