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4:35 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.

Molly Redden / New Republic:

Boston Marathon Bombing Showed Globe, Herald's Strengths — Immediately after a pair of explosions wracked the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, those who turned to the city's two major newsrooms for facts would have found that both the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald's websites were down.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals and VentureBeat

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

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

The Tiny News Startup That Crashed the Pulitzer Prizes — On the 12th floor of a none-too-modern office building in downtown Brooklyn are the offices of the law firm Kornblau & Kornblau. Tucked away deep in this warren of dim rooms is the brain center of InsideClimate News …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, InsideClimate News and Washington Post

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 …

Discussion: pressgazette.co.uk, New York Times, Denver Post, Guardian and The Pulitzer Prizes

Erik Maza / WWD:
Pulitzer Board Continues to Snub the Wall Street Journal's Reporting

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, FishbowlNY and Capital New York

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.

Discussion: AllThingsD, GigaOM, TechCrunch, Deadline.com, Variety, 24/7 Wall St., VentureBeat, VatorNews, Business Insider, SocialTimes, Marketing Land, Mashable, SlashGear, The Verge, CNET and Engadget

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 …

Discussion: NPR, Poynter, VentureBeat, WMRA, Daily Dot and Softpedia News

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, AppleInsider and The Verge

Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon gains against Apple's iTunes in music downloads

Discussion: NPD Group

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.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, App Advice, Business Insider, dailywireless.org, Engadget and 9to5Mac

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.

Discussion: Guardian, One Man & His Blog, Mashable, 10,000 Words, AppNewser, @rajunarisetti, Journalism.co.uk, Street Fight, @iankatz1000, The Wall Blog and Crave

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.

Discussion: Flattr Blog, VentureBeat, The Awl and eMedia Vitals

Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:

Esquire Network Pushes Launch Date Back to Summer — The move to summer will allow the rebranded G4 network to add more programming — The Esquire Network won't be launching as soon as expected. — The NBCUniversal rebrand of the G4 Network, which was due to kick off April 22 …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Variety, New York Times and Broadcasting & Cable