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9:10 AM ET, June 18, 2013

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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
All journalism is advocacy (or it isn't)  —  Jay Rosen wrote a insightful post forking the practice of journalism into “politics: none” (that is, traditional American journalism: objective, it thinks) and “politics: some” (that is, the kind just practiced by Glenn Greenwald and the Guardian).
@bbcbreaking:
First civil phone #hacking claim in US is issued against News Corporation and News International, by former stunt double for Angelina Jolie
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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 …
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.
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: PSFK and Subtraction.com
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Apple Executive Defends Pricing in Case on E-Books  —  Just days after Apple introduced the iPad and opened an e-bookstore, the biggest player in the e-book market, Amazon, changed the way it sold digital titles.  Steven P. Jobs shot off an e-mail to the Apple executive who had negotiated deals with the publishers.
Bloomberg:
Third Point Boosts Sony Stake as Daniel Loeb Seeks Talks  —  Third Point LLC, the hedge fund led by billionaire Daniel Loeb, increased its stake in Sony Corp. (6758) while pushing for talks with the board on a proposed initial public offering of the company's entertainment business.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Sun chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office  —  about Sun chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office- Comments  —  The Sun's chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker …
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.  It will sting a bit.
Josh Stearns / Mediashift:
How Do We Make Freelance Journalism Sustainable?  —  Last month the Chicago Sun Times fired its entire staff of photographers — 28 full-time journalists — and plans to rely primarily on freelancers.  This news is just the most recent in a growing trend across the news industry …
Steven Musil / CNET:
Sprint sues Dish, Clearwire to prevent $6B takeover bid  —  Wireless carrier's lawsuit claims the deal violates shareholder rights and Delaware laws.  —  Sprint Nextel has filed a lawsuit against Dish Network and Clearwire seeking to prevent Dish's takeover of the wireless broadband provider.
James Henderson / Techday:
Fairfax Magazines to close NZ tech titles  —  Fairfax Magazines will resign the licences, owned by IDG, to publish technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World in New Zealand.  —  In a press release sent out to the media late yesterday, the organisation says the decision …
Discussion: PC World and TVNZ
 
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Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Wikimedia Foundation says it hasn't received any PRISM requests, asks how it should respond next
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts had 17.1B views since July 2024

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