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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe — When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material.
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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Here's Fox News' Scathing Statement On The Leak Investigation Into One Of Its Reporters — Fox News Executive Vice President Michael Clemente has released a scathing statement on the leak investigation involving Fox News reporter James Rosen. Here's the full statement, provided by a network spokesperson …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Carney: No comment on James Rosen case — White House press secretary Jay Carney wouldn't comment Monday on the ongoing national security leaks case involving Fox News reporter James Rosen, after a weekend news report detailing the Justice Department's surveillance of him.
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Justice Dept. Tracked Fox News Reporter James Rosen's Movements, Obtained His Personal Emails
Justice Dept. Tracked Fox News Reporter James Rosen's Movements, Obtained His Personal Emails
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
It's Official: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr For $1.1B, Vows To Keep It Independent — Yahoo has now officially confirmed that it is buying blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion mostly in cash, after reports on an impending deal first surfaced last week. It says it will keep it as an independent company …
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Felix Salmon:
Why Yahoo-Tumblr makes sense — Amidst all the positivity coming out of Yahoo and Tumblr, any self-respecting pundit is going to want to pour cold water on the whole deal. Especially since billion-dollar mergers almost never work out very well. But here's the weird thing …
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
WordPress' Mullenweg Claims 72,000 Blog Posts Imported From Tumblr in Just One Hour on Sunday
WordPress' Mullenweg Claims 72,000 Blog Posts Imported From Tumblr in Just One Hour on Sunday
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable:
Yahoo May Bring Ads to Tumblr Blogs — With Permission
Yahoo May Bring Ads to Tumblr Blogs — With Permission
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
New York Times CEO calls digital pay model “most successful” decision in years — In a speech to Columbia business school graduates, the CEO of the New York Times described the company's role in media disruption. — In a commencement address to business students at Columbia University …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
NBC News confirms ITV's Deborah Turness as president — Editor of ITV News will be the first female head of a television network news operation in the United States — Deborah Turness, editor of ITV News, has been appointed president of NBC News in the United States. Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe for the Guardian
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
How far did PBS go to avoid offending a sponsor? — Last fall, Alex Gibney, a documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 2008 for an exposé of torture at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, completed a film called “Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream.”
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Tom Harper / London Evening Standard:
The Met gagged Leveson Inquiry over claims that senior police officer sold secrets to the News of the World — The Met “gagged” the Leveson Inquiry from revealing intelligence that a very senior former police officer passed on sensitive information to the News of the World, the Standard reveals today.
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Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
Charlie Rose to Host a Show in Prime Time on PBS — Viewers can already wake up with Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning,” and wind down their day with his late-night PBS newsmaker interview program. If that is not enough, Mr. Rose, who has been called “the hardest working man in television …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC told to improve online local news — Review by the BBC Trust says web services have improved, but coverage of regional news is ‘not particularly comprehensive’ — A BBC Trust report has said online services have improved since its last review in 2008, but local coverage needs to be developed.