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3:10 PM ET, July 17, 2012

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Steve Myers / Poynter:
AP doesn't let sources approve quotes beforehand  —  New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters pulled back the curtain on political reporting Monday, revealing that many reporters now allow sources with the presidential campaigns to approve the quotes that will appear in their stories.
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Erik Wemple:
New York Times reviews quote-approval policy  —  The New York Times' Jeremy W. Peters published a much-talked-about mini-exposé Sunday on the heinous Washington practice of quote approval, whereby reporters must submit quotes from interviews with key players before publishing them.  From the story:
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Ten Questions for New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (This Won't Hurt a Bit!  Okay, Just a Little.)  —  Today will be Marissa Mayer's first day at Yahoo as its newest fearless leader.  —  Besides Yahoos sighing collectively at the prospect of yet another all-hands meeting to get a gander at their latest CEO …
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
The Marissa Mayer Yahoo Show, Brought to You by Daniel Loeb  —  The appointment of Marissa Mayer as CEO of Yahoo earlier today was a definitively splashy move by the board of the troubled Internet giant.  —  And a key impresario of the showy hiring of the high-profile Google exec?
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Google's Marissa Mayer Becomes Yahoo's Chief
Bill Mitchell / Poynter:
New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan signs on for 4 years  —  The new public editor of the New York Times pitched the paper on two main roles in her application for the job: “smart aggregator” and “forum organizer.”  —  Margaret M. Sullivan, editor of the Buffalo News since 1999 …
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Dave Winer:   What is a Public Editor?  —  The NY Times, as far as I know …
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Guardian and Observer report losses of £44.2m  —  The Guardian and the Observer lost £44.2m last year as investment in digital publishing - including iPad, Facebook and Android apps - contributed to a deepening of losses at the national newspapers that could not be offset by double-digit growth in digital revenues.
Discussion: Media Week and paidContent
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Barnes & Noble launches cloud-based reading platform Nook for Web  —  About a year after Amazon launched Kindle Cloud Reader, Barnes & Noble is getting into the cloud-based reading game with Nook for Web.  —  Users can sample books for free from any PC or Mac browser without logging in.
Brent Lang / The Wrap:
Larry King Coming to Hulu in Deal With Ora TV  —  Break out the suspenders, because legendary cable news talk show host Larry King is diving into the world of video streaming with a deal with Hulu that kicks off Tuesday.  —  Ora TV, the new digital TV network King launched this year …
Kristal Brent Zook / CJR:
Do they get that it's wrong?  —  Journalism students can be “truly baffled” when confronted for plagiarism  —  Perhaps Liane Membis, the Wall Street Journal intern fired recently for inventing quotes, started out with noble intentions.  As Miss Black America-Connecticut last year …
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J.K. Trotter / IvyGate:
Fired WSJ Intern Had Troubling Start at the Yale Daily News, Required Longest Correction in Years
Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Associated Press introduces a new...print product for members  —  At a time when “digital first” is the slogan du jour in newspaper corner offices, the Associated Press is offering its subscribers a product — one that's meant to be printed out, ink-on-paper style.
Dennis Hevesi / New York Times:
William Raspberry, Pulitzer-Winning Columnist, Dies at 76  —  William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist for The Washington Post who for 39 years in more than 200 newspapers brought a moderate voice to social issues, including race relations — sometimes to the ire …
Discussion: Poynter
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Paywall pioneer Augusta Chronicle simplifies its digital subscriptions  —  One of the nation's first newspapers to implement and master the intricacies of a digital paywall plan is radically simplifying it.  —  Effective immediately, The Augusta Chronicle will stop offering print-only subscriptions …
Daniel Frankel / GigaOM:
DirecTV CEO: “Viacom is forcing this bundle on you, not us”  —  Does DirecTV CEO Mike White really support a TV distribution model in which consumers get to make a la carte choices on the channels they receive?  —  With DirecTV's 20 million U.S. subscribers blacked out from Viacom's 26 …
 
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Operation Elveden's staff almost doubles to 70
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
San Francisco Chronicle will review Journatic content
Discussion: Guardian and Fog City Journal
Reuters:
Anna Politkovskaya killing: former Moscow policeman charged
Paul Friedman / CJR:
Weighing anchors  —  The nightly newscasts are retooling to suit …
Anne-Laure Mondesert / AFP:
21,000 journalists swarm into London for Olympics
Discussion: Guardian
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David A. Bell / The New Republic:
The Bookless Library  —  Don't deny the change.  Direct it wisely.
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Why Murdoch's The Daily Doesn't Fly
Discussion: Guardian, CJR and Nxtblog
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Comcast says government needs to stay out of programming business
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David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces a new Platforms and Devices team overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, Photos, and more, to integrate AI across its products, led by Rick Osterloh

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
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