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6:30 PM ET, August 17, 2012

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Michael Lee / ZDNet:
Twitter edges out third party clients with tighter API rules  —  Summary: Twitter has revealed upcoming changes to the next versions of its API, which will tighten the restrictions around what a developers build for the microblogging platform can and can't do.  —  Michael Lee
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Storify:
Storify and Twitter's evolving developer guidelines  —  Some of our users wondered what Twitter's latest change for developers means for Storify.  A top Twitter exec says we're fine - in fact, we're singled out as a good example.  And the love we got from our concerned users?  Priceless.  Thank you.
Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Twitter's API changes will have a real impact on news developers  —  Twitter's newly fortified mission to “deliver a consistent Twitter experience,” which is FREAKING OUT the tech world right now, will also force some news organizations to re-examine their code.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Board member of University of Georgia paper steps down after call for resignation  —  Ed Stamper has resigned from the board of the University of Georgia's student newspaper, The Red & Black, following a dispute about the paper's independence.  At a meeting Thursday, student journalists had called for his resignation.
Discussion: Red and Dead and Athens Daily News
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Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Layoffs Hit Editorial Staff at The Village Voice  —  Layoffs are hitting the editorial staff at The Village Voice today, and they're hitting some of the most widely-read staff writers in the office.  The Observer has heard from multiple sources familiar with the situation that the bad news …
Discussion: AAN
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Because That's Where The Content Is  —  When asked why he robbed banks, legend has it that Willie Sutton said, “because that's where the money is.”  —  I'm reminded of this quote today when reading the reports that Apple is in talks with the cable operators about their television plans.
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Amanda Holpuch / Guardian:
Media take a prim view of Pussy Riot  —  News organizations pussy out of using controversial Russian punk rock band's name in coverage of their convictions  —  The conviction of three members of the punk band Pussy Riot has caused consternation throughout the world - and a dilemma for prudish news organizations.
Gail Shister / TVNewser:
For Female Journalists, Another Significant ‘First’ This Election Season On PBS  —  When CNN's Candy Crowley on Monday was named moderator for one of the Presidential debates, it drew headlines.  Breaking a 20-year dry spell for women will do that.  —  So why the underwhelming response …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
News Corp.'s IGN Head Roy Bahat Leaves  —  Roy Bahat, who heads up News Corp.'s IGN Web unit, is leaving the company.  —  Bahat had spent more than a year trying to engineer a spinoff of the business, which publishes Web sites that cater to dudes who like video games and other stuff dudes like.
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Phil Griffin Talks MSNBC Convention Coverage, Says CNN Is ‘Desperate’  —  The 2012 presidential election has already become a heated battle.  It's no surprise, then, that the fight between rival cable news networks to capture viewer eyeballs is getting just as intense.
Discussion: Erik Wemple, Mediaite and Forbes
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Hartford Courant's Spanish site is Google Translate  —  Robert Downs reported Thursday about newspapers providing Spanish-language training for their employees.  Clicking on the words “Courant en Español” on the Hartford Courant's website, though, opens a portal on a Spanish-language …
Discussion: The Newspaper Guild
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Thrillist Raises $13 Million From Oak, Lerer Ventures, Pilot Group  —  In 2008, Fred Harman and Oak Investment Partners bet big on Ken Lerer and the Huffington Post, and that worked out pretty well.  Now Harman is putting his money into another Lerer project.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Ralston leaving Vegas ‘Sun’, launching site  —  Some big news out of Nevada: Jon Ralston, the state's top political commentator, is leaving the Las Vegas Sun.  —  Ralston now plans to launch his own political commentary site.  “There's about to be a new site in Nevada to get political info …
 
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Discussion: The Lede and CJR
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
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Discussion: PandoDaily, Techdirt and eMedia Vitals, Thanks:@mathewi