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9:15 AM ET, August 28, 2012

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Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
How reporters can beat the convention-hall wisdom  —  The media — all 15,000-plus reporters, photographers, editors, producers and assorted hangers-on who've descended on this unlovely, brutally humid old city — are having a nervous breakdown.  And you're invited to watch.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
News Outlets Stay Alert but in Place  —  TAMPA, Fla. — As a huge storm churned toward New Orleans, the country's major television news divisions found themselves torn between covering two rapidly unfolding stories almost 700 miles apart.  —  In most cases, they were opting not to turn their anchors into storm chasers.
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Star Correspondents Bolt Tampa For NOLA, As Isaac Approaches
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
With Isaac Bearing Down, Networks Weigh Their Options
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Sun Times reviews Armstrong ‘liar and cheat’ libel payout  —  The Sunday Times has revealed that the terms of its costly 2004 legal settlement with Lance Armstrong are likely to be reviewed in the wake of news the cyclist will not contest doping charges against him.
Discussion: @joshhalliday
Associated Press:
Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks Suspect, Returns To Military Court … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Julian Assange, Elections 2012, Video, Wikileaks, Bradley Manning, Bradley Manning Wikileaks, Bradley Manning Hearing, Politics News  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — The case of an Army private accused …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Barnes & Noble Moves Away From Bookstores For UK Nook Launch: John Lewis Dept Store Named First Partner  —  More developments on Barnes & Noble's plans to launch its Nook devices in the UK, the first market outside of the U.S. to see the e-readers and tablets: today the company has announced …
Oliver Wright / The Independent:
Leveson witnesses are warned what to expect as report is finalised  —  All those lined up for criticism by Lord Justice Leveson have now been warned what to expect in his final report, The Independent understands.  In a sign that the long-running inquiry into press standards is nearing completion …
Discussion: Press Gazette
Reuters:
Captured Turkish journalist appears on Syrian TV  —  A Turkish cameraman who went missing while reporting from Syria appeared on Monday in an interview with a pro-government Syrian television channel and said he had been seized by Syrian soldiers in the northern city of Aleppo.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Times-Picayune will face new print competitor on Saturdays  —  New Orleans Times-Picayune photojournalist John McCusker talks with CBS News' Mark Strassmann about what will happen to the paper after Sept. 30.  That's when, as Strassmann says, “the paper's management will cut its staff in half.
Discussion: New Orleans
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Study: Most campaign coverage written by men  —  Seventy-six percent of articles about the GOP primary and 72 percent of articles about the presidential campaign were written by men, according to a press release from the Women's Media Center.  The Fourth Estate compiled the data …
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Shooting victim's brother criticizes media for ‘horrific journalism’  —  Paul Ercolino, whose brother Steven was killed outside the Empire State Building Friday, called in to New York's WFAN Monday to talk about his brother's love of sports.  He also criticized the media for using graphic images of his brother.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney team of ‘Mad Men’ creates ads to sell nation on candidate  —  BOSTON — Now that Mitt Romney has amassed a couple hundred million dollars, it's largely up to an eclectic crew of self-described “Mad Men” to make good use of it.  —  A colorful team of advertising gurus …
Jim Romenesko:
Jonathan Krim is named MarketWatch acting editor  —  Jonathan Krim, who is currently WSJ.com senior deputy managing editor, becomes MarketWatch.com acting editor.  From the memo: … David Callaway left the MarketWatch editor-in-chief post last month to become USA Today's top editor.
 
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Luke Allnutt / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
With WikiLeaks On Ice, What Has Happened To All Those Digital Whistleblowers?
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Hazel Sheffield / CJR:
Pasadena publisher launches a system for outsourcing local news
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Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Google discloses paid bloggers and journalists, says Stanford professor Mark Lemley is outside counsel
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
‘Slate’ Gets a New Publisher
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