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8:35 PM ET, May 29, 2013

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
NYT Not Attending Holder's Off-The-Record Meeting  —  NEW YORK — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to meet this week with the Washington bureau chiefs of several major media outlets to discuss the Justice Department's guidelines for dealing with journalists in leak investigations.
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Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
Why a Media Shield Law Isn't Enough to Save Journalists  —  The only way journalists will be protected is if prosecutors stop being so quick to go after them.  —  I'm all for a shield law to protect journalists and their sources from government prosecutors.  I hope Congress passes one.
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Attorney general signed off on Fox phone records subpoena
Discussion: Law and The Daily Beast
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Newsweek confirms it is eyeing sale  —  Newsweek CEO Baba Shetty and editor-in-chief Tina Brown have just sent the following memo to staff, confirming earlier reports that parent-company IAC is exploring a sale of the now online-only magazine: … Developing.
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Barry Diller Is Shopping Newsweek.  Here's Why.  [Updated]  —  Most rational business people wouldn't go out of their way to deprecate the value of an asset a few weeks before they try to sell it.  As he has made abundantly clear throughout his career, however, Barry Diller is not most people.
BuzzFeed:
The Social Media Editor is Dead  —  By April 19, the manhunt for two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon had been ongoing for four days, and the Twitterati were growing weary.  —  Brian Ries, of The Daily Beast, confessed he was “so tired.”  Huffington Post's Craig Kanalley saw …
RT:
Larry King joins RT with brand new politics show  —  Award-winning interviewer Larry King will host a mold-breaking political talk show on RT from next month, speaking to both leading establishment figures, and those who are not afraid to go against the grain.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
‘Thousands And Thousands’ Of Calls Seized By DOJ  —  NEW YORK — Associated Press president and chief executive Gary Pruitt told staff at a Wednesday town hall meeting that the phone records obtained by the government included “thousands and thousands” of calls in and out of the news organization, according to a staffer who attended.
Discussion: Mediaite
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Twitter's Dick Costolo: We're a complement to news orgs, not a replacement  —  Also at D11, Twitter's Dick Costolo talked about the state of the company and platform.  That included a bit about the news business.  This is from All Things D's Mike Isaac's live paraphrasing of Costolo's on-stage conversation with Kara Swisher:
Discussion: Forbes, AllThingsD, TechCrunch and @pakman
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Thomson Reuters hires Economist Group chief to head news agency arm  —  Andrew Rashbass to leave publisher after 15 years, having led digital transformation from print to digital business  —  Andrew Rashbass, the chief executive of the Economist Group, is to join Thomson Reuters …
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Thomson Reuters:
Thomson Reuters Announces Andrew Rashbass to Join in New Role Leading News and Media Business
Discussion: Talking Biz News
PR Newswire:
Marco Arment Sells “The Magazine” to Its Editor, Glenn Fleishman  —  Instapaper founder and Tumblr's first employee sells popular electronic magazine  —  SEATTLE and HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — The Magazine, a popular electronic magazine …
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS' Marty Franks Retiring  —  Sept. 30 will be end date following quarter century at company  —  Martin Franks, executive VP of planning, policy and government affairs for CBS, is retiring effective Sept. 30.  —  Franks has been instrumental in CBS' retrans negotiations and has been a top exec …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Meeker says print advertising is down, but should publishers still be terrified?  —  Print media captures 6 percent of consumers' time but 23 percent of ad spending in 2012, venture capitalist Mary Meeker said in her much-anticipated 2013 Internet Trends report:
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Roku Raises a $60 Million Round, Led by Fidelity, to Fight for the Living Room  —  Tim Cook said Apple TV is still a side project.  But bringing digital entertainment to your TV is all Roku does, and they're raising more money to do it.  —  Roku has raised a massive $60 million round …
Jennifer Van Grove / CNET:
Facebook verifying celebrities, journalists, and brands  —  Just like Twitter, Facebook starts signaling authentic public-figure Pages and accounts with a little blue check mark.  —  Facebook said Wednesday that it has begun to verify the Facebook Pages and profiles of public figures.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
CNBC viewers hit lowest point since April 2005  —  May was CNBC's lowest-rated month in total viewers since April 2005, reports Jeff Reeves of InvestorPlace.com.  —  Reeves writes, “Meanwhile, in case you're wondering, the S&P 500 is up 37% since 2005 and more than 16% year-to-date.
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Apple's Tim Cook Has a “Grand Vision” for Television — And Still Won't Talk About It  —  No surprises here — at our 11th D: All Things Digital technology conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook is still staying mum on the company's plans for a proper TV set.  —  However!
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Dara Kerr / CNET:
Apple CEO: We rejected DOJ settlement in e-book suit
 
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Honolulu Civil Beat and Huffington Post join forces for new Hawaii site
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Civil Beat
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Dow Jones turns to tech for future face-off with Bloomberg
Discussion: Talking Biz News
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
SPJ Seeks Delay in Vote on Restricting Newtown Victims' Records
Discussion: SPJ News
Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Deep Inside NBC Universal's Corporate Culture Makeover
Discussion: The Corsair and Los Angeles Times
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
As protesters gather in Midtown, Koch brothers call Tribune bid ‘media speculation,’ tout union record
Discussion: Variety, Forbes, The Wrap and Free Press
John Mecklin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Citizen Wanes  —  The Bay Citizen brand winks out …
Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon moving ahead with five original TV series
Discussion: Variety, AllThingsD, CNET and The Wrap
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Bill Mickey / Folio:
Study: One-Quarter of Tablet Owners Prefer Digital Magazines Over Print
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Ryan Graff / Knight Lab:
Chase Davis on data-driven decision making for news projects
Ali Velshi / Quartz:
Al-Jazeera host: The solution to what's wrong with American cable news
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
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