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2:20 PM 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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Michael H. Miller / The New York Observer:
Just a Crook?  Pentagon Papers Lawyer Thinks Obama Is Worse Than Nixon  —  James C. Goodale, the so-called “father of reporters' privilege” and the author of a new book called Fighting for the Press (CUNY Journalism Press, 255 pp., $20), was in his office at the Debevoise & Plimpton law firm …
Discussion: Mediaite and Broadcasting & Cable
Jon Swaine / @jonswaine:
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.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
nycsouthpaw / BuzzFeed:
Republicans In Congress Killed A Media Shield Law That Would Have Protected The Associated Press
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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Wall Street Journal:
FDIC and Bloomberg In Contact Over Data
Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …
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.
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 …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
World Press Photo will investigate Paul Hansen's award-winning shot  —  World Press Photo tells Huffington Post U.K. that it has “no reason to doubt” that Paul Hansen's photo of mourners in Gaza is legitimate.  But “to curtail further speculation -and with full cooperation by Paul Hansen …
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Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:
How the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year was faked with Photoshop
Reuters:
Britain charges reporter on Murdoch's Sun in corruption probe  —  British prosecutors have charged a reporter on Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper over alleged payments of more than 17,000 pounds ($26,000) to officials for details of confidential government spending plans.
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Atlantic Media to Launch Another Digital-First Brand, for Defense Community  —  Six months after launching digital business site Quartz, Atlantic Media is preparing to roll out its fifth brand and second “digital-first” property.  Defense One, a news and information site for the national security community …
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
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.
Discussion: AdAge, Variety and New York Times
 
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Beth Healy / Boston Globe:
NY Times Co. is ‘pleased’ with the progress of its efforts to sell The Boston Globe
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Michael Wolff / Guardian:
Howard Kurtz isn't the problem at The Daily Beast, it's Tina Brown
Discussion: Capital New York
Maggie Brown / Guardian:
BBC top team blends experience and youth - but where are the women?
Guardian:
Channel 4 content boost results in £29m loss
Discussion: Media Week
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Wall Street Journal:
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