Mediagazer: CBS Brings Ad-Sponsored Streaming TV To iPhone And iPad; Social Integration, Android & Windows 8 Support Still To Come (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

4:55 PM ET, March 14, 2013

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Reuters' Matthew Keys indicted for conspiring with hacker group ‘Anonymous’ — Matthew Keys, a deputy social media editor at Thomson Reuters, has been charged in an indictment for allegedly conspiring with members of the hacker group “Anonymous” to hack into a Tribune Company website, the Justice Department announced today.

The United States Department of Justice:

Former Web Producer Indicted in California for Conspiring with “Anonymous” Members to Attack Internet News Site — A former web producer for a Tribune Company-owned television station in Sacramento, Calif., was charged today in an indictment for allegedly conspiring with members of the hacker group …

Ryan J. Reilly / @ryanjreilly:

Confirmed, @thematthewkeys has been indicted for working with Anonymous to hack into Tribune Company website.

Discussion: @ryanjreilly

Digg Blog:

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

Discussion: Betabeat, The Atlantic Wire, Mashable! and Marketing Land

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 …

Discussion: Marco.org, Forbes, NYT Bits, TechCrunch, Fast Company, ZDNet, Motherboard, BBC, GeekWire, Dave Winer, Softpedia News, The Dish and Marketing Land

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.

Discussion: Building Feedly, Slate, Inside Flipboard, pressgazette.co.uk, The Next Web, BetaNews, ReadWrite, @carr2n, VentureBeat, Reuters, @editorialiste, @abbruns, @tcarmody, @tcarmody and One Man & His Blog

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:
Google Reader Still Drives Far More Traffic Than Google+

Discussion: Mashable!, ZDNet, TechCrunch, The Daily Beast and Dave Winer

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

Discussion: Forbes, Fortune, The Atlantic Wire, Business Insider and Poynter

Jim Romenesko:

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

Discussion: Boston Globe, @bostonphoenix, 10,000 Words, Poynter, The New York Observer, Media Decoder, bizjournals, talkingnewmedia.blogspot.co.uk, @longform, @monikabauerlein, @talkingnewmedia and @zseward

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 …

Discussion: CNS Maryland, Politico, TechCrunch, The Daily Caller, Reuters, Mediaite, @jayrosen_nyu and The Huffington Post

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.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, AllThingsD, paidContent, Radio & Television …, Home Media Magazine, Broadcasting & Cable, AppNewser, CNET, FierceMobileContent News, The Verge, SlashGear, @ryanlawler, The Next Web, Fox Business, Variety, WebProNews, MacRumors and Adweek

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.

Discussion: Guardian, Big News Network.com and Jon Slattery

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

Discussion: BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, politics.co.uk, Channel 4, Spectator and Hollywood Reporter

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.

Discussion: AllThingsD, TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Verge and Pocket-lint

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.

Discussion: Motley Fool, Media Decoder, FishbowlNY and USA Today

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.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, msnbc.com, Business Insider, Lynn Sweet, The Week and Pressing Issues

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 …

Discussion: dmlp.org

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.

Discussion: Chickaboomer and Forbes

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.

Discussion: FishbowlDC