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11:00 PM ET, May 29, 2013

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
NYT Will Not Attend Holder Meeting With Media  —  NEW YORK — The New York Times and Associated Press said Wednesday that they will not attend a meeting this week between Attorney General Eric Holder and the Washington bureau chiefs of several media outlets to discuss guidelines for journalists in leak investigations.
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New York Times:
Holder Faces a New Round of Criticism  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., a lightning rod of Republican attacks during President Obama's first term, is now contending with a new round of criticism over the Justice Department's campaign against leaks to the news media.
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
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 …
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Jim Romenesko:
Liz Heron is named Wall Street Journal emerging media editor  —  Liz Heron, who left the New York Times last year to lead the Wall Street Journal's social media team, has been promoted to emerging media editor for the Journal and Dow Jones.  —  “In this newly created role …
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.
Tom Krazit / paidContent:
Barry Diller: The internet is eating the cable company
Discussion: AdAge and AllThingsD
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Month of Breaking News Lifts CNN and Fox, but Sinks MSNBC  —  A second straight month of big breaking events proved one thing: MSNBC is a television news channel that does not gain any advantage when news is being made.  —  CNN, meanwhile, is never stronger than when it can flex its news muscles.
Discussion: Deadline.com
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:   CNBC viewers hit lowest point since April 2005
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.
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, TechCrunch, AllThingsD and @pakman
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 …
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 …
Janko Roettgers / paidContent:
Soo Meta, the Storify for online video storytelling, launches to the public  —  Soo Meta redefines video storytelling by turning Storify-like content curation into great-looking video slideshows.  The platform even allows producers to add polls and quizzes to their videos.
Discussion: The Next Web
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.
 
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Honolulu Civil Beat and Huffington Post join forces for new Hawaii site
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
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Discussion: Forbes, Variety and Free Press
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Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon moving ahead with five original TV series
Discussion: Variety, AllThingsD, CNET and The Wrap
Elias Biryabarema / Reuters:
Ugandan police fire tear gas at journalists protesting crackdown
Bill Mickey / Folio:
Study: One-Quarter of Tablet Owners Prefer Digital Magazines Over Print
Discussion: Mequoda Daily
Ryan Graff / Knight Lab:
Chase Davis on data-driven decision making for news projects