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12:05 PM ET, March 11, 2013

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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Matt Lauer Finally Talks  —  The Today host tells Howard Kurtz that NBC mishandled Ann Curry's ouster and describes how the network is rebuilding the show.  Plus, his secret talks with Katie Couric.  —  One day last fall, Matt Lauer walked out of his 30 Rock office and took the elevator …
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.
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
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Mail Online expands, has bigger audience in U.S. than in U.K.  —  The Daily Mail's Web presence is “putting more firepower behind expanding its international digital media empire, hiring teams of reporters and ad executives across the US,” Emily Steel and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson report.
Discussion: Financial Times
Tim Peterson / Adweek:
YouTube Co-founder Prepping Possible Rival  —  YouTube has had its share of competition over the years.  Companies like Vimeo and DailyMotion (plus copyright lawsuits and crushing overhead costs) led Chad Hurley and the video-sharing site's co-founders to sell YouTube to Google.
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.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Where WordPress is headed: Longform content, curation and maybe even native ads  —  WordPress is a content company, CEO Matt Mullenweg stressed in a panel Saturday at SXSW Interactive — and longform content is an area that the company is especially interested in.  That could include native ads.
Discussion: AllThingsD, AllThingsD and TechCrunch
Wall Street Journal:
Al Jazeera in Site Hunt  —  Broadcaster Looks at Former New York Times, Other Offices for U.S. Operations  —  Al Jazeera has taken a look at the former New York Times building as part of its hunt for a New York headquarters for the U.S. cable channel it plans to launch in July, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Politico, TVNewser and Business Insider
Jim Romenesko:
WSJ staffers told to ‘stay the course - and accelerate’  —  From: Narisetti, Raju  —  On an average weekday in the last 12 months, our total circulation was 2.3 million for all three print editions of The Wall Street Journal combined.  We should all be very proud of the great print offerings we provide …
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's Quest for Web Names Draws Foes  —  Large and small companies are vying for control of an array of new Internet domain names, but Amazon.com Inc.'s plans are coming under particular scrutiny.  —  Two publishing industry groups, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers …
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
CQ Roll Call Continues Digital Expansion With New Blogs  —  Since Economist Group properties CQ and Roll Call merged in November 2012, slashing staff and tearing down its online paywall, RollCall.com claims a 67 percent increase in unique visitors.  Now, with its print advertising shrinking …
Discussion: FishbowlDC
 
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Matt Moore / Associated Press:
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Tom Whitehead / Telegraph:
Self-published authors hit by Amazon online royalties cut
David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
The Weather Channel's Secret Plan
Bill Mickey / Folio:
Content Subscription Site NSFW Corp. Expanding into Print
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
How the fastest-growing media site could help Democrats win the next election
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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, bookforum.com and @tcarmody
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Netflix Series Spending Revealed
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
For Social Media Viewing, Twitter Is Live TV; Facebook Is DVR
Discussion: GigaOM and Businessweek
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Like Amazon, Apple wants to create a marketplace for used digital goods
Discussion: TeleRead and Consumerist
Rob O'Regan / eMedia Vitals:
Native advertising and the role of ‘brand editors’
Discussion: Reuters