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11:50 AM 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  —  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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Adam Taylor / Business Insider:
Booz Allen Has Fired Edward Snowden  —  In an updated statement on their website, security firm Booz Allen have announced that they have fired NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.  —  The statement is below, with the updated information in bold:  —  Booz Allen can confirm that Edward Snowden …
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: Variety and Hollywood Reporter
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Al Jazeera America Interviews Finalists For President Role  —  Al Jazeera America is closing in on finding its president.  —  Last week, Ehab Al Shihabi (pictured left), the executive director of international operations for Al Jazeera and the senior executive in charge of developing Al Jazeera America …
Discussion: TVWeek.com and Inside Cable News
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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 …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and TVNewser
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
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, Forbes and Reuters
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
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.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Charlotte Observer reporter arrested while covering protest  —  Charlotte Observer religion reporter Tim Funk was arrested Monday while covering a protest in Raleigh, the state capital, Mark Washburn reports: “Funk, who was wearing Charlotte Observer identification, was handcuffed and taken along …
 
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Joe Rivano Barros / Mission Local:
Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles

John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Sources: DHS is investigating whether 6 staffers misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph that he failed, compounding instability at the agency

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