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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.
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paidContent, Poynter, Mother Jones, BuzzFeed, @jayrosen_nyu, @antderosa, Kirk LaPointe's …, Washington's Blog and Guardian


Can Women's Magazines Do Serious Journalism? — Some people don't think so ... Last week, the feminist Internet exploded with censure for the British quarterly Port Magazine. The magazine's transgression? Publishing a cover story about “A New Golden Age” of print media and featuring six white, male editors.
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FishbowlNY, @geraldinesealey, @jessgrose, @williams_paige and The Hairpin


Source: Instagram Will Get Video On June 20 — We've been working on getting more details on a press event that Facebook is having this week. Earlier, we wrote it could launch a news-reading app, but we have since heard more details that point to something else entirely.


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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RT, HeraldSun, Agence France Presse, ITV News and Channel NewsAsia
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LinkedIn Builds Its Publishing Presence — LinkedIn came of age as the staid social media platform for business professionals: reliable, utilitarian and, well, boring. — Unlike Twitter or Facebook, which are hives of message activity that attract constant monitoring …
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Forbes and eMedia Vitals


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 …
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paidContent, PR Newswire, Reuters, The Wrap, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Pocket-lint, AdAge, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, New York Times, Home Media Magazine, CNET, The Next Web and Softpedia News


With More Than 2.5B Monthly Video Views, Fullscreen Closes Funding From Chernin Group, Comcast, And WPP — Online multichannel network Fullscreen has become the latest in a series of YouTube partners to raise funding. The company has officially closed a funding round led by The Chernin Group …
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The Wrap, Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Adweek, Venture Capital Dispatch, PandoDaily, Variety, AdAge and Billboard


The Apple e-book antitrust case: The final four days — The DOJ will rest its case. Apple will present its defense. Summations on Thursday. — FORTUNE — Eddy Cue, the alleged “ringmaster” of a conspiracy to raise e-book prices in 2010, returns to a Manhattan federal court Monday …
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AllThingsD, AppleInsider and Melville House Books


Not a good sign: Barnes & Noble just keeps slashing Nook tablet prices — Why is Barnes & Noble extending price cuts on Nook tablets? It may be because the retailer is trying to clear out stock. — Barnes & Noble is extending price cuts on its Nook tablets, and that's not necessarily a good thing.
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Barnes & Noble, Inc., CNET, Motley Fool, Kindle Review, Good e-Reader, Liliputing, Digital Book World, WebProNews and GeekWire


Sharyl Attkisson Speaks Out About ‘Serious And Disturbing’ Computer Hacking: 'I'm Outraged' — On Friday, a CBS News internal investigation revealed that investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson's personal and work computers had been compromised. “Sophisticated” methods were used to access …


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 …

Jason Sheftell, popular ‘Daily News’ reporter, found dead — At the Daily News, a memo this morning from editor in chief Colin Myler has shocked and saddened the staff, with the news that the newspaper's well-liked and prolific real-estate editor and reporter, Jason Sheftell, has died.


Digg Reader will hit iPhone and Web on June 26th with easy importing, basic features, important stories filter — Digg has just announced that its answer to the now fallen Google Reader, named Digg Reader, is launching next week — with access to all opening up by June 26th.
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paidContent, Digg Blog, Guardian, TechCrunch, Betabeat and Cult of Mac