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5:35 PM ET, April 19, 2013

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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
It Wasn't Sunil Tripathi: The Anatomy of a Misinformation Disaster  —  How a terrible misidentification of two people with no connection to the Boston bombing spread so far, so fast  —  In the middle of the last night's nearly unbelievable turn of events, for a few hours …
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Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
On a wild night of news, a remarkable press performance  —  Last night was one of the wildest nights of news I can ever recall.  —  With Boston already on edge in the wake of the bombing of the Boston Marathon, the two suspects fingered by the FBI on Thursday set off on a rampage.
Choire Sicha / The Awl:
Is Your Social Media Editor Destroying Your News Organization Today? … Over the last few years, most media companies have taken on social media editors, lots of them young-ish, lots of them “digital natives.”  (Some neither, of course!)  Many of their jobs are construed as helping newsrooms …
Discussion: TechCrunch
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Pete Williams and the threat to CNN  —  NBC's Pete Williams is currently trending worldwide on Twitter — and not without merit.  On a major story that has been defined by inaccurate and conflicting reports and wild speculation, Williams has been calm, dilligent and correct.
Alex Hern / New Statesman:
Reddit, Boston and the missing student  —  When crowdsourcing goes wrong.  —  The FBI's two suspect photos. … On 16 March, Sunil Tripathi, a student at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, went missing, leaving behind a cryptic note.  His whereabouts are still unknown …
Steven Musil / CNET:
Twitter, BBC America announce video partnership  —  The pair will offer the first “in-tweet branded video synced to entertainment TV series,” according to a BBC America tweet.  —  It looks like Twitter is ready to make its rumored foray into the TV business.
Reuters:
Penguin offers to scrap Apple e-book deals to end EU antitrust case  —  (Reuters) - British media group Pearson's Penguin unit has offered to scrap e-book deals with Apple that imposed price restrictions on Amazon and other retailers, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of Pulitzers, paywalls, and investing in the newsroom  —  Noteworthy in the 2013 Pulitzer announcements are the multiple winners.  The New York Times won four and the Star Tribune two.  Having just wrapped up a session on paywalls at the NAA mediaXchange conference in Orlando …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
FT avoids compulsory redundancies as 30 journalists leave  —  The Financial Times has withdrawn the threat compulsory redundancies, according to the National Union of Journalists.  —  In January the paper announced it was seeking to drop 35 editorial positions - and hire ten new digital journalists …
Stan Schroeder / Mashable:
Fujitsu Develops Technology That Turns Paper Into a Touchscreen  —  We're quickly getting used to the fact that computer, smartphone and tablet screens are meant to be touched — but what about paper?  —  Fujitsu has developed a technology that detects objects your finger is touching in the real world …
Discussion: CNET
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Press regulation: minor bloggers excluded from exemplary damages  —  Political parties reach agreement on ‘micro businesses’ with turnover of less than £2m for amendment to crime and courts bill  —  Bloggers with a turnover of less than £2m annually and fewer than 10 employees …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
ITV News crew forced to leave Bahrain ahead of grand prix  —  Rageh Omaar's team detained by police and asked to leave country as tensions mount ahead of weekend's F1 race  —  Rageh Omaar's ITV News team has been forced to leave Bahrain ahead of this weekend's controversial Formula One race following a dispute with the authorities.
 
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