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6:15 AM ET, May 23, 2013

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Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Twitter does the two-step, gets serious on security with new authentication feature  —  After a series of high profile hacks, Twitter is finally getting serious about log-in security with a new feature that will require users to enter an extra pin code when using non-familiar devices.
Washington Post:
Judge apologizes for lack of transparency in James Rosen leak probe  —  The chief judge of the District's federal court issued an unusual order Wednesday, apologizing to the public and the media for not making certain court documents widely available online.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
Gregory J. Millman / Wall Street Journal:
When the IRS Secretly Obtained My Phone Records
Discussion: Poynter and Talking Biz News
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Newspaper royal charter plans are ‘bizarre’, says Liberty director  —  Shami Chakrabarti blasts government and press proposals for watchdog, saying they have failed to follow Leveson blueprint  —  A key adviser to the Leveson report, the civil rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti …
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
How Anthony Weiner Managed To Screw The NYC Tabloids  —  Anthony Weiner's announcement of his long-rumored mayoral campaign sparked a media frenzy, but he managed to avoid seeing his face plastered on the front pages of the two tabloid newspapers that relentlessly lampooned him during …
TJ Raphael / Folio:
MPA Rolls Out Pilot Program For Digital Measurement Standardization  —  Opt-in program builds off of guidelines issued in April 2012.  —  NEW ORLEANS—About 100 independent magazine media professionals descended on the Big Easy this week for the MPA's 10th annual Independent Magazine Media Conference (IMAG).
Discussion: Audience Development
Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
The BBC unveils an experimental ‘Perceptive Radio’ that offers personalized content  —  The BBC has developed an experimental piece of hardware called the Perceptive Radio, that adjusts the content it plays based on a wide range of circumstances, such as location, time, a user's proximity …
Discussion: Media News and Engadget
Bill Mickey / Folio:
Ziff Davis Buys Tech Blog Network NetShelter  —  About 150 tech-oriented blogs added to the portfolio.  —  Tech, gaming and men's lifestyle media company Ziff Davis has purchased NetShelter, a network of approximately 150 independent tech blogs, including MacRumors.com, SlashGear.com and AndroidCentral.com, from InPowered.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Baltimore police reporter Dick Irwin dies  —  Former Baltimore Sun police reporter Dick Irwin died Wednesday.  He was 76 and had complications from diabetes.  —  Irwin retired in 2010.  Peter Hermann, now a reporter at The Washington Post, marked the occasion with a piece …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
Jonathan Stray / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Objectivity and the decades-long shift from “just the facts” to “what does it mean?”  —  If I had only one short sentence to describe it, I'd say that journalism is factual reports of current events.  At least, that's what I used to say, and I think it's what most people imagine journalism is.
Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …
Gautham Nagesh / Roll Call:
Will Rising Cable Bills Prompt Congress to Tune In?  —  When Sen. John McCain recently introduced legislation to reshape how consumers watch cable television, he knew he was picking a fight with some of the most influential companies in town.  —  “Today, we're putting up a stop sign,” …
Ryan Gallagher / Slate:
Journalists Find Massive Data Security Lapse, Get Threats Instead of Thanks  —  A “thank you” might be in order if you find a massive leak of a company's sensitive customer records on the Internet and raise alarm so the problem can be fixed.  But that's not how it always goes down …
Gavin Aronsen / Mother Jones:
New Louisiana Law Will Jail Journos for Publishing Gun Info  —  A bill headed to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk would subject journalists to a $10,000 fine and up to six months in jail for publishing the names of concealed carry permit holders.  —  On Tuesday, the Louisiana Senate passed a bill …
John Murrell / AllThingsD:
Wikimedia Starts Hunt for New Executive Director  —  The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia and its sister projects, said Wednesday it had enlisted m/Oppenheim Associates to help in a global search for an executive director to replace Sue Gardner …
Discussion: Wikimedia Foundation
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Time.com Is on a Hiring Spree  —  Here's a story you might not expect to come out of Time Inc.: Time.com is on a hiring binge.  Two months after several higher-ups left in a round of cost-cutting, the site is hiring some 30 staffers, roughly a 50 percent increase, in preparation for a big relaunch in early fall.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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Erik Maza / WWD:   Edward Felsenthal Helming Relaunch of Time.com
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
NYT: Scroll Kit developer ‘is bragging’ about copyright infringement  —  Cody Brown received a takedown request from The New York Times' legal department after he posted a video showing how to replicate the “Snow Fall” experience using his tool Scroll Kit.  —  After he answered that request …
Discussion: Plagiarism Today
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Cody Brown / Medium:
The New York Times Told Me to Take This Down
 
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
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Discussion: AllThingsD
Jason Deans / Guardian:
BBC Newsnight journalists win award for spiked Jimmy Savile investigation
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Politico:
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Discussion: The Fix
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
A month after launch, have we forgotten about Twitter #Music?
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Bloomberg:
Cable Companies Chafe as Low-Rated Channels Change Names
Kate Holton / Reuters:
Pearson agrees $75 million settlement in U.S. eBook pricing case
Discussion: paidContent and The Next Web
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC may charge Sky for content as retransmission fee row escalates
Discussion: broadcastnow.co.uk