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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Former C.I.A. Officer Is the First to Face Prison for a Classified Leak — WASHINGTON — Looking back, John C. Kiriakou admits he should have known better. But when the F.B.I. called him a year ago and invited him to stop by and “help us with a case,” he did not hesitate.
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@krmaher and @shephardm
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
When Reporters Get Personal — BILL GRUESKIN remembers being an editor at The Wall Street Journal in 2004 when Farnaz Fassihi's e-mail, meant for a few friends' eyes only, began to circle the globe. Ms. Fassihi, an Iranian-American, was a reporter for The Journal, and the exposure of her views …
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@andrewdonohue and @jayrosen_nyu
Erik Maza / WWD:
New York Observer Taps New Editor in Chief — OBSERVING CHANGE: “Change is constant at the Observer.” That's how the editor in chief of the New York Observer, Aaron Gell, summed up his demotion during a 25-minute Friday afternoon staff meeting at the paper's West Side offices.
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Capital New York
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Kurson's ‘Observer’ meant to appeal to ‘Staten Island first responders, second-generation NYers in Forest Hills’ — “I hope I'm wrong, but the Observer as we know it died today.” — That's the reaction one New York Observer employee had on Friday afternoon to Ken Kurson's first meeting …
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@espiers and JIMROMENESKO.COM
David Westin / The Huffington Post:
Consider the Source — Peter Jennings would have loved it. A former vice president is going into business with the Emir of Qatar to bring us a cable news channel focused on the Arab world. In one bold stroke we have lots of money going into news, disruption of the old order …
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Financial Times and Chickaboomer
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Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Many newspaper stocks beat market in 2012 — After getting shellacked in 2011, a number of newspaper stocks rebounded sharply last year, with five out of nine publicly held publishers handily outpacing the broader market. On average, newspaper stocks rose 20.8% in 2012 …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Pelosi: Altered photograph was ‘accurate historical record’ — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended her office's use of Photoshop to represent some female lawmakers who arrived late for a photo shoot. … Kenny Irby, Poynter's senior faculty for visual journalism …
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NPPA Blogs, Mediaite, ABCNEWS, Washington Post and New York Magazine
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Mental health reporters say Newtown shooting coverage shows progress — When I looked at the state of reporting on mental-health issues after the Newtown, Conn., shootings, I saw a forbidding landscape. John Head sees improvement. When he started reporting on mental health …
CNN:
Online outrage over Ohio rape case prompts city website — Steubenville, Ohio (CNN) — Amid social media pressure and allegations of a cover-up, leaders in Steubenville, Ohio, have launched a website to keep the community updated on a rape case that has consumed the small Ohio town.
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The Raw Story, New York Magazine, ABCNEWS, Pressing Issues and The Week
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Clipped launches as a Flipboard competitor, using natural language processing to better curate news — Finding ways to keep track of what's happening in the world and in various markets can be pretty difficult, especially on mobile devices. People are interested in seeking out new ways …
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Hulu CEO is leaving as company wrestles with future — It's finally happened. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar announced today that he will be walking away from the video site by the end of this quarter. SVP and Chief Technology Officer Rich Tom will be heading out the door with him.
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Bloomberg, Media Decoder, Broadcasting & Cable, AdAge, CNNMoney.com, GeekWire, FierceOnlineVideo News, Mashable!, Adweek, Home Media Magazine and CNET
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Anna Heim / The Next Web:
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and CTO Rich Tom to leave company in Q1
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The Wrap, Hulu Blog, @jbflint, @danprimack, Hollywood Reporter, @antderosa, The Verge, @antderosa, @sdkstl, Business Insider and @pkafka
Reuters:
Britain's top tabloid scolds Argentina over the Falklands — (Reuters) - Britain's biggest-selling newspaper had a simple message for Argentina in an editorial published on Friday in the South American country: “HANDS OFF” the Falkland Islands. — The seven-paragraph epistle …
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The Sun
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
BuzzFeed valued at $200 million, leading new class of media upstarts — Business plan lulz at BuzzFeed's office way back in 2010 Scott Beale / Laughing Squid — Updated at 4:13 p.m. ET with a valuation for Business Insider. — BuzzFeed, the six-year-old website that blends coverage …
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AdPulp and Corporate Intelligence
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