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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters — There are various reasons you might not care about the Obama administration's spying on journalist James Rosen and labeling him a “co-conspirator and/or aider and abettor” in an espionage case.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
DOJ: We haven't ‘compromised’ Sharyl Attkisson's computers — The Dept. of Justice says it has never “compromised” computers belonging to Sharyl Attkisson, the CBS News investigative reporter who on Tuesday said that her personal and work computers were under investigation after intrusions by an unspecified entity.
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TVNewser, Townhall.com, Examiner, Examiner, The Inquisitr, CNSNews, Hit & Run and The Huffington Post
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Bret Baier: Justice Department targeted James Rosen's parents as well — On Tuesday's “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, host Bret Baier revealed that the intrusions into James Rosen's privacy went beyond Rosen himself and also involved his parents. — Baier laid out the specifics …
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC may charge Sky for content as retransmission fee row escalates — BSkyB charges public service broadcasters £10m a year, with corporation saying ‘money is flowing in the wrong direction’ — The BBC has raised the stakes in its row with BSkyB over retransmission fees …
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
The New York Times Reinvents the Boring Banner Ad — An obscure piece on The New York Times' website about Picasso repurposing his canvases by painting over older, abandoned projects was fascinating, at least insofar as stories about master artists and their recycling habits go.
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Cody Brown / Medium:
The New York Times Told Me to Take This Down — It's been five months since the New York Times dropped their mammoth digital story “Snow Fall,” and some people still talk about it as if it came out last week. At a conference recently, the editor-in-chief of the Times said that “Snow Fall” has become a verb inside the newsroom.
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Business Insider, TechCrunch and Boing Boing
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
BuzzFeed business news wants to be scoops — BuzzFeed's business news strategy is to focus on breaking news but focusing on the areas where it believes it can cover the news better than others, said its business editor in an interview on Tuesday. — “Business news is scoops,” said Peter Lauria.
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.
Lauren Indvik / Mashable:
‘Wired’ Completely Overhauls Print Magazine — Wired is debuting a new look for its June issue, which hits newsstands Tuesday. The magazine has been completely made over by Scott Dadich, who before being named editor-in-chief last November worked as creative director of Wired from 2006 to 2010.
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Christina Chaey / Fast Company:
Pandora Premieres Lets You Preview Albums A Week Before They Launch — “Radio stations used to play a record all the way through. You'd anticipate that eagerly. That's exactly what we're trying to do.” That's Pandora CEO Tim Westergren on the online radio giant's newly launched Pandora Premieres …
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Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS Earns First Full-Season 18-49 Demo Win in 21 Years — Fox slips to second as falling ‘Idol’ deals net biggest declines — With two nights remaining, CBS has won the 2012-13 season in total viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49, according to Nielsen ratings through May 19.
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Radio & Television …, Mediaite and The Wrap
Ryan Graff / MediaShift Idea Lab:
Former Facebook ME Dan Fletcher: 'It's a Great Time to Launch a New Publication' — Dan Fletcher, the recently departed managing editor at Facebook, seems to be always ahead of the curve. In 2010, at age 22, Fletcher became the youngest person ever to write a cover story for Time magazine.