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10:25 AM ET, May 21, 2013

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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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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 …
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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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
James Rosen Subpoena Doesn't Suggest Charges Against Fox News Reporter, DOJ Says  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder did not recuse himself from the 2010 search warrant for emails from a Fox News reporter's personal account, a Justice Department official said Monday evening.
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Jann Wenner's Kid Is the New Head of RollingStone.com  —  Rolling Stone owner Jann Wenner has a knack for picking talent.  So we're sure his online staff will give a hearty welcome to their new boss: Jann Wenner's fresh-out-of-college kid.  —  Gus Wenner, 22, is an amazing media success story.
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.
Discussion: Marco.org and Business Insider
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
But Wait.  Didn't Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before?  —  When Yahoo announced its headline-grabbing acquisition, it boasted that the deal gave it access to an “unduplicated” audience of users and that its target was a “popular personal publishing” platform.
Discussion: New York Times and Wonkblog
Steven T. Jones / sfbg.com:
“One powerful newsroom” pulls back from its San Francisco roots  —  Locally focused journalism in San Francisco took another big hit today with the announcement that The Bay Citizen — which was founded by the late Warren Hellman in 2009 specifically to augment declining reporting on San Francisco …
David Carr / New York Times:
Telecom's Big Players Hold Back the Future  —  If you were going to look for ground zero in the fight against a rapidly consolidating telecom and cable industry, you might end up on the fifth floor of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.  —  Susan Crawford, a professor at the school …
Bloomberg:
Ergen Said to Bid $2 Billion for LightSquared Radio Frequencies  —  Charlie Ergen, chairman of satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. (DISH), made a $2 billion bid for radio frequencies from LightSquared Inc., the bankrupt wireless-broadband company owned by Philip Falcone's hedge-fund firm …
Discussion: CNET, The Verge and Engadget
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.
Discussion: Street Fight
Maria Danilova / Associated Press:
Ukrainian Media Protest Over Beaten Journalists Olha Snitsarchuk, Vladislav Sodel  —  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Several dozen journalists rallied outside Ukraine's Interior Ministry in Kiev on Monday, accusing police of standing by while two journalists covering an opposition rally were beaten.
 
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Voice Of San Diego Switches To WordPress — And Adds A Bunch Of Other Cool Features
Discussion: mediabistro.com
New York Times:
Apple's Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:
The Planet Ivy mantra: 'Don't publish anything boring'
Deirdre Dlugoleski / Columbia Journalism Review:
‘We are all journalists now’  —  140 Journos and Turkey's “counter-media” movement
Discussion: The Newspaper Guild
 Earlier Picks: 
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC told to improve online local news
Discussion: bbc.co.uk and Kirk LaPointe's …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Koch brothers acquiring Tribune newspapers? I'd bet against it
Lauren Indvik / Mashable:
Atlantic Media Nabs ‘Foreign Policy’ Writer to Edit Defense Site
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
How far did PBS go to avoid offending a sponsor?
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
New York Times CEO calls digital pay model “most successful” decision in years
Discussion: Mediashift and eMedia Vitals