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8:25 AM ET, May 30, 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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Carol Cratty / CNN:
Holder runs into roadblocks on off-the-record meetings on leaks  —  Washington (CNN) - Attorney General Eric Holder's plans to sit down with media representatives to discuss guidelines for handling investigations into leaks to the news media have run into trouble.
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: Techdirt, Telegraph and 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 …
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
Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:
Dish Increases Its Bid for Clearwire  —  Dish Network Corp. has increased its bid for mobile-broadband operator Clearwire Corp., topping the offer Sprint Nextel Corp. raised last week.  —  Late Wednesday, Dish offered to acquire Clearwire for $4.40 a share in cash, a 29% premium over Sprint's offer of $3.40 a share.
Discussion: CNET, The Verge, GeekWire and AllThingsD
Kelly E. Christensen / INMA:
Dallas Morning News encourages innovation by funding employee ideas  —  Employees can earn up to US$25,000 for revenue-generating ideas, such as two recent winners: an E-books option for special sections and custom publishing customers and a collectible sports poster series.
Reuters:
News Corp to delist from London Stock Exchange  —  REUTERS - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSA.O) said it will cancel its listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) (LSE.L), citing low levels of trading volume.  —  The company said the volume of its stock traded on the LSE was less than 1 percent of the total globally.
Eliza Kern / GigaOM:
Facebook and the very fine line between free speech and hate speech  —  It's clear to many people, and obviously to Facebook itself, that the company mishandled the process for removing gender-based hate speech on the social network.  The company wrote in a blog post Tuesday …
Discussion: New York Times, Jack Shafer and CNET
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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Tom Krazit / paidContent:
Barry Diller: The internet is eating the cable company
Discussion: AdAge and AllThingsD
Janko Roettgers / paidContent:
Soo Meta, the Storify for online video storytelling, launches to the public
Discussion: The Next Web
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Honolulu Civil Beat and Huffington Post join forces for new Hawaii site
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Dow Jones turns to tech for future face-off with Bloomberg
Discussion: Guardian and Talking Biz News
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Deep Inside NBC Universal's Corporate Culture Makeover
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John Mecklin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Citizen Wanes  —  The Bay Citizen brand winks out …