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7:40 AM ET, June 17, 2013

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David Carr / New York Times:
Big News Forges Its Own Path  —  During a visit to Toronto last week, I noticed the entire city was pivoting around a story by Gawker, a site that has a broad range of interests, but at its core is dedicated to detailing the running silliness of life in Manhattan.
Sky News:
No Agreement Over Julian Assange's Future  —  The British and Ecuadorian governments have failed to reach an agreement over the future of Julian Assange after talks in London.  —  Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patino had travelled to Britain to discuss what to do about the Wikileaks founder …
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BBC:
Julian Assange: Ecuador will continue to grant asylum  —  Ecuador's foreign minister has said its embassy in London will continue to provide political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.  —  Ricardo Patino was speaking after talks with his UK counterpart, William Hague.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of Hearst Magazines' one million new customers  —  Take this quiz.  The era of paying for digital access (a.k.a. digital circulation or paywalls) is about:  — Getting more money out of core subscribers;  — Getting new money out of new subscribers; or  — Getting money any way you can.
Discussion: @macloo
Mark Harris / PopWatch:
Arrested Development and the case against binge-watching  —  The best TV is as addictive as a tub of ice cream, but as Jenny Craig and the new Arrested Development episodes remind us, moderation is wise.  —  How strange that it already feels too late to talk about the return of Arrested Development.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Amol Rajan is made editor of The Independent as Chris Blackhurst becomes group content director  —  Owner of The Independent Evgeny Lebedev has revealed new editors for both The Independent and i.  —  Former Independent Voices editor Amol Rajan will take charge of The Independent …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Netflix Links Up With DreamWorks Again for More Kids Shows  —  More kids stuff for Netflix, this time via another DreamWorks Animation deal.  —  The Web video service will have exclusive, worldwide, first-run rights to a new batch of original programming from the studio …
Michelle Salemi / Variety:
Can Local News Take On Watchdog Role?  —  Some observers think the Web is better-placed to report on civic issue  —  Can local TV news really fill the watchdog role in the 21st century that local newspapers did in the 20th?  —  CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer advanced the theory …
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
The Journalist's Guide To Not Getting Charged With Espionage  —  Journalists nationwide were miffed on Wednesday after New York Congressman and Super Mario Bros. Mini-boss Peter King explicitly called on the Department of Justice to go after Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald …
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.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Media, administration deal with conflicts  —  It's all but a journalistic commandment: Thou shalt not have a vested interest in the story you're covering.  Otherwise, a personal entanglement could color a reporter's neutrality or cloud public perceptions of fairness.
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.
 
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Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog:
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