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David Corn / Mother Jones:
WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser — On Monday and Tuesday Mother Jones published exclusive video that captured Mitt Romney speaking to donors at a May 17 fundraiser, which was held at the home of private equity mogul Mark Leder. Responding to a question about the …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Huffington Post offers job to James Carter IV after he facilitates leak of Romney video to competitor — James Carter IV made contact with the source of Mitt Romney's “47 percent” video on Twitter, then courted him relentlessly. As Josh Lederman relays: … We all know what happened next.
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Associated Press, The Daily Beast and Politico
Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
With Romney Videos, Mother Jones Keeps Readers Coming Back
With Romney Videos, Mother Jones Keeps Readers Coming Back
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FishbowlDC, Nieman Journalism Lab, MinOnline, PopWatch, Washington Wire, Boston Globe, Guardian, @clarajeffery, Economix, TVNewser, The Huffington Post and New York Times
Brendan Nyhan / CJR:
Jumping the gun on the Romney ‘47%’ video
Jumping the gun on the Romney ‘47%’ video
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Mediaite, The Atlantic Online, Speakeasy, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Wire, PandoDaily and The Daily Beast
Tony Romm / Politico:
Mitt Romney ‘47 percent’ recording may have been illegal
Mitt Romney ‘47 percent’ recording may have been illegal
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citmedialaw.org, The Caucus, New York Times, @jbenton, Forbes and The Week
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Huffington Post, Mother Jones duel for video credit
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Long Strange Leak Of Mitt Romney's 47% Video
The Long Strange Leak Of Mitt Romney's 47% Video
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Poynter, @mlcalderone, Tampa Bay Times, AllThingsD, Capital New York, Politico and New York Magazine
Charlie Warzel / Adweek:
Good Relaunches, Opens Up About Layoffs — Good founder Ben Goldhirsh shocked media types and set in motion a slew of terrible headline puns ("Bad! Major Editorial Layoffs Hit Good") when the company laid off the majority of its editorial staff with very little explanation last June.
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@craigsilverman and ReadWriteWeb, Thanks:@cwarzel
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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
What's Next for GOOD Magazine? A Social Network. — GOOD Worldwide will today launch a new social activism site Good.is. — Famous for its printed magazine, GOOD has now turned its focus to a community site that allows members to publicly post stories and activities and to follow each other and their interests.
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Mashable!
David Carr / New York Times:
Media Chiefs Form Venture to E-Publish — Two powerful entertainment moguls, Scott Rudin, the film and theater producer, and Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, are joining together to enter the turbulent world of book publishing. — Mr. Rudin and Frances Coady …
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Fast Company, NetNewsCheck Latest, DealBook, CNET, @carr2n and Deadline.com
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Stephen Colbert spends 3 minutes mocking USA Today's new logo — On Tuesday night's show, Stephen Colbert told Comedy Central viewers that his fears over USA Today's “dramatic” redesign were “for nothing.” Highlights from the segment: — “In a digital era where print media is struggling …
Associated Press:
Danish Weekly To Run Kate Middleton Topless Photos — COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The top editor of a Danish celebrity weekly says his magazine will hit the streets this week with the topless photos of Britain's likely future queen. Kim Henningsen, editor in chief of Se & Hoer …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
The Guardian has a new chief digital officer — Guardian News & Media may be re-casting its whole self as “digital-first”, but it still has digital-specific leadership. On Wednesday, the news publisher announced the creation of its first chief digital officer role, a post which appears …
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Guardian, Media Week and NetNewsCheck Latest
Associated Press:
Riot police guard French weekly after it spoofs Prophet Muhammad — PARIS — Riot police took up positions Wednesday outside the Paris offices of a satirical French weekly that published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday that ridicule a video that prompted a wave of protests in some Muslim countries.
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Apple, publishers offer EU e-book antitrust settlement — (Reuters) - Apple Inc and four major publishers have offered to let retailers such as Amazon.Com Inc sell e-books at a discount, in a bid to end an EU antitrust investigation, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
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TechCrunch
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Wikimedia enables ebook export feature on Wikipedia for your offline reading pleasure — Wikimedia today announced that it has enabled a new EPUB export feature on Wikipedia, but only on the English version of the site. You can use the new feature to collate your personal collection …
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Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, nbcnews.com, Lifehacker and Pocket-lint
Eva Galperin / TechCrunch:
Why Google Shouldn't Have Censored The Anti-Islamic Video — Editor's note: Eva Galperin is the International Freedom of Expression Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Follow her on Twitter: @evacide. — On Wednesday, YouTube announced that it had blocked access …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Curry's revenge: NBC's ‘Today’ reeling after kicking Ann to the curb — Less than three months after a tearful Ann Curry bid goodbye to NBC's “Today” show, it's the network's turn to cry. The once-dominant morning powerhouse is falling even further behind in the ratings race …
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Los Angeles Times and New York Magazine
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Forget Savannah Vs. Ann. Here's Why ‘GMA’ Is Beating ‘Today’