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3:10 PM ET, May 14, 2013

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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
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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.
nycsouthpaw / BuzzFeed:
Republicans In Congress Killed A Media Shield Law That Would Have Protected The Associated Press  —  The defeated bill would have required approval from a federal court before reporters' phone records were subpoenaed.  Darrell Issa, who condemned the AP subpoena Monday, was one of only 21 House Members to vote against the bill.
The Huffington Post:
Jay Carney On DOJ's AP Records Scandal: ‘Wholly Inappropriate’ To Comment  —  Jay Carney endured an unrelenting grilling on Tuesday about what media watchdogs have called unprecedented actions by the Department of Justice to secretly obtain months of Associated Press phone records.
Discussion: The Week
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
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: ‘No evidence of significant photo manipulation’ in Paul Hansen's award-winning shot  —  World Press Photo says Paul Hansen's photo of mourners in Gaza was “retouched with respect to both global and local color and tone.  Beyond this, however, we find no evidence of significant photo manipulation or compositing.”
Discussion: worldpressphoto.org
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Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:
How the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year was faked with Photoshop
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 …
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.
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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Howard Kurtz isn't the problem at The Daily Beast, it's Tina Brown
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