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1:05 PM ET, May 15, 2013

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New York Times:
Holder Defends Justice Department in Journalists' Records Seizure  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's sweeping seizure of telephone records of Associated Press journalists, describing the article by The A.P. that prompted …
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Mark Memmott / NPR:
Holder Isn't Sure How Often Reporters' Records Are Seized … As his Justice Department faces bipartisan outrage for searching phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors, Attorney Gen. Eric Holder says he is not sure how many times such information has been seized by government investigators …
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Leak Investigations Are an Assault on the Press, and on Democracy, Too  —  This was supposed to be the administration of unprecedented transparency.  President Obama promised that when he took office, and the White House's Web site says so on this very day.  It reads:
Washington Post:
Damage to press freedom likely outweighs national security gain  —  WHEN THE Justice Department launched its investigation of alleged leaks of national security information by the Obama administration a year ago, we were skeptical.  The history of such probes is mainly a tale of dead ends and unintended negative consequences.
Erik Wemple:
AP subpoena: Journo says he lost sources in 2001 case
Discussion: Poynter
New York Times:
U.S. Now Paints Apple as ‘Ringmaster’ in Its Lawsuit on E-Book Price-Fixing  —  WASHINGTON — The e-mail, from Steve Jobs of Apple to James Murdoch of News Corporation, reads as if one old sport were trying to cajole another into joining a caper: “Throw in with Apple and see if we can all …
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Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Apple tells U.S. of tough talks, not collusion, with publishers  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc responded to Justice Department accusations it conspired with publishers to push up electronic book prices, saying it negotiated with a number of publishing companies separately and crafted different agreements with each.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The New Yorker Launches Strongbox, an Open-Source Anonymous Tip Tool Built by Aaron Swartz  —  Technology gives journalists unprecedented power to track down information.  And technology gives lots of other people the ability to follow journalists' footprints.  Just ask the Associated Press.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of where NewsRight went wrong  —  Quietly, very quietly, NewsRight — once touted as the American newspaper industry's bid to protect its content and make more money from it — has closed its doors.  —  Yesterday, it conducted a concluding board meeting, aimed at tying up loose ends.
Discussion: @niemanlab
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Don't Look Now But AOL Sold Off Its Industry News Sites  —  Ever since they joined forces two years ago, Tim Armstrong and Arianna Huffington have been under the microscope, their every move dissected and critiqued.  So it's impressive, in a way, that they were able to unwind one of their misadventures without attracting any notice.
Tania Branigan / Guardian:
China tries to rein in microbloggers  —  Authorities show determination to control burgeoning culture of social media by closing accounts of writers and intellectuals  —  China has launched a new drive to tame its boisterous microblogging culture by closing influential accounts belonging …
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
E-Book Sales a Boon to Publishers in 2012  —  E-book sales, especially in the thriving romance genre, gave the book business a lift in 2012, according to a survey of publishers released Wednesday.  —  In a year that was monopolized by the “Fifty Shades” erotic novels and their various knockoffs …
Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Google takes on Spotify with Google Play Music All Access subscription service, priced at $9.99 per month  —  Google has formally announced its new subscription music initiative at the 2013 I/O conference.  Rumors first broke that Google was working on the service earlier this year …
 
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