Mediagazer: Biden's office forces reporter to delete photos, apologizes (Andrew Beaujon/Poynter)

4:35 PM ET, March 14, 2013

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We're Building A Reader — Like many of you, we were dismayed to learn that Google will be shutting down its much-loved, if under-appreciated, Google Reader on July 1st. Through its many incarnations, Google Reader has remained a solid and reliable tool for those who want to ensure …

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Digg announces plan to build an RSS reader with 'the best of Google Reader's features,' including its API — Following Google's announcement to kill off Google Reader on July 1st, Digg on Thursday revealed it is building an RSS reader. The company is planning to reproduce many of the features …

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Om Malik / GigaOM:

Google Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects — You would think that Chris Wetherell, an early creator of Google Reader (and part of the team that eventually made it happen) would be feeling sorry for himself — after all Google had decided to euthanize a product he …

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Google Reader, please don't go — I need you to do my job — When I learned Wednesday night that Google Reader is shutting down, I literally broke into a sweat. Like many journalists, I've come to rely on the 242 RSS subscriptions I manage through Google Reader.

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John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Google Reader Still Drives Far More Traffic Than Google+ — The beloved but doomed Google Reader is still a healthy source of traffic. Google+, on the other hand... According to data from the BuzzFeed network, a set of tracked partner sites that collectively have over 300 million users …

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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Google Reader's demise is awful for Iranians, who use it to avoid censorship

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Jim Romenesko:

Boston Phoenix is folding — Boston's alt-weekly, founded in 1966, is closing. I'm waiting for more information to post.

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Chris Hayes to Take Over 8 P.M. Slot on MSNBC — Chris Hayes will take over the 8 p.m. time slot on MSNBC in the next month, the channel is expected to announce on Thursday morning, the day after the current host of that hour, Ed Schultz, said he was moving from the weekdays to the weekends.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Biden's office forces reporter to delete photos, apologizes — A staffer for Vice President Joe Biden demanded that a reporter delete photos he'd taken at an event in Rockville, Md., Tuesday. The vice president's office later apologized to University of Maryland J-school Dean Lucy Dalglish …

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Press Gazette:

Cameron urges Parliament to back Royal Charter: 'There is no point producing a system the press won't take part in' — David Cameron said that press owners would have refused to sign up to the system of press regulation backed by statute called for by Labour and the Lib Dems.

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Andrew Woodcock / Press Association:
Leveson press reform proposal discussions break down

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

CBS Brings Ad-Sponsored Streaming TV To iPhone And iPad; Social Integration, Android & Windows 8 Support Still To Come — CBS is today introducing a new iOS application for iPad and iPhone, which brings its television programming to mobile devices, offering full episodes for streaming a week after they originally air.

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Spinoff of Time Inc. Rattles Employees — It was an elite reception at a glittery Manhattan setting: prominent media figures like Gayle King and Lesley Stahl gathered on the 10th floor of the Time Warner Center on Monday night to toast Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook executive who recently released a book about her life.

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David Corn / Mother Jones:

Meet Scott Prouty, the 47 Percent Video Source — For months, he and I shared a big secret and repeatedly discussed whether he should go public or stay hidden. — “Scott Prouty.” — The fellow on the other end of the phone call pronounced his name with hesitation.

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Paul Salopek's slow-journalism walk around the world earns nonprofit status from the IRS — You may remember Paul Salopek from our story about him in December. Paul, a two-time Pulitzer winner and a longtime foreign correspondent, was here last year as a visiting Nieman Fellow …

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Wall Street Journal:

Facebook Working on Incorporating the Hashtag — Facebook Inc. is getting ready to take on a symbol of rival Twitter: the hashtag. — Facebook is working on incorporating the hashtag, one of Twitter Inc.'s most iconic markers, into its service, said people familiar with the matter.

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg Tech Blog:

The New York Times Has Two Chief Financial Officers — After selling off assets, New York Times Co. is left with two chiefs tasked with managing its finances. … New York Times Co. has too many people at the top. After it sells the Boston Globe, the company will have two chief financial …

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Sources: Olbermann's inability to get a job cited in Current TV settlement — Keith Olbermann has settled his $50 million lawsuit with Current TV, bringing an end to the almost year-long legal dispute over the outspoken host's dismissal from the liberal news network.

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Jake Tapper: ‘Independence Is Essential’ For New CNN Show — NEW YORK — As white smoke signaled the selection of a new pope Wednesday, Jake Tapper's executive producer informed him they'd have to blow up the day's show to focus on the big news from the Vatican. — Well, not an actual show.

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