Mediagazer: AP responds to intrusive DOJ seizure of journalists' phone records (Erin Madigan White/Associated Press)

7:20 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.

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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.

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping — Reporters at Bloomberg News were trained to use a function on the company's financial data terminals that allowed them to view subscribers' contact information and, in some cases, monitor login activity in order to advance news coverage, more than half a dozen former employees said.

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

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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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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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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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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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David Carr / New York Times:

In New Orleans, Times-Picayune's Monopoly Crumbles — A year after announcing a plan to reorganize The Times-Picayune of New Orleans into a more digitally focused enterprise that produced a newspaper just three days a week — enraging local residents — its owners have added a new innovation …

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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.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

PBS MediaShift starts publishing ebooks; first topics: cord-cutting and self-publishing — PBS's MediaShift is launching a line of ebooks, starting with titles on self-publishing and cord-cutting. Executive Mark Glaser says he plans to release 10 to 20 books this year, depending on how well the first titles do.

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Two strategies: The Washington Post vs. The NYT — Both are great American newspapers, both suffer from the advertising slump and from the transition to digital. But the New York Times' paywall strategy is making a huge difference. — The Washington Post's financials provide a good glance …

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Sun paywall set at £2 with access to Premier League football highlights — Charge will come into effect in August after £30m deal is struck for rights to all 380 Premier League matches a season — The Sun is to introduce a paywall from 1 August with a £2 per week charge …

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