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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Photographer sues BuzzFeed for $3.6M over viral sharing model — A photographer says BuzzFeed should pay copyright damages not only for an unauthorized photo that appeared on its site — but for the dozens of other sites on which the photo appeared. — An Idaho photographer, Kai Eiselein …

Discussion: Guardian, The Awl, Poynter and FishbowlNY

Isaac Chotiner / New Republic:

“What Part of ‘Politico’ Do You Not Understand?” — A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation — The dominant mode of Washington journalism tends to both reflect and entrench the values of its era. The eminent writers and editors of the immediate postwar age …

Discussion: Mediaite, Gawker, FishbowlDC, Nieman Journalism Lab, Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Poynter, @bcappelbaum and @jayrosen_nyu

Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

The NSA story isn't “journalistic malfeasance” — it's a story that is evolving in real time — Some critics of the recent NSA surveillance stories by the Guardian and Washington Post say the reports are filled with so many errors that they amount to “journalistic malfeasance.” But is this really the case?

Discussion: Medium

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
All journalism is advocacy (or it isn't) — Jay Rosen wrote …

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Next: Yahoo Also Eyeing Automated Video App Maker Qwiki in $50 Million Deal — According to sources close to the company, Yahoo is considering paying up to $50 million for Qwiki, the New York startup that makes an Apple iPhone app that allow users to turn photos, music and videos into short movies automatically.

Discussion: Forbes, Business Insider, CNET, memeburn, App Advice, Mashable and WebProNews

Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:

Angelina Jolie Hacking Scandal: Stunt Double Says News Corp. Tampered With Her Phone — Eunice Huthart alleges her voicemail was intercepted by British newspaper News of the World — The phone-hacking scandal that's plagued News Corp. over the last few years has spread to bizarre new territory …

Discussion: Guardian, BBC, Deadline.com, PressGazette, Reuters, The Huffington Post and Courthouse News Service

@bbcbreaking: First civil phone #hacking claim in US is issued against News Corporation and News International, by former stunt double for Angelina Jolie

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Gallup: Only 23% of Americans trust newspapers, TV news — The bad news: Just 23 percent of Americans told Gallup they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in newspapers, the same percentage who said they trust TV news. The good news: Both are still more popular than big business, organized labor, HMOs and Congress.

Discussion: Gallup and 24/7 Wall St.

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Future of 3-D TV Murky as ESPN Ends Channel — A few years ago, 3-D was hailed as the next big thing in television, the logical successor to high definition. But viewers in the United States did not buy the hype, and now the eye-popping format is seen as an expensive flop.

Discussion: Change of Subject, PSFK and Subtraction.com

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

Tumblr's Media Director Quits — Tumblr brought Mark Coatney aboard from Newsweek to bolster the site's editorial side—"to show how [Tumblr] can be key to connecting journalists and readers." Three years (and a Yahoo acquisition) later, and another early employee is gone. That's two in only a few weeks.

Discussion: CNET, Still Not Going To Do …, Betabeat and SlashGear

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

Top Wall Street Journal Reporter Jessica Lessin Going Solo — Jessica Lessin, a San Francisco-based senior technology reporter at the Wall Street Journal of several years, is quitting (somewhat abruptly) to launch her own tech website. We'll always have Cyprus.

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Erik Wemple:

Sharyl Attkisson: ‘I think I know’ source of computer breaches — CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson appears to be launching a media tour over her hacked computers. Yesterday she appeared on “CBS This Morning” with revelations that her computers would strangely turn on and off in the night …

Discussion: Mediaite and TVNewser

Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:

Yahoo discloses how much government data requests it gets — Yahoo is the latest company to share information on the government requests it receives. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press) — Yahoo became the fourth major tech company to disclose how much government data requests it gets …

Discussion: Yahoo, Christian Science Monitor, TechRadar.com, Bloomberg, The Register, The Independent, Engadget, BBC, CNN, Reuters, ZDNet, CNNMoney.com and Guardian

Allan Sloan / Fortune:

Zell's legacy lives on: IRS goes after Tribune — By the time the final papers are shuffled, the IRS and local tax authorities are likely seek more than half a billion dollars from Tribune in regard to the sales of the Chicago Cubs and Newsday under former CEO Sam Zell.

Discussion: Poynter and DealBook