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6:35 PM ET, May 21, 2013

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Ann E. Marimow and Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
President Obama says journalists should not be prosecuted for soliciting information  —  President Obama told advisers that he is not interested in prosecuting reporters for soliciting information from government officials, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
James Rosen Subpoena Doesn't Suggest Charges Against Fox News Reporter, DOJ Says
Discussion: The Hill and Big News Network.com
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.
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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Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag:
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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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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Oklahoma governor thanks media for tornado coverage  —  Tuesday morning, Okla. Gov. Mary Fallin thanked her state's media for saving lives with early storm warnings and non-stop coverage of the recovery efforts.  Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb called TV station meterologists “top notch and first-rate.”
Discussion: msnbc.com and Guardian
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 …
Discussion: emptywheel
Ian Morris / Pocket-lint:
Microsoft announces Halo TV series for Xbox One produced by Steven Spielberg  —  Microsoft has called in the big guns to produce content for Xbox, and names don't come bigger than Steven Spielberg and Halo.  So news there will be a Halo live action TV show, commissioned for Xbox Live, and produced by Spielberg is big news.
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Devin Coldewey / NBC News:
Xbox One brings speech, gestures, multitasking to TV
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Jann Wenner Explains Why He Named His 22-Year-Old Son to Run Rollingstone.com  —  Jann Wenner has picked his son, Gus, 22, to head up Rollingstone.com, overseeing its editorial and business operations.  And while critics were quick to cry nepotism, the senior Wenner told Adweek that his son had to prove himself like anyone else.
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
From Cronkite to Couric: Internet Archive gets $1 million to expand TV news collection  —  The Internet Archive recently launched an ambitious project to collect and index all broadcasts since the start of television.  This week it got a major boost.  —  The 20th century's printed output …
 
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