Mediagazer: On a wild night of news, a remarkable press performance (Ryan Chittum/Columbia Journalism Review)

2:50 PM ET, April 19, 2013

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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 …

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.

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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 …

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Will Oremus / Slate:

Reddit vs. the Media — Two days after the tragedy, Wolf Blitzer of CNN attracts a crowd as he waits to go on air in Copley Square, close to the site of the Boston Marathon bombings, on April 17, 2013. Boston has been inundated with media from around the country and the world.

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The Daily Beast:
How the Internet Accused a High School Student of Terrorism

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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 …

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.

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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

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 …

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.

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Rolf Harris lawyers cited Leveson in attempt to suppress news of arrest — Harbottle & Lewis said report into press standards proposed only naming arrest suspects in exceptional circumstances — Lawyers for Rolf Harris used a controversial passage in the Leveson report to try to dissuade …

Discussion: Guardian

Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

Amazon Studios Releases Pilots Online … LONDON — Amazon Studios has released the first wave of pilots for its original comedy and children's skeins to let Amazon users help pick which will be ordered to series. — The eight adult comedy pilots and six children's pilots went live via Amazon Instant Video …

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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.

Discussion: EU Press Room, TechCrunch, PublishersWeekly.com and AppleInsider