Mediagazer: Exclusive: Al Jazeera America to Launch Week of Aug. 24 (Andrea Morabito/Broadcasting & Cable)

12:25 PM ET, June 11, 2013

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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic — Overview — A majority of Americans - 56% - say the National Security Agency's (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate terrorism …

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Guardian US Eligible To Enter Pulitzer Competition — The Guardian has received well-deserved praise for its reporting on the NSA and surveillance, which has also led to ample coverage of The Guardian itself and journalist Glenn Greenwald. — On Sunday, HuffPost wrote how The Guardian's US operation …

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New York Times:

Snowden, Facing Charges, Leaves Hong Kong Hotel — WASHINGTON — As Justice Department officials began the process Monday to charge Edward J. Snowden, a 29-year-old former C.I.A. computer technician, with disclosing classified information, he checked out of a hotel in Hong Kong where he had been holed …

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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 …

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Erik Wemple:

Did Snowden really earn a $200,000 salary? — One poignant feature of the Edward Snowden saga is sacrifice. Here's a 29-year-old guy living in Hawaii with his girlfriend, and he gives it all up as he leaks national security information to the Guardian and to The Post. — And how much was he earning?

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Adam Taylor / Business Insider:
Booz Allen Has Fired Edward Snowden

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CNN:
NSA leak journalist says more revelations on their way

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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Russia Would Weigh Snowden Asylum Bid

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Irin Carmon / Salon:
How we broke the NSA story

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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 …

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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 …

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Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:

Exclusive: Al Jazeera America to Launch Week of Aug. 24 — Network sets primetime schedule with Velshi's ‘Real Money,’ ‘America Tonight,’ nightly newsmag — Washington - Al Jazeera America has set a launch date. The channel that bought out Current TV will flip the switch the week of Aug. 24 …

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Al Jazeera America Interviews Finalists For President Role

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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 …

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

‘PBS NewsHour’ Plans Layoffs as It Closes Offices — WASHINGTON — The “PBS NewsHour,” the signature nightly newscast on public television, is planning its first significant round of layoffs in nearly two decades. — Facing a multimillion-dollar shortfall in the program's budget …

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Sprint Ends Talks About Sale to Dish Network, Supports Softbank Bid — Charlie Ergen's satellite TV giant, which has been looking to become a wireless player, had made an unsolicited $25.5 billion takeover proposal in April. — Wireless giant Sprint Nextel said late Monday night …

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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 …

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Barnes & Noble Kills Mac And PC Dedicated Nook Apps, Looks Like Part Of Larger Strategy Shift — Barnes & Noble appears to be distancing itself and its products from the e-reader and e-book category, and trying to move into more of a role as a maker of low-cost tablets.

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