Mediagazer: Appeals Court Affirms Decision to Deny Nexstar Injunction Against Time Warner Cable (John Eggerton/Broadcasting & Cable)

9:00 PM ET, May 31, 2013

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Bloomberg:

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Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:

An Ethical Stumble in Philadelphia — Philly.com adds Gov. Tom Corbett and one of his rivals to its roster of columnists. Fri., May 31, 2013. — Rem Rieder (rrieder@ajr.umd.edu) is AJR's editor and senior vice president. — It's a staggeringly bad idea.

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Mark Decambre / New York Post:

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Peter Sterne / The New York Observer:

Atlantic Media Fails Hacking Test — Earlier today, everyone at Atlantic Media received an email warning them to “reverify” their Google Apps account. But the email wasn't actually sent from Google, it was from Atlantic Media's Chief Technology Officer Tom Cochran, who wanted to test …

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

Appeals Court Affirms Decision to Deny Nexstar Injunction Against Time Warner Cable — Agrees that plain language of contract allows for importation of distant signals — TV stations may want to re-read their retrans contracts to see whether they, too could be subject to distant signal importations.

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Katy Bachman / Adweek:

Small Internet Businesses Head to Hill With Mozilla Topping Agenda — Small Internet publishers have been to Washington before to tell their story, but this time they are gathering with a singular purpose: to persuade lawmakers to put more pressure on Mozilla to change its plans …