Mediagazer: iHeartRadio hits 30M registered users, but it's a far cry from Pandora's 200M (Sean Ludwig/VentureBeat)

10:20 PM ET, May 13, 2013

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Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news.

Erin Madigan White / Associated Press:

AP responds to intrusive DOJ seizure of journalists' phone records — The U.S. Department of Justice notified The Associated Press on Friday, May 10, that it had secretly obtained telephone records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP journalists and offices, including cell and home phone lines.

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Matthew Winkler / Bloomberg:

Holding Ourselves Accountable — As I wrote in “The Bloomberg Way,” our guide for reporters and editors, “The appearance of impropriety can be as damaging to a reputation as doing something improper. Because we hold others accountable for disclosure, we expect the same of ourselves.

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Thousands of confidential Bloomberg terminal messages allegedly posted online

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping

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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Did Bloomberg reporters “snoop” on clients? Depends on what you call snooping

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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Michael Bloomberg Declines To Comment On The Terminal Tracking At Bloomberg News

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Wall Street Journal:

ESPN, Twitter Expand Collaboration — ESPN and Twitter Inc. are announcing a major expansion of their collaboration to post sports-related videos on the short-messaging service, part of a growing wave of tie-ups as TV networks and Twitter hunt for new advertising revenue.

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Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

iHeartRadio hits 30M registered users, but it's a far cry from Pandora's 200M — Clear Channel-owned streaming radio service iHeartRadio announced today that it has surpassed 30 million registered users less than two years after its relaunch. — iHeartRadio streams customized radio stations …

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

New research finds 92 percent of news consumption is still on legacy platforms — Here is a surprising statistic from leading consultants McKinsey and Company: When you measure news consumption in the U.S. by time spent, rather than raw audience numbers, digital platforms are getting only 8 percent of the action.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Reporter shot in New Orleans violence — Deborah Cotton was in “guarded but stable condition” Sunday night after being hit by gunfire in New Orleans, Kevin Allman reports. Cotton returned to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina “more determined than ever to write, videotape and chronicle the city's culture …

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

As TV Ratings and Profits Fall, Networks Face a Cliffhanger — As the major television networks prepare to unveil their new fall lineups in New York this week, they face threats from seemingly every corner. — Prime-time ratings for the Big Four broadcasters — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox …

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Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:

How the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year was faked with Photoshop — It turns out that the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year — the largest and most prestigious press photography award — was, in actual fact, a fake. The World Press Photo association hasn't yet stripped the photographer …

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Adam Horowitz / Mondoweiss:

‘Newseum’ folds under pressure, will not include Gaza cameramen in program honoring fallen journalists — Last week we reported Israel supporters were pressuring the Newseum to drop two Palestinian journalists, Mahmoud al-Kumi and Hussam Salama, from its yearly event honoring reporters killed in the line of duty.