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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised — Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation. — “I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation …
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Washington Post, Slate, MinnPost, The Huffington Post, Erik Wemple and The Plum Line
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Jack Shafer:
What was James Rosen thinking? — Just open your Twitter feed and listen to the Washington press corps howl about the Obama administration's latest intrusion into their business. — From the mainstream we hear the grousing of Washington Post National Political Editor Steven Ginsberg …
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Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, Politico, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @palafo, Business Insider, Forbes and The Fix
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News: ‘They went into our computer servers at Fox News’ — Yesterday afternoon on Fox News, host Shepard Smith issued a stunning statement. In a chat with judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano, Smith took apart the revelations about Justice Department snooping into the communications …
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TVNewser, Erik Wemple and The Week
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
James Rosen Subpoena Doesn't Suggest Charges Against Fox News Reporter, DOJ Says
James Rosen Subpoena Doesn't Suggest Charges Against Fox News Reporter, DOJ Says
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The Hill, Big News Network.com, TVNewser and Washington Post
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
My one talk with Marissa Mayer — It was 2003. Google had just bought Blogger. On the acquisition, they said they wouldn't do anything to tilt the table in favor of Blogger. There was concern in the wider blogging community that Google might use its power in search to give people …
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Mediaite, Business Insider and ReadWrite
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
How Many Users Does Tumblr Really Have? — Here's a straightforward question: How many users does Tumblr have? — Alas, the answer isn't cut-and-dried. — When Yahoo announced its $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr yesterday, it said David Karp's blogging platform had more than 300 million monthly unique visitors.
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Forbes, Quartz, Business Insider, WebProNews and the Econsultancy blog
Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag:
Source: Tumblr Made Even Less Money Than Reported Last Year
Source: Tumblr Made Even Less Money Than Reported Last Year
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SocialTimes, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, PC Advisor, The New Yorker Blog and Betabeat
Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
But Wait. Didn't Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before?
But Wait. Didn't Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before?
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New York Times and Wonkblog
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Sorry, Media, America Couldn't Care Less About The Government Taking AP's Phone Records — Here's a healthy reminder that the issues that outrage and fascinate members of the media are often quite different than the ones that media consumers (a.k.a., normal people) care about.
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Pew Research Center … and The Huffington Post
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New York Times:
Stop the Leaks — WASHINGTON — FOLLOWING the disclosure that the Justice Department obtained the telephone records of Associated Press journalists, The A.P. and other news organizations have sharply criticized the action as investigative overreaching and unwarranted interference with the ability …
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John Koblin / Deadspin:
Sources: ESPN Laying Off Hundreds [UPDATE] — ESPN is laying off a portion of its staff today, a network spokesman confirms to us. How many? ESPN won't say. A tipster told us earlier today that it would be more than 400 staffers. A source at ESPN said that number is a little high, but it appears to be in the hundreds.
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Gawker, FishbowlNY, @laureni, mediabistro.com, @espnbook and @espnbook
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
OKC's TV news excels in another disaster — Life-saving information before the tornado, essential reporting afterward — In Oklahoma, particularly in the springtime, dangerous weather is a part of life. And so are the local TV news stations in my home state.
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New York Times, Poynter, The Wrap, Gawker, Mediaite, TVNewser, Broadcasting & Cable, TVSpy, @nycjim and B&C
Wall Street Journal:
Liberty Global Puts Chellomedia on Block — John Malone's international cable business, Liberty Global Inc., has put its Chellomedia television-channel business up for sale, in a move that could lead to a deal valued at between $800 million and $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Broadband TV News and C21Media
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Newspaper Companies Invest Another $9M In Local Deal Startup Wanderful Media — Wanderful Media has raised another $9 million from the long list of newspaper and media companies that were already backing the startup and its local deal service Find&Save. — The announcement comes after the relaunch of Find&Save last month.
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Jim Romenesko:
Texas Monthly and Atlanta Magazine are the big winners in CRMA's awards competition — Washingtonian, D Magazine and Honolulu Magazine won the General Excellence Awards at last night's 28th Annual National City and Regional Magazine Awards competition. — Atlanta Magazine and Texas Monthly …