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8:55 AM ET, July 15, 2012

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Mike Fourcher / Vouchification:
Why I Am Resigning From Journatic  —  This morning I submitted my resignation as Production Manager and head of editorial at Journatic, LLC.  I did so because the founders and I fundamentally disagree about ethical and management issues as they relate to a successful news business.
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
Chicago Tribune discovers plagiarism, suspends work with Journatic as its editorial manager resigns  —  One of Journatic's editorial leaders, Mike Fourcher, announced Saturday morning that he has resigned from the outsourcing company because he and the company's founders …
Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Are you sure that's true?  Truth Goggles tackles fishy claims at the moment of consumption  —  True or false?  No googling. … Now, what if I told you President Obama uttered those words?  Do you trust the statistic more or less?  What if Mitt Romney said it?
Discussion: Daily Download
Om Malik / GigaOM:
In Memoriam: Even in losing, how Digg won  —  The Digg Townhall meeting broadcast live from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.  2008. Photo courtesy of Eric Magnuson, via Flickr  —  Having spent a major part of the week sitting on a beach, practically disconnected …
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
The Lessons For Facebook, Twitter And Reddit In Digg's Demise
Discussion: TechCrunch, ChasNote, Slate and Betabeat
Spencer E. Ante / Digits:
Kevin Rose: Digg Failed Because ‘Social Media Grew Up’
Claire Wardle / Storyful Blog:
State of the (News) Nation  —  On Friday, myself, our CEO Mark Little and Felim McMahon from our editorial team are heading to News:Rewired.  The conference has developed a strong reputation and has endured in a space with multiple ‘future of news’ conferences that lead to much *eye-rolling …
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Virtual life on the line, The Daily launches WKND  —  News Corp.'s digital tabloid The Daily has been on borrowed time since it was an idea, given enough resources and backing by Rupert Murdoch to launch with a flourish but no guarantee that it would last.  Given the way some projects have gone …
Discussion: The Daily and CNET
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
The Daily Was Just a Bad Idea
Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
London 1984: Olympics Organizers Say You Can Only Link to Them If You're Not Mean  —  Everyone has heard by now that Olympics organizers are control freaks, but this is really a stunning bit of craziness that militates against the entire spirit of the Internet.
Christopher S. Stewart / Wall Street Journal:
In Age of Twitter, NBC Rewrites Olympic Playbook  —  In NBC's Rockefeller Center headquarters, workers were hustling Friday to transform the “Saturday Night Live” sound stage into a command center for coverage of the 2012 Olympics Games.  —  Much of this is familiar territory for America's No. 3 network.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of good news about news  —  Admit it: Good news is boring.  All of us in and around the news business know that.  Bad news gets read and gets our juices flowing.  So when that news DNA is challenged by reality, the news can be easy to miss.
Discussion: Street Fight
Ari Levy / Bloomberg:
MobiTV Pulls $75 Million IPO, Citing ‘Unfavorable’ Conditions  —  MobiTV Inc. (MBTV) (MBTV), the maker of software that lets smartphone users watch live television, withdrew its plans for an initial public offering, citing “unfavorable market conditions.”  —  The Emeryville, California-based company …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Women's writing site She Writes launches book publishing division  —  Women's online writing network She Writes, which has about 20,000 members including well-known authors like Francine Prose and Roxana Robinson, is now a book publisher, too.  The company has launched She Writes Press …
Associated Press:
Thomson Reuters: Gay Marriage Ban Bad For Business  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The legal, business information and media company Thomson Reuters said Friday that an amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota would be bad for business.  Prominent companies including General Mills and St. Jude Medical spoke …
Discussion: Big News Network.com
 
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
That Was Fast: Big Media Investors Are Okay With Aereo, After All
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Battle Royale Between DirecTV, Viacom, Dish and AMC Pushes TV Closer to Irrelevancy
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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