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9:00 AM ET, November 14, 2012

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Chuck Klosterman / Grantland:
I Lived a CIA Conspiracy Theory  —  I had an interesting weekend.  Maybe you did, too.  It's always a mixed bag, you know?  Some Friday nights are drunken and exhilarating; other Friday nights are empty and reserved.  And then, of course, there are those Friday nights when random people believe …
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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
The Quandary for Biographers: Get Up Close, but How Personal?  —  When Doris Kearns Goodwin was still young and unknown and writing her biography of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, she stayed at his Texas ranch.  Sometimes, she said in the book's prologue, when he could not sleep …
Patrick Radden Keefe / The New Yorker Blog:
The Surveillance State Takes Friendly Fire  —  Last March, in a speech he delivered at a gathering orchestrated by In-Q-Tel, the venture-capital incubator of the Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, the Agency's director, had occasion to ruminate on “the utter transparency of the digital world.”
Discussion: Telegraph and The Daily Beast
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
The Media's Five Stages of David Petraeus Grief
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Guardian
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Kickstarter-backed journalism startup Matter publishes its first story  —  Matter, the science and technology journalism startup that raised over $140,000 from 2,566 backers on Kickstarter, is launching with its first article Wednesday.  GigaOM readers are already quite familiar …
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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
New longform science journalism site ‘Matter’ launches today  —  Matter, a site that publishes longform stories about science and technology, launched today.  The site, which will publish one story per month, is open to people who sign up as members.  For 99 cents, they'll get access to monthly stories …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Katharine Weymouth: Stepping down was Brauchli's decision  —  Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said the paper named a new executive editor Tuesday “because Marcus decided to step down at the end of the year.”  I asked her, during a brisk and efficient phone call, if the decision was Brauchli's.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Washington Post Hires New Top Editor; Here Are The Memos
Discussion: Washington Post and City Desk
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
YouTube Pairs With Google TV For Second-Screen Experience.  Could iOS Be Next?  —  YouTube might finally work on a big-screen TV thanks to the latest app update, which automatically pairs Android devices with a Google TV on the same wireless network.  —  With a single swipe …
Discussion: CNET, TechCrunch, YouTube Blog and GigaOM
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:   YouTube's Magic Number
Andrew Leonard / Salon:
Gallup is very upset at Nate Silver  —  The polling firm complains operations like FiveThirtyEight could spoil polling for everyone  —  Did Gallup just blame Nate Silver for ruining the art and science of polling?  —  You don't have to read too far between the lines of a statement …
Turi Munthe / Demotix:
Demotix acquired by Corbis  —  Dear All, Some big news... Corbis, after investing in us in 2011, is acquiring the whole company to better integrate us into their global news operation.  You can read the press release here.  The acquisition represents an enormous step towards our goal …
Rajeev Syal / Guardian:
Tory party's News Corp links face fresh scrutiny over lobbyist's role  —  James Wild, who oversaw BSkyB account of lobbying firm Hanover, to advise minister responsible for competition law  —  A lobbyist who oversaw his company's BSkyB account during Rupert Murdoch's attempt to gain control …
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Staffers Vote To Ratify New Deal  —  After almost two years of contentious negotiations with management, New York Times staffers voted to ratify a new contract on Tuesday, the Newspaper Guild of New York announced.  The deal, which is valid through March 30, 2016 …
Josh Ong / The Next Web:
Following on Microsoft's $300 million investment, Barnes & Noble releases Windows 8 NOOK app  —  Barnes & Noble and Microsoft completed formation of their joint e-reading venture last month and the first fruits of their collaboration have finally emerged in the form of the NOOK app for Windows 8 and Windows RT.
Discussion: paidContent, The Verge and Mashable!
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Universal Music Group nearing its digital tipping point  —  For the world's biggest music label, the days of revenue decline are over — and soon, it will be surviving mostly on digital money.  —  Universal Music Group, home to Lady Gaga and U2, on Tuesday reported that revenue …
Roy Peter Clark / Poynter:
The 6 media distortions that magnify national disappointments  —  I made a mental list today of the institutions that have been stained by recent sexual scandals and came up with: the Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts of America, Penn State University, the BBC, the CIA, Congress …
Steven Rosenbaum / Forbes:
The Cost of Cutting Cable  —  It is all my wife's fault.  More than a year ago, after I'd written a number of blog posts about the importance of choice in video, and the fact that cable was dragging their feet in the a la carte world, she called my bluff.  “Ok, if you're so sure there's better stuff …
Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:
New Fox app enables television commerce  —  The new FoxNow application provides viewers with enhanced interactive and social features related to the network's shows.  (Fox Broadcast Network)  —  For decades, networks have experimented with T-commerce — technologies that would allow viewers …
Discussion: AppNewser
 
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Tuesday Q&A: Tumblr editor Jessica Bennett on new platforms for news and the rise of the GIF
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Bryan Cranston, Padma Lakshmi, Newt Gingrich, Matt Lauer, Michael Nutter cast non-Obama votes …
Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
L.A. Times Wins $266K From Photographer David Strick
Discussion: LA Observed
Reuters:
Former Disney CEO Eisner back in moviemaking with Universal
David Holmes / PandoDaily:
News app editor Lauren Rabaino brings a startup mentality to the Seattle Times
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
First female editor named at Broadcasting & Cable
Discussion: TechCrunch
 Earlier Picks: 
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Book publisher earnings roundup: Hachette, Random House
Bloomberg:
NBC Universal Said to Cut About 450 Jobs Across Units
Discussion: Media Decoder
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Reporter on Newsnight film questioned by BIJ
Discussion: The Times and Telegraph
Harrison Weber / The Next Web:
Vimeo previews upcoming pay-to-view service for creators, coming to PRO members early 2013
Discussion: Gizmodo
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Inside Forbes: Journalists Need to Understand the Ad Business, Not Sulk and Go Home
Discussion: Poynter, CJR, AdAge and Big News Network.com