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9:45 PM ET, February 14, 2013

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John M. Broder / New York Times:
That Tesla Data: What It Says and What It Doesn't  —  The Model S at the Tesla Supercharger in the Interstate 95 service plaza in Milford, Conn.  —  Elon Musk , the chief executive of Tesla Motors, has now responded in detail to the account of my test drive of his Model S electric car …
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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Conflicting Assertions Over an Electric Car Test Drive  —  Let me get this out of the way up front: This blog post will not be the definitive word on the contentious subject of a Times article in Sunday's Automobiles section.  It's just an early effort to put some claims and counterclaims out there, while I continue to look into it.
Discussion: AdAge, Joho the Blog, Engadget and The Verge
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Tesla vs. The New York Times: Everyone's A Media Company Now
Jim Romenesko:
[UPDATED] Jayson Blair got $3,000 to speak at an ethics forum in 2009  —  In the fall of 2009, Edward Wasserman invited disgraced journalist Jayson Blair to speak at Washington and Lee University's Journalism Ethics Institute.  The title of his talk was “Lessons Learned.”  —  Did people protest it?
Discussion: @jeffjohnroberts
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of zero and The New York Times  —  Perhaps zero is the loneliest number.  —  That's the number The New York Times Co. — the United States' second largest newspaper company — ended up with 2012, as it reported revenues last week.  The most accurate number …
Discussion: Crikey and @jayrosen_nyu
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nate Silver: I might stop blogging if it influences election results  —  New York Times statistician Nate Silver told an audience at Washington University this week that he might stop writing his influential FiveThirtyEight blog were it to start influencing election results.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Incoming BBC Boss Unveils First Personnel Decisions  —  UPDATED: Tony Hall expands Tim Davie's role as head of BBC Worldwide and names BBC News director Helen Boaden as head of BBC Radio.  —  Incoming BBC boss Tony Hall has made first major personnel decisions.
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Guardian:
Helen Boaden's memo to BBC staff
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
The AP's Budding Ad Business  —  This is the era of going direct to consumer.  From HBO to brands in general, companies that rely on intermediaries are now forging direct relationships with people.  —  The Associated Press is no different.  Its primary syndication business …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
For CNN, Cruise Ship Coverage by ‘Air, Land and Sea’  —  There are a number of ways to get ahead in the cable news world.  One way is partisan talk about the news, as exemplified by shows on MSNBC and Fox News.  Another way is personality-based — think Bill O'Reilly and Joe Scarborough.
David Carr / Media Decoder:
Time Inc., the Unwanted Party Guest Being Pushed Out the Door  —  How toxic have print assets become?  This toxic: Media companies have begun to quarantine them.  —  On Wednesday, Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the country, found itself at the wrong end of a 10-foot pole.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Barnes & Noble warns investors to expect more bad Nook news  —  It's only been a couple of months since Barnes & Noble downgraded guidance for its Nook business.  Now the company is doing so again.  —  In a press release sent out after the market closed Wednesday, Barnes & Noble said it …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Google must act quickly on libellous Blogger posts, says appeal court  —  Landmark ruling that tech giant could be liable for comments if it has been notified of them and failed to remove them  —  Google may have to act quicker to remove potentially libellous posts from its Blogger platform following …
Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Broadcasters blame zombie hack on easy passwords  —  (Reuters) - Poor password security allowed hackers to broadcast a bogus warning on TV networks that the United States was under attack by zombies, broadcasters said, and one expert in the technology said the emergency channel they broke into remained vulnerable.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Vimeo Gets Its Own GIF App by Buying Echograph  —  Digital media question of the moment: What's your GIF strategy?  —  I don't know why the digital hive mind has fixated on GIFs and GIF-like animations in the last year, and I don't know how much longer they'll be interested in them.  But for now, they are.
Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
CBS Profit Misses Estimates as Streaming Revenue Slumps  —  CBS Corp., owner of the most-watched U.S. television network, posted fourth-quarter results that missed analysts' estimates as online licensing fees declined.  The company announced a $1 billion stock buyback.
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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