Mediagazer: Google: video ads for news tripled last year, 2 in 5 bought ads for first time (Jeff John Roberts/paidContent)

9:25 AM ET, June 11, 2013

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Irin Carmon / Salon:

How we broke the NSA story — Exclusive: Laura Poitras tells Salon about getting contacted by Edward Snowden, and reveals more footage is coming — Shortly after Salon's biographical sketch on Laura Poitras went live, the award-winning documentary filmmaker agreed to a phone interview …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, BBC, Business Insider, Guardian, The Huffington Post, Computerworld, Associated Press, paidContent, Pressing Issues and Boing Boing

Washington Post:

Investigators looking into how Snowden gained access at NSA — Counterintelligence investigators are scrutinizing how a 29-year-old contractor who said he leaked top-secret National Security Agency documents was able to gain access to what should be highly compartmentalized information …

Discussion: Yahoo! News, New York Times, National Review, Slate and CNET

Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:

Russia Would Weigh Snowden Asylum Bid — MOSCOW—Russia would consider a request for asylum from Edward Snowden, the National Security Administration contractor who has admitted leaking details of top-secret government surveillance programs, the Kremlin's chief spokesman said Tuesday.

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic — Public Says Investigate Terrorism, Even If It Intrudes on Privacy — OVERVIEW — A majority of Americans - 56% - say the National Security Agency's (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of Americans …

Discussion: GigaOM, The New Yorker Blog, FiveThirtyEight, Gizmodo and Softpedia News

David Carr / New York Times:
A New Kind of Leaker for an Internet Age

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Washington Post, Politico, The Huffington Post, BAGnewsNotes and Guardian

Erik Wemple:
Edward Snowden: ‘Leaker,’ ‘source’ or ‘whistleblower’?

Discussion: The New Yorker Blog, Washington Post, CNN and Uncrunched

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Ex-BBC chief recalled to face Commons questions over earlier DMI evidence — Mark Thompson told public accounts committee in 2011 that parts of content management system were ‘already working’ — Mark Thompson, the former BBC director general, has been recalled to parliament over evidence …

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

BBC accused of misleading parliament over ‘catastrophic’ digital media project — MPs say evidence given by senior management in 2011 'just wasn't true' as £98.4m cost of ‘embarrassing’ failure is revealed — The BBC has been accused by MPs of misleading parliament over its …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter

Brent Lang / The Wrap:

Majority of Media and Entertainment Revenue Will Come From Digital by 2015, Study Finds — Nearly half of revenue of 550 leading media and entertainment companies comes from digital sales — For traditional media companies fighting to stay on top in the internet age it may no longer …

Anya Kamenetz / Fast Company:

How Upworthy Used Emotional Data To Become The Fastest Growing Media Site of All Time — If it makes an editor cry, it's Upworthy. — In a presentation on Thursday at the Personal Democracy Forum, a New York City gathering on the intersection of tech and politics, Upworthy editorial …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Google: video ads for news tripled last year, 2 in 5 bought ads for first time — Doubleclick, an ad service owned by Google, published new findings that suggest the online video ad market is rapidly becoming bigger and more diverse. — Publishers are pumping more videos onto their sites …

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Now websites can send push notifications — not just apps — In my writeup earlier of the elements of today's Apple announcements of interest to news app developers, I mentioned that there was a reference on Apple's site to the new ability of websites to send push notifications — websites, not just apps.

Discussion: @mg, Quartz, ReadWrite, The Verge and Big News Network.com

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Day 5 of the Apple ebooks trial: Publishing execs testify; Rupert Murdoch's role — At the Apple ebook trial on Monday, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray and Macmillan CEO John Sargent offered testimony as witnesses for the government. Emails showed that News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch expressed the desire to “screw Amazon.”

Discussion: New York Post and Bookseller news

Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:

Apple introduces iTunes Radio, in bid for streaming market — Apple came out swinging Monday, using its annual developers' conference to defend its position in the digital music space with a new streaming service aimed at rivals such as Spotify, Pandora and Google.

Discussion: Guardian and The Verge