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7:10 AM ET, June 4, 2013

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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Does the American Media Get Big Stories Wrong?  —  A magazine publisher has written a provocative article raising that question.  I try to offer some answers.  —  In an article titled “Our American Pravda,” Ron Unz, the businessman, writer, and publisher of The American Conservative …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
John Malone's Liberty Global Names Dana Strong COO of Virgin Media  —  The cable industry veteran has worked at UPC Ireland and will move to the U.K. cable giant, whose acquisition Liberty Global is expected to close in the coming days.  —  LONDON - John Malone's Liberty Global continues …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Liberty Global Shareholders Approve Virgin Media Acquisition  —  Chairman John Malone calls it “one more brick in the wall of scale in Europe,” as his CEO discusses U.K. pay TV giant BSkyB, in which News Corp. owns a stake.  —  LONDON — Shareholders of international cable operator Liberty Global …
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The Journalist's New Escape Plan: Start-Ups  —  Tech start-ups are fishing vets from old media.  And old media vets are biting.  —  Image by Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla, File / AP  —  At first glance, it all makes sense.  Leave the broken, somewhat depressing world of media …
Discussion: @binowski, @rafe and @dvg
Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
Apple fights to dismiss evidence in ebook price fixing row  —  Apple was battling to limit the torrent of emails which could be used as evidence in its price fixing trial on Monday, as dozens of damning messages painted a picture of a coordinated attempt to force the prices of ebooks upwards.
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Gregory Warner / NPR:
For Young Somali Journalists, Work Often Turns Deadly … Shabelle Media is Somalia's largest news outlet — and a very dangerous place to work.  Of the 12 journalists gunned down in the country last year, four were reporting for Shabelle.  —  A number of the reporters are teenagers, some as young as 15.
New York Times:
Advertising on Social Media Bumps Up Against Free Speech  —  As social media sites pursue advertising in a bid for new revenue, they are finding that they must simultaneously create a safe space for the advertisers they attract.  —  With the money, they are discovering, comes responsibility.
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
New York Stock Exchange Joins Content Marketing Push First foray into brand journalism in conjunction with Time Inc.  —  The 225-year-old New York Stock Exchange may be perceived as old-school, but it's trying to prove it's as digital as the next brand by capitalizing on the content marketing trend.
Discussion: eMedia Vitals
Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
The micropublishing explosion has begun  —  Last week, Marco Arment announced that he has sold The Magazine to the minimalist iOS publication's executive editor, Glenn Fleishman.  Arment said he had accidentally built a business he was ill-suited to running.
Discussion: PR Newswire and Business Insider
Tim Wu / New Republic:
The Right to Evade Regulation  —  How corporations hijacked the First Amendment  —  Every time you fill a prescription at a drug store like Walgreens, the pharmacy keeps a record of the transaction, noting information such as your name, the drug, the dosage, and the issuing doctor.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix, Hulu Dominate Mobile TV Viewing … The bulk of TV content watched on smartphones and tablets today is provided through Netflix and Hulu Plus — not networks or pay TV providers, according to a new study.  —  About 64% of TV shows viewed on smartphones and 54% on tablets were via Netflix …
Discussion: MediaPost and Digital Media Wire
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
‘The Chilling Effect’ Is Here  —  On Sunday, New York Times editor Jill Abramson appeared on “Face the Nation” and echoed what has become a common refrain in the wake of the Justice Department's media investigations.  —  “The reporters who work for the Times in Washington have told …
Discussion: Guardian
 
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Anna Mulrine / Christian Science Monitor:
Bradley Manning: Patriotic whistle-blower or American traitor?
New York Times:
Jordan Blocks Local Access to 300 News Web Sites
Alison Langley / Columbia Journalism Review:
UK considers stepping up Internet blocking
Richard Horgan / FishbowlLA:
Kim Murphy Takes Over as LA Times National Editor
Discussion: FishbowlNY
André Natta / Poynter:
Local Birmingham TV station reports former mayor's death, only to be fact-checked by AL.com
Katerina Matsa / Journalism.org:
Newsweek By The Numbers  —  On Tuesday, May 28, Variety reported …
Discussion: FishbowlNY and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Jim Romenesko:
Google and AP award six $20,000 scholarships to digital journalism students
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
French court orders Apple to pay $6.5M copyright tax on iPads, country mulls future cultural levies
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBC/MSNBC to tap SCOTUSblog publisher
Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab
Toronto Star:
Toronto Star reporter arrested, ticketed after taking photos of injured GO transit officer
Dylan Byers / Politico:
WaPo consolidates politics coverage, names Steven Ginsberg senior editor