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6:00 PM ET, July 5, 2012

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
WikiLeaks Removes Associated Press From List of Media ‘Collaborators’ On Syria Docs  —  NEW YORK — When WikiLeaks began publishing some 2.4 million Syrian files on Thursday, a trove that it said includes emails from “political figures, ministries and associated companies,” …
Discussion: The Atlantic Wire
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Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
WikiLeaks starts publishing 2.4m #SyriaFiles and outlines its ‘search interface’
Marc Chacksfield / TechRadar:   Wikileaks unveils The Syria Files - its biggest data leak yet
AAP:   Ecuador finds sex claims against Assange ‘hilarious’ as WikiLeaks announces Syrian leak
Anna Tarkov / Poynter:
Journatic CEO to staff: ‘Bumps are going to be part of the ride’  —  Journatic CEO Brian Timpone wants his staff to know that “This American Life” and other reporting on the outsourcing company is “noise” that follows “the change we're forcing” in journalism.
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Jim Romenesko:
Jake Barnes surfaces again
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo CEO Search in Final Stages, With Levinsohn and Kilar in Lead  —  According to sources close to the situation, the search for a new CEO for troubled Silicon Valley Internet giant Yahoo is closing in on key candidates.  —  But, said sources inside and outside the company …
Alexander Abad-Santos / The Atlantic Wire:
The Huffington Post Also Got Snookered By Wall Street Journal Fabricator  —  Yalie Liane Membis got a lot of attention for making up people and quotes during her very brief Wall Street Journal internship, but it turns out she fabricated during her college writing career too, which eventually stung The Huffington Post.
Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
Murdoch Isn't the First to Consider Renaming The Wall Street Journal  —  When Rupert Murdoch let it be known in an interview last week that he was thinking of giving The Wall Street Journal a new, streamlined name — WSJ — he was joining a discussion within the newspaper that dates back at least to the end of World War II.
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and FishbowlNY
The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education:
Clarence Page: “My Job Is Safe for Now”  —  Columnist to Receive Reprimand for Paris Speech  —  Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page, whose status at the Tribune was under review after an unauthorized paid speech event, told Journal-isms Thursday, “I have been informed by my editors that my job is safe for now.”
Discussion: LA Biz Observed
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Fired KC Star reporter sues, says using press releases isn't plagiarism  —  Steve Penn was fired by the Kansas City Star last July for using material from press releases in his columns.  Editors found “more than a dozen examples in Penn's columns dating back to 2008″ of repurposed prose.
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.
Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
Ex-Politico WH Correspondent Joe Williams Pleaded Guilty to Assaulting Ex-Wife  —  It turns out there's another side to Joe Williams, the White House Correspondent and former college football player who recently parted ways with Politico.  On May 24 of this year, he pled guilty …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
Adrianne Jeffries / Betabeat:
Unreliable Narrators!  TechCrunch Blogger Inserted ‘Random Information (Sometimes Even False)’ Into Posts  —  Mr. Siegler.  (Photo: LinkedIn)  —  The blogosphere is a brave new news world, but it's generally assumed that blogs that report the news adhere to basic journalistic standards …
Discussion: Mashable! and The Verge
 
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Newsmax opens New York TV studio; first guests include Forbes, Rumsfeld, Pataki
Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera show's Twitter account hacked
Jim Romenesko:
Washington Post's Amanda Zamora joins ProPublica
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Reuters Hires Caveman to Write Headlines
Discussion: Reuters and AppNewser
Jim Romenesko:
NJ.com wants Politico's Ginger Gibson back to cover Chris Christie
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy
 
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