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3:55 PM ET, April 16, 2013

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Reporters Ran In Boston Marathon Before Covering Tragedy  —  When New York Times reporter John Eligon got out the shower on Monday afternoon, he saw a text message from a friend asking if he was okay.  Eligon had just returned to his hotel after running the Boston Marathon, so the question wasn't out of the ordinary.
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Jon Slattery:
Brazilian newspaper adapts race poster to show horror of the Boston Marathon bomb attacks  —  The Newseum in Washington has front pages from around the world on the bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon.  One, Diario do Comercio, published in Sao Paulo, Brazil, took the official poster …
Discussion: AdAge, Capital New York and Mediaite
Erik Wemple:
New York Post: 12 still dead in bombings that killed at least 3  —  The New York Post yesterday proved its editorial independence.  While nearly the entire media was reporting a death toll of two from the Boston bombings, the New York Post went with 12.  —  Since then, authorities have moved the toll to at least three dead.
Discussion: New York Post and Guardian
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Boston explosions: Twitter acts as journalism's ombudsman
Bloomberg:
Twitter Said to Seek Deals With Viacom, NBC to Feature TV Online  —  Twitter Inc. is close to reaching partnerships with television networks that would bring more high-quality video content and advertising to the social site, according to people familiar with the matter.
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Pulitzer goes to New York Times ‘Snow Fall’ journalist  —  The Pulitzer for feature writing was given to the Times's John Branch ‘for his evocative narrative’  —  Copyright: By AMagill on Flickr.  Some rights reserved.  —  The journalist behind multimedia long-form feature Snow Fall …
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Erik Maza / WWD:
Pulitzer Board Continues to Snub the Wall Street Journal's Reporting
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
This is why Apple wants to launch iRadio  —  Apple is still dominating the digital download business, with eight out of ten digital music buyers getting their tracks from iTunes in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to new numbers released Tuesday by the NPD Group.
Discussion: New York Times, GeekWire and The Verge
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Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon gains against Apple's iTunes in music downloads
Discussion: NPD Group
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
NPR Says It Was Hacked by ‘Syrian Electronic Army’  —  The U.S. public radio station says its website and several Twitter accounts were taken over by the group said to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.  —  NPR says several of its news services - including NPR.org …
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Time Warner Cable to Offer Live Mobile TV for Apple Devices  —  Time Warner Cable Inc., the second- largest U.S. cable operator, is adding live out-of-home programming for the first time to its TWC TV application, letting customers watch shows on Apple Inc. (AAPL) mobile devices.
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
The Guardian's new GuardianWitness app opens up reporting to the masses  —  Guardian News & Media, the Guardian Media Group division responsible for publishing Guardian.co.uk and Guardiannews.com in the US, has announced a new platform enabling the public to submit content directly to Guardian journalists.
Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:
Digital advertising reaches a record $36.6 billion in 2012  —  Digital advertising revenues reached a record $36.6 billion in 2012, propelled in part by triple-digit growth in mobile advertising and strong gains in video, according to newly released statistics from the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
NPR Series on Race Aims to Build a Wider Audience  —  NPR's race, ethnicity and culture reporting initiative will make its broadcast debut this week with a four-part series called “Changing Races” for the morning and evening news programs.  —  The digital part of the initiative, a blog called Code Switch, started a week ago.
Discussion: FishbowlDC
David Meyer / GigaOM:
Twitter forces Flattr to stop letting users tip ‘favorited’ tweets  —  Less than a month after Flattr made it possible to leave virtual tips for tweeters by favoriting tweets, Twitter has told the Swedish micropayments company to cut it out.  —  Flattr, co-founded by The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde, is quite a simple system.
 
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Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
Esquire Network Pushes Launch Date Back to Summer
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Philadelphia Inquirer & the Daily News launch pay sites
Discussion: Philly.com and News & Tech
Justin Rocket Silverman / Fast Company:
Cory Booker's #Waywire Gets New Video Tools, Partners With CollegeHumor, HuffPost Live
Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:
DMGT chairman Lord Rothermere admits even MailOnline is considering freemium model
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Facebook partners with Rovi to bring more in-depth movie and TV content info to user profiles
Discussion: CNET and Rovi
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Andrew Gilligan / Telegraph:
EU pours millions into groups seeking state control of press
Discussion: The Drum and Daily Mail
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
DreamWorks Animation to Add Lucian Grainge, Jason Kilar to Board of Directors
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Pearson sells off South African stake
Discussion: Bloomberg
BBC:
James Harding appointed Director, BBC News and Current Affairs
Discussion: @joshhalliday and BBC
Mac Tully / Mercury News:
Sale of Mercury News building won't change commitment to Silicon Valley
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM