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10:15 AM ET, June 11, 2013

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 Top News: 
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 …
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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 …
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 …
CNN:
NSA leak journalist says more revelations on their way  —  Former intelligence worker Edward Snowden revealed himself as the source of documents outlining a massive effort by the NSA to track cell phone calls and monitor the e-mail and Internet traffic of virtually all Americans.
Discussion: DealBook, The Week and Erik Wemple
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Russia Would Weigh Snowden Asylum Bid
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
Discussion: Deadline.com
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: ZDNet
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
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 …
Discussion: GigaOM and Reuters
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Parody site ‘Kochifies’ L.A. Times stories  —  “Kochify the News” is part of a campaign by a group called Forecast the Facts to discourage Tribune Co. from selling its newspapers to the libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch, who are reportedly considering their purchase.
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
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 …
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
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.
 
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Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:
Exclusive: Al Jazeera America to Launch Week of Aug. 24
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and TVNewser
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Conservatives as Defenders of the Media
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Apple introduces iTunes Radio, in bid for streaming market
Discussion: Guardian and The Verge
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Why The Global Mail has focused in on data and investigations
Discussion: Guardian
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
UK magazine The Spectator finally launches its 180-year online archive
Peter Sterne / The New York Observer:
The Atlantic Hires Andrew Golis As ‘Entrepreneur-in-Residence’
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
ProPublica at five: How the nonprofit collaborates, builds apps, and measures impact
 Earlier Picks: 
Michael Wolff / Guardian:
Murdoch's News Corp mulls FCPA deal with US Justice Department
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Prominent Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer to take over ‘Times’ blog India Ink
Discussion: @rafat
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
No tweets, no typing: Apple ebook trial reflects ongoing unease with electronics in US courtrooms
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
20 jobs to go as The Times seeks to reduce losses
Discussion: Telegraph and Guardian