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David Carr / New York Times:
A New Kind of Leaker for an Internet Age — What does a leaker look like? Sometimes, people who reveal secrets remain in the shadows, and the public is left to guess at their motivations, agendas and states of mind. — Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old man behind the recent revelations …
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ThinkProgress, Lawfare, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and FishbowlDC
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
AP Editor: Do Not Describe Snowden A ‘Whistleblower’ — The Guardian has labeled Edward Snowden a whistleblower after the NSA contractor revealed himself Sunday as the source for several recent surveillance scoops. — But some news organization have been less quick to describe Snowden as a …
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Guardian and Firedoglake
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 …
Erik Wemple:
Edward Snowden: ‘Leaker,’ ‘source’ or ‘whistleblower’? — The Guardian has little hesitation in categorizing Edward Snowden. In the headline to its story yesterday revealing him as the source of the recent bombshells about the National Security Agency, it calls him “the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations.”
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The Huffington Post, Mashable and Computerworld
Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog:
Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum?
Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum?
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Washington Post, The Week, Quartz and Yahoo! News
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 …
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Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
Foreign Policy Makes Big Announcements — Seeing as Foreign Policy Magazine lost its Editor-in-Chief Susan Glasser last week to Politico, the higher ups have to be feeling pleased that they have major announcements to share in a staff meeting today at 10 a.m.
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Wired
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Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
FP's Managing Editor Flew the Coop — Indeed, lots of changes at Foreign Policy Magazine as of late. Another one we just learned of is Managing Editor Blake Hounshell, who announced Friday that he was leaving. This comes on the heels of Susan Glasser's departure as Editor-in-Chief …
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@acarvin, @lheron, @blakehounshell and FishbowlNY
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.
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BuzzFeed, Fishbowl NY, @lheron and Taylor Marsh
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 …
Jim Romenesko:
More than 50 have applied for The Awl editor-in-chief job — How many people have applied for The Awl's editor-in-chief job, which Andrew Beaujon said “sounds like it may be one of the best jobs in journalism.” The Awl co-founder Choire Sicha tells Romenesko readers: Looks like we've received somewhere north of 50 inquiries so far.
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@jeffjohnroberts
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
No tweets, no typing: Apple ebook trial reflects ongoing unease with electronics in US courtrooms — Public news events of all types are now reported in real time through tools like Twitter and live blogs. Is it time for court proceedings to be treated the same way?
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Prominent Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer to take over ‘Times’ blog India Ink — As The New York Times evaluates its blogs to determine which ones to keep when it implements its big web reboot later this year, there's at least one site that Capital has learned won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
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@rafat
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
UK magazine The Spectator finally launches its 180-year online archive — More than a year after the initial announcement, UK conservative-leaning magazine The Spectator has finally launched its new online archive, containing every article from the magazine's history. For the record, that's almost two hundred years.