Mediagazer: Inside the ‘Q Group,’ the Directorate Hunting Down Edward Snowden (Eli Lake/The Daily Beast)

4:10 PM ET, June 10, 2013

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Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations — The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows — • Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden …

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Daniel Ellsberg / Guardian:

Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America — Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance to roll back what is tantamount to an ‘executive coup’ against the US constitution — In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release …

Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:

Inside the ‘Q Group,’ the Directorate Hunting Down Edward Snowden — Even before last week's revelations by The Guardian newspaper that the National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting call records from telecommunications companies and had the ability to mine user data from major U.S. Internet companies …

Discussion: Hit & Run and Erik Wemple

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Guardian US Editor: National Security Coverage Lacking In Skepticism — NEW YORK — Edward Snowden revealed himself Sunday as The Guardian's National Security Agency source, capping a frenetic five days of blockbuster stories detailing vast U.S. government surveillance of phone and Internet activity at home and abroad.

Discussion: USA Today, FishbowlDC, Quartz, Guardian, Capital New York, Business Insider, Poynter, msnbc.com and Mediaite

Evan Osnos / The New Yorker:

Can Edward Snowden Stay in Hong Kong? — In choosing to go to Hong Kong, Edward Snowden, the former C.I.A. tech, who leaked news of the U.S. government's collection of private Internet and telephone data, put himself at the intersection of forces more powerful than what he called that city's …

Discussion: The New Yorker Blog, Guardian, Mediaite, China Real Time Report, Hit & Run, Business Insider, Forbes, The Huffington Post and Softpedia News

Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog:

Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum? — The whistleblower who disclosed classified documents regarding NSA surveillance to The Washington Post and the Guardian has gone public. He is Edward Snowden, 29, an employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.

Discussion: Washington Post, Post Politics, Hit & Run and msnbc.com

The New Liberty:
PRISM: A Technical Analysis

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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Nonprofit news sites are growing, but the search for a reliable business model continues — Even as the number of nonprofit news outlets continues to grow, many organizations are still struggling to find a model for long-term success. — A new study from the Pew Research Center found …

Discussion: Journalism.org, Mediashift, Poynter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Columbia Journalism Review and Associated Press

Associated Press:
Pew study shows nonprofit news sites need help in business more than in journalism

Discussion: Adweek

David Carr / New York Times:

Despite Report of Her Firing, Nikki Finke Is Still Standing — Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood, feared in the industry for having the best gossip, was said by a longtime competitor to have been fired — a blog report that turned out to be false.

Discussion: LA Observed, @jswatz, @mattgarrahan and @jeffjohnroberts

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

BuzzFeed hires Guardian bureau chief in latest push for influence — BuzzFeed is in the process of a rapid-fire evolution from banal list site to serious news player. Its hiring of a senior Guardian journalist also reflects its enviable financial position.

Discussion: Fishbowl NY, Taylor Marsh and @lheron

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

ProPublica at five: How the nonprofit collaborates, builds apps, and measures impact — ProPublica has become a significant enough part of the journalism firmament that it's hard to think of it as a startup. — But five years ago today, when the investigative journalism site first began publishing …

Michael Wolff / Guardian:

Murdoch's News Corp mulls FCPA deal with US Justice Department — With News Corp set to split off its newspaper business, a settlement over bribery allegations in the UK may be imminent — In private conversations, executives at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp are acknowledging ongoing discussions …

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of the Kochs: The impact on the L.A. news landscape — For more background on a potential Koch purchase of Tribune Company newspapers, see Part 1 of this piece. — Let's say that Charles and David Koch are successful in their now-announced quest ("The newsonomics of the Kochs rising …