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David Holmes / PandoDaily:
Meet the man behind “Is Twitter Wrong?” who helped debunk fake pictures during Hurricane Sandy — Yesterday was a big day for citizen journalism. At one point during the storm users were posting 10 pictures to Instagram every second, and check out this dizzying website that displays in real …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Councilman Pushes For Charges Against Twitter User Who Spread Falsehoods — “I hope the fact that I'm asking for criminal charges to be seriously considered will make him much less comfortable and much less smug,” says Vallone — New York City Councilman Peter Vallone told BuzzFeed Tuesday …
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Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Tweeting fake news in a crisis — illegal or just immoral? — When Hurricane Sandy battered their city on Monday night, New Yorkers looked after each with courage and generosity. Unfortunately, a few people behaved badly and one person was downright despicable.
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Jack Stuef / BuzzFeed:
Shashank Tripathi, Last Night's Twitter Villain @ComfortablySmug — During the storm last night, user @comfortablysmug was the source of a load of frightening but false information about conditions in New York City that spread wildly on Twitter and onto news broadcasts before ConEd, the MTA …
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Michael J. De La Merced / DealBook:
With Lucasfilm Deal, Disney Spends Big to Land a Lucrative Franchise — With its $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm, the Walt Disney Company is proving yet again that it is willing to pay up to land a big franchise. — Disney's takeover of Lucasfilm, keeper of the the Star Wars franchise …
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.05B including ILM, LucasArts and other tech, Star Wars VII coming in 2015 — Media giant Disney has purchased movie and TV production house Lucasfilm for $4.05B in cash and stock. Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga.
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StreetInsider.com:
Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. — Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agrees to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd, including legendary STAR WARS franchise. — Acquisition continues Disney's strategic focus on creating and monetizing the world's best branded content …
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Corporate Intelligence, Daring Fireball and Techdirt
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Newspaper Circulation Holds Steady Again — Digital Circulation Now 15.3% of the Total — Paywalls still seem to be paying off for newspapers. — The industry's average weekday circulation over the six months ending in September slipped just 0.2% from the equivalent period a year earlier …
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Michael Wolff / Guardian:
The Jimmy Savile scandal, Mark Thompson and the New York Times — Savile is unknown in the US. The real issue is Arthur Sulzberger Jr's judgment in embracing the BBC's former director general — Among the major institutions in the world most inclined to self-scrutiny and self-criticism are the BBC and the New York Times.
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
The Right Man for the Job?
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Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
Vimeo launches tips jar for content creators. More of this, please, media industry — Vimeo has just launched a tip jar to help content creators earn money from their videos. A “pay to view” option is coming soon. These are the first steps in what could become a widespread micropayments ecosystem on the video-sharing site.
Jeremy Wagstaff / Reuters:
Analysis: E-readers grapple with a future on the shelf — (Reuters) - Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. — Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices …
Danah Boyd / Wired:
Truth, Lies, and ‘Doxxing’: The Real Moral of the Gawker/Reddit Story — Sitting U.S. President Ford was visiting San Francisco in 1975 when a woman attempted to shoot him. A former marine named Oliver Sipple grabbed the gun, preventing the assassination attempt.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Yelp Launching Visual Menus With User-Contributed Photos — Yelp is announcing a new feature today that allows users to browse restaurant menus (with accompanying food porn) directly from the Yelp website and mobile app. — Last year, the company added the ability for businesses …
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Shara Tibken / CNET:
Barnes & Noble inks video deals in time for Nook HD, HD+ release — 20th Century Fox and NBCUniversal programs will be available as the new tablets launch this week. — Barnes & Noble is expanding its Nook video content to include NBCUniversal and 20th Century Fox programs as it also begins shipping its HD and HD+ tablets this week.
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Charlie Osborne / CNET:
EFF: TV networks use ‘craven’ tactics against streaming service — Startup Aereo's free broadcasting service remains the target of television networks as they try to shutter it based on copyright infringement. — The Electronic Frontier Foundation is backing startup Aereo …
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