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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Obama: Leak Investigations Could ‘Chill Investigative Journalism’ — President Obama said Thursday that he is “troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable.” — In a major speech on national security …
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Leonard Downie Jr / Washington Post:
Leonard Downie: Obama's war on leaks undermines investigative journalism — Leonard Downie Jr. is a vice president at large of The Washington Post, where he served as executive editor from 1991 to 2008. He is the Weil family professor of journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism …
Keach Hagey / Digits:
Twitter Cozies Up to Television With New Ad Products — Twitter rolled out two advertising products on Thursday aimed at showing it wants to be television's friend, not foe. — The social networking site, powered by its recent acquisition of social media data company Bluefin Labs …
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AllThingsD, Bloomberg and Poynter
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter Launches TV Ad Targeting, Twitter Amplify For Real-Time Videos In Stream
Twitter Launches TV Ad Targeting, Twitter Amplify For Real-Time Videos In Stream
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Twitter Advertising, SocialTimes, Digiday, @robinsloan, AllThingsD, Variety, Business Insider, AdAge, CNET, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable, Capital New York and Engadget
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Hearst Taps Demand Media's Bradford and Yucaipa's Johnson to “Redefine” the San Francisco Chronicle — Media giant Hearst has hired two senior execs — Demand Media's Joanne Bradford and former Los Angeles Times CEO Jeffrey Johnson — in a significant move to digitally turbocharge and jumpstart …
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@rajunarisetti and FishbowlLA
Karen Fratti / 10,000 Words:
The Old Grey Lady: The Times Needs to Get Over ‘Snow Fall’ — Like most people, I have a fear of getting really old. You know how sometimes you see an old, grey lady in the supermarket grumbling about the price of milk and scowling at the clerk who tries to help her? I don't want to be her one day.
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Capital New York, New York Magazine and FishbowlNY
Leon Lazaroff / TheStreet.com:
Bloomberg's ‘Spygate’ Marks Murdoch's Latest Salvo — NEW YORK (TheStreet) - It's been 13 days since The New York Post's Mark DeCambre broke the news that Bloomberg reporters allegedly used proprietary information from the company's terminals to write about investment bankers, including those at Goldman Sachs (GS).
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Bloomberg News hires Boston Globe's ME
Ronald Grover / Reuters:
Hulu video site auction attracts four bidders: sources — (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, triggering a tug-of-war for the online video service.
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CNET, Los Angeles Times and The Verge
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Top Politico Reporter Joins The New York Times — Politico's Jonathan Martin, who has been with the publication since its earliest days, is leaving for the New York Times, according to a memo obtained by The Huffington Post. — Martin will become the paper's new national political correspondent …
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Capital New York, FishbowlDC and JIMROMENESKO.COM
John McCain / Los Angeles Times:
Cable TV, the right way — My legislation would ensure that consumers could buy only those channels they want to watch. — According to the Federal Communications Commission, the price for basic cable has grown by an average of 6.1% a year over the last 16 years ¿ three times …
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WebProNews, Bloomberg, The Huffington Post, @notaaroncraig, @brianstelter and The Wrap, Thanks:@gnagesh
Taylor Miller Thomas / Poynter:
Online campaign raises $15,000 for reporter who was shot in New Orleans — An online fundraising effort for New Orleans freelancer Deborah Cotton met its $15,000 goal within four days. While some of the donations came from her friends and family, others came from people who have never met Cotton.
Nick Robinson / BBC:
One phrase and why I'm sorry I quoted it — It was a barbaric attack carried out in broad daylight on the streets of London. A man hacked to death. The attackers had been shot by the police. An extraordinary and horrific story but not one, you might think, for the Political Editor of the BBC.
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Guardian, Telegraph, Digital Spy and The Huffington Post
Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
The Al Jazeera Revolution … Shawn Baldwin/Corbis — Al Jazeera English reportedly reaches 260 million households in more than 130 countries. … Neil Emmerson/Corbis — Doha is the Emerald City: glistening towers, sprawling shopping malls, and luxury hotels.
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Broadcasting & Cable