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2:57 AM ET, March 11, 2013

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
The Danger of Suppressing the Leaks  —  IMAGINE if American citizens never learned about the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.  Imagine not knowing about the brutal treatment of terror suspects at United States government “black sites.”  Or about the drone program that is expanding under President Obama …
Discussion: @katehnyc and @mlcalderone
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Bill Keller / New York Times:
Private Manning's Confidant  —  In early 2010, Pfc. Bradley Manning methodically uploaded a digital mother lode of classified United States military and diplomatic documents to the Internet insurgents of WikiLeaks.  As everyone knows, WikiLeaks made these secret archives available to a few major news outlets, including this one.
Discussion: @mlcalderone and Pressing Issues
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Hyperlocal cooties  —  Another hyperlocal venture is struggling, and each time this happens, I fear hyperlocal gets more cooties.  But I refuse to give up hope because there's a reason for each fall, there's much still to do, and it's still early.  —  The latest: Carll Tucker's Daily Voice …
Discussion: NJ News Commons and yelvington.com
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Revenge of the sources  —  I understand why a professional journalist like Nate Thayer would be frustrated at being asked to work for “exposure” rather than work for pay, though I think it's unprofessional to vent that frustration by publishing the e-mails and the name of the junior editor who made the request.
Bill Mickey / Folio:
Content Subscription Site NSFW Corp. Expanding into Print  —  Initial print run capped at 5,000 copies.  —  Paul Carr, a former TechCrunch writer, is prepping a relaunch of his NSFW Corp., a subscription-based content site featuring a comedic spin on current and world events that he launched last year.
Discussion: SEO Book
David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
The Weather Channel's Secret Plan  —  And that's just the start of the forecasting behemoth's plans for global domination.  Say goodbye to your local weatherman. … As a late-winter snowstorm barreled down from the Midwest, threatening the mid-Atlantic, David Kenny, the Weather Channel's CEO …
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Rob O'Regan / eMedia Vitals:   Native advertising and the role of ‘brand editors’
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk Says His Only Regret In NYT Controversy Was Not Rebutting The Rebuttal  —  During this afternoon's keynote interview at South by Southwest Interactive, Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk briefly addressed his recent back-and-forth with The New York Times about a negative article by writer John Broder, which Musk said was “false.”
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
How the fastest-growing media site could help Democrats win the next election  —  Upworthy, a viral media site, is less than a year old but already has more than 9 million monthly viewers.  That outpaces the early days of other viral sites like BuzzFeed and Business Insider …
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Juan Williams' plagiarism problem  —  EXCLUSIVE: Fox News pundit blames researcher for word-for-word similarities.  “Unacceptable,” says Hill editor  —  Fox News pundit Juan Williams lifted — sometimes word for word — from a Center for American Progress report, without ever attributing the information …
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Erik Wemple:   Juan Williams plagiarism case and the plight of the researcher
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Netflix Series Spending Revealed … Netflix may be notoriously secretive about the economics of its original programming, but not everyone who works with the streaming service works quite the same way.  —  CAA TV literary agent Peter Micelli was forthcoming about how Netflix …
Discussion: The Verge and Business Insider
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
For Social Media Viewing, Twitter Is Live TV; Facebook Is DVR  —  When you follow someone on Twitter, you see everything they post.  When you follow someone on Facebook, it decides what you see.  Which is right?  I'd say both, and it comes down to the live TV versus DVR personalities of each service.
Discussion: GigaOM, Businessweek and eMedia Vitals
 
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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
“We're going to tell people how to interview databases”: The rise of data (big and small) in journalism
Discussion: Forbes and @tcarmody
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Like Amazon, Apple wants to create a marketplace for used digital goods
David Folkenflik / NPR:
News Corp. Education Tablet: For The Love Of Learning?
Discussion: Forbes and Media & Entertainment
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Coming soon: A long-form digital magazine for Brooklyn, near and far
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Rupert Murdoch: CNN Has ‘Sharpened Up’ Since Zucker
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The ‘Times’ names a new culture editor: Danielle Mattoon
Neo-Guido / Guy Fawkes' blog:
Audio Tape Reveals Mark Thompson DID Know About Savile
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Aereo vs. FilmOn: A New Day, Another Lawsuit
Discussion: Betabeat