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6:15 PM ET, June 15, 2013

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 Top News: 
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Will Launch A News Reader At June 20th Press Event  —  The upcoming death of Google Reader and the addition of hashtags signal Facebook will likely launch a new way to discover and read news at the June 20th press event it's just sent out mysterious invites to.
Agence France Presse:
BBC suspends ties with Turkey's NTV over protests coverage  —  LONDON — The BBC announced on Friday it has suspended its partnership with Turkey's private NTV channel after it pulled a programme on press freedom and the anti-government protests.  —  NTV decided not to broadcast an edition …
Discussion: bbc.co.uk
Jon Evans / TechCrunch:
Can BuzzFeed Be Stopped?  —  It's been a good week for old media.  The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal have all done a superb job of reporting on the NSA/PRISM revelations.  Unfortunately it has also been a terrible decade for them.
Discussion: @peretti
Lora Kolodny / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Sneak Preview: Matter's Inaugural Class of New-Media Startups  —  On Wednesday, Matter, an accelerator for media startups in San Francisco, gave Venture Capital Dispatch a sneak peek at the companies graduating from its inaugural class, Matter One. … As VentureWire previously reported …
Discussion: AllThingsD and PandoDaily
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Bloomberg Reporters' Practices Become Crucial Issue for Company  —  Most journalists dream of uncovering government corruption, landing a big interview or winning a Pulitzer Prize.  But those are not the goals that Thomas F. Secunda, who co-founded Bloomberg L.P. in 1982 with Michael R. Bloomberg, has in mind.
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Politics: some / Politics: none.  Two ways to excel in political journalism.  Neither dominates.  —  “Edward Snowden's decision to leak to Greenwald, and Glenn's domination of newsland for several days, tells us that politics: none is not the only way of excelling in journalism.
Erik Wemple:
CBS News confirms multiple breaches of Sharyl Attkisson's computer  —  CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson revealed in May that her computer had been compromised.  When asked about the situation, CBS News responded with a statement that it was conducting an investigation.
Shawn W. Crispin / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Burma falters, backtracks on press freedom  —  The media landscape in Burma is more open than ever, as President Thein Sein releases imprisoned journalists and abolishes the former censorship regime.  But many threats and obstacles to truly unfettered reporting remain, including restrictive laws held …
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
The Atlantic launches weekly iPhone magazine for $2.99 a month  —  The Atlantic's anticipated paid product is now here in the form of a weekly collection of curated content.  —  In April, Atlantic Media President Justin Smith teased the idea of a paid product at PaidContent Live.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Examiner says goodbye to daily edition  —  The Washington Examiner published its last local daily edition today.  It will become “a digital platform and weekly print magazine focused on political thought leadership,” the company announced in March.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS' Les Moonves Escapes Deposition in Aereo Case  —  The executive won't have to explain comments like “Aereo is not a problem, it's been blown way out of proportion.”  —  In the ongoing legal battle over Aereo, the upstart digital TV distributor won't be able to ask CBS CEO Leslie Moonves …
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
Venerable Format of ‘NewsHour’ Struggles With New Era of Media  —  For many of its 38 years, the sober studio-interview format of the “PBS NewsHour” has served the program well, drawing viewers and corporate underwriters alike.  But with a deep financing crisis forcing layoffs and other cutbacks this week …
 
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Lora Kolodny / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Paul Carr's NSFWCorp Raises Seed Round to Publish News, Books-On Paper
Associated Press:
European broadcast chief: Turn Greek state TV channel back on
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo's Head of Middle East and Africa Departs for New Social TV Startup Aimed at Emerging Markets
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
How Top Publishers Handle ‘Sponsored Content’
Discussion: @alexismadrigal and @jeffjarvis
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Global Radio appeals against order to sell off GMG Radio stations
 Earlier Picks: 
Sarah Laskow / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reporting, or illegal hacking
Discussion: @onthemedia
Jodi Enda / Pew Research Center:
Nonprofit news organizations: some want government subsidy
Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict ‘massive implosion’ in film industry
Discussion: Media Money … and CNET
Michael Carney / PandoDaily:
Sources: DirecTV will acquire Hulu by month's end, and why the deal makes sense
 

 
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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after a 404 Media probe found the apps advertised being able to create nonconsensual nude images

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China's muted response to TikTok bill reflects the view that TikTok is of less strategic value than Huawei; China prefers TikTok US closure to sale

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

 
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