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5:00 AM ET, September 19, 2012

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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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Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
With Romney Videos, Mother Jones Keeps Readers Coming Back  —  It's a good day to be at Mother Jones.  —  The magazine, which has a circulation of slightly more than 200,000, found itself read by millions of viewers around the world by Tuesday morning after it released a video of Mitt Romney …
Brendan Nyhan / CJR:
Jumping the gun on the Romney ‘47%’ video  —  In early coverage, reporters overstated the meaning and impact of Romney's comments—and left out out key context  —  NEW HAMPSHIRE — Yesterday, Mother Jones released a secretly-recorded video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney making …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Huffington Post, Mother Jones duel for video credit  —  When historians write the book on the 2012 campaign, they will surely include the leaked video showing Mitt Romney telling wealthy donors at a private May fundraiser that he can't count on the support of “47 percent” of the electorate who “believe that they are victims.”
Tony Romm / Politico:
Mitt Romney ‘47 percent’ recording may have been illegal  —  The secretly recorded video of Mitt Romney decrying the “47 percent” of Americans who won't vote for him might run afoul of state law that bars eavesdropping.  —  The rules in Florida — where Romney spoke at a private fundraiser …
Erik Wemple:
Romney and Obama: Open your fundraisers
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Post
David Carr / New York Times:
Barry Diller and Scott Rudin Form E-Book Publishing Venture  —  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.
Discussion: CNET, Deadline.com and @carr2n
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 …
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
How Soledad O'Brien prepared for that contentious John Sununu interview  —  It has been one month since CNN's Soledad O'Brien spent just under four minutes interviewing Mitt Romney adviser and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu.  —  Paul Ryan had just emerged as the vice presidential nominee.
Discussion: Pressthink and Erik Wemple
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Piracy may be commonplace, but music's outlook is improving  —  Making headlines today is a report that puts some big numbers on the piracy problem.  —  More than three billion songs were downloaded illegally around the world via torrent in the first half of 2012, according …
Jim Romenesko:
Houston Business Journal to school spokesman: Buy a subscription if you want to read what you told us  —  Houston schools spokesman Jason Spencer was recently interviewed by a Houston Business Journal reporter about an upcoming bond referendum.  —  Jason Spencer
Discussion: Talking Biz News
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 …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
All the TV News Since 2009, on One Web Site  —  Inspired by a pillar of antiquity, the Library of Alexandria, Brewster Kahle has a grand vision for the Internet Archive, the giant aggregator and digitizer of data, which he founded and leads.  —  “We want to collect all the books …
Jim Romenesko:
Boston Globe editor: Newspapers are badly bruised, ‘but we are not beaten’  —  Boston Globe editor Martin Baron was asked to speak at the New England Associated Press News Executives Association conference and “cheer these people up.”  “While I may not have you dancing in the streets …
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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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:   Forget Savannah Vs. Ann. Here's Why ‘GMA’ Is Beating ‘Today’
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Irish Daily Star closure threat recedes after publication of topless Kate photos  —  Independent News and Media, a 50% stakeholder, launches investigation and suspends editor Mike O'Kane  —  The threat to close the Irish Daily Star in the wake of the decision to publish the controversial pictures …
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David Kravets / Wired:
Feds Charge Activist with 13 Felonies for Rogue Downloading of Academic Articles
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Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
Betaworks' Findings shifts to web clipping, as Amazon bans Kindle clips
Discussion: PandoDaily and blog.findings.com
Denise Jewell Gee / Buffalo News:
Sarasota editor named Buffalo News editor
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Nvidia completes its $700M acquisition of Israel-based Run:ai, which helps orchestrate GPU clouds for AI, and plans to open source Run:ai's software

Mark Johnson / Washington Post:
Johns Hopkins and Stanford researchers say they trained robots with videos to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even correcting mistakes

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Sources detail the IDF's Unit 8200, which identifies human targets as candidates for elimination amid the Israel-Hamas war; one source calls it an “AI factory”

 
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