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9:20 AM ET, May 14, 2013

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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
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.
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Condemnation Of DOJ's AP Probe Continues; Carl Bernstein Calls It ‘Inexcusable’  —  The Obama administration woke up on Tuesday to another morning of scorching criticism about the Justice Department's decision to secretly obtain months of Associated Press phone records.
Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:
Source: Bloomberg Was Supposed to Cut Off Spying Last Year, But Didn't  —  A high-ranking newsroom official for Bloomberg News was ordered last year to cut off reporters' access to information about how clients used the company's information terminals, according to a former Bloomberg reporter, but the spying continued anyway.
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Heidi Moore / Guardian:
The Bloomberg ‘snooping scandal’ is completely overblown  —  Bloomberg was using pretty standard ‘big data’ on users to get a slight edge.  It's exactly what Wall Street tries to do  —  Bloomberg News has been accused of violating the privacy of its users by collecting their personal contact information …
Wall Street Journal:
FDIC and Bloomberg In Contact Over Data  —  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and other government agencies have been in contact with Bloomberg LP in the wake of last week's disclosure that its journalists until recently had access to certain customer data, according to people familiar with the matter.
DealBook:
American Investor Targets Sony for a Breakup  —  Updated  —  An American hedge fund billionaire known for starting big fights has called for a breakup of the entertainment and electronic colossus Sony, according to people briefed on the matter, possibly setting off a battle that could roil Japan's famously staid corporate culture.
Wall Street Journal:
ESPN, Twitter Expand Tie-Up  —  Sports Network to Increase Highlights on Messaging Service, Generating Ad Sales  —  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 …
Jonathan Skillings / CNET:
Aereo gets set for Atlanta debut  —  The capital of Georgia will be the third city to get the TV streaming service, following New York and, from tomorrow, Boston.  —  Aereo is getting on a roll, with plans now to bring its streaming TV service to Atlanta.  —  The Atlanta launch is scheduled …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Sandvine: Netflix owns one-third of North American traffic at peak, has doubled its mobile share in 12 months  —  Once again, broadband Internet service tracking firm Sandvine has released its latest report for North America, and once again, Netflix is ruling Internet usage.
Discussion: GigaOM, AllThingsD and Softpedia News
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
‘Colin was here’: Sky News Twitter account hacked  —  Sky News's breaking stories Twitter feed was hacked this morning.  —  One rogue tweet saying “Colin was here”, was left on the feed at 11.52am.  —  It was retweeted more than 7,000 times before being deleted.
Discussion: Softpedia News
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Advertisers Will Spend Nearly $10 Billion This Week On A Broken TV Model  —  This week, advertisers will sit down with the broadcast TV networks and hash out their “upfront” ad buying deals for the year.  —  The talks are one of advertising's huge, dramatic set-pieces.
 
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
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