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8:05 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
Erik Wemple:
Romney and Obama: Open your fundraisers
Discussion: Boston Globe and Washington Wire
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 …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Operation Elveden: Sun journalists held  —  Police officer also arrested as part of investigation into alleged inappropriate payments to public officials in exchange for stories  —  Two Sun journalists, including the paper's West country correspondent, were arrested on Wednesday …
Discussion: PressGazette and BBC
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Sky wins exclusive Warner Bros. movie rights, dealing a blow to Netflix and its rivals  —  Pushing back against Netflix and its satellite, video-on-demand and pay-per-view rivals, Sky has signed a new movie deal with Warner Bros., which sees it granted exclusive access to movies six months after they end their run in theaters.
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 …
Discussion: Guardian and Media Week
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 …
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’
 
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
How Soledad O'Brien prepared for that contentious John Sununu interview
Discussion: Pressthink and Erik Wemple
David Kravets / Wired:
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Discussion: Betabeat
Jim Romenesko:
Boston Globe editor: Newspapers are badly bruised, ‘but we are not beaten’
Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Jim Romenesko:
Houston Business Journal to school spokesman: Buy a subscription if you want to read what you told us
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Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
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