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4:00 AM ET, June 21, 2013

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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Columbia's Sreenivasan Bolts for New Digital Job at New York's Metropolitan Museum  —  Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art  —  Sree Sreenivasan, a longtime presence at Columbia University — first at its Graduate School of Journalism, and then more recently as its first chief digital officer …
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Mark Glaser / Mediashift:   Columbia J-School Looks to Shed ‘Old School’ Image with Curriculum Revamp
Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Wired's Danger Room Blog Is in Danger  —  The heavily-trafficked national security blog's core writers have moved on and Wired is still looking into its options  —  Is Wired.com's Danger Room blog done?  It sure looks like it.  —  All four of the national security blog's core contributors …
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Howard Kurtz Joining Fox News To Anchor New Version Of Fox News Watch  —  Mediaite has learned that Fox News is expected to announce today that Howard Kurtz will join the network.  —  Kurtz is currently the anchor of CNN's Sunday morning media criticism show Reliable Sources.
Christopher Mims / Quartz:
It's no accident Facebook made Instagram's new videos exactly as long as a television commercial  —  Facebook is going to get us all watching television ads again.  —  Instagram, the photo-sharing app that Facebook acquired last year, just added the ability to share videos, as well.
Marissa Mayer / Yahoo!:
Tumblr.  + Yahoo! — It's Officially Official.  —  We're excited to announce that our deal to acquire Tumblr has closed... it's official!  —  As promised, Tumblr will continue to operate as a separate business, led by David Karp as CEO.  Their product roadmap, their team …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Journalists in exile 2013  —  Somalis, Syrians flee violence; Iran crackdown deepens  —  Fifty-five journalists fled their homes in the past year with help from the Committee to Protect Journalists.  The most common reason to go into exile was the threat of violence, such as in Somalia and Syria …
Discussion: Voice of America
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
WomenEdsWeLove creator: Female editors ‘are not invisible’ & 'they're not that hard to find'  —  Port Magazine's recent cover, featuring all male magazine editors, prompted journalists to ask an obvious question: Where are all the female editors?  —  Wanting to show there are plenty of them …
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Amanda Hess / Slate:   Here's Why Women's Magazines Don't Produce “Serious” Journalism
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Michael Hastings researching Jill Kelley case before death  —  The late award-winning American journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, seen earlier this year in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi / AFP/Getty Images / May 1, 2012)  —  WASHINGTON - During the weeks before he was killed …
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Michael Hastings, the FBI, and WikiLeaks: Death of Journalist Sparks Conspiracy Theories
Ted Johnson / Variety:
White House Issues New Plan to Curb Piracy  —  Plan Cites Voluntary Agreements, Small Claims Copyright Courts  —  The White House will encourage search engines, cyberlockers and domain name registrars to come up with voluntary agreements with Hollywood and other industries to curb online piracy of movies …
Chad Bray / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Makes Closing Arguments in E-Book Trial  —  Apple Inc. acted independently, for its own legitimate business purposes, when it entered into agreements with five major U.S. publishers to sell electronic books shortly ahead of the introduction of its iPad tablet in 2010 …
Discussion: Associated Press and Digits
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Time Warner Cable Lawsuit: Another Attack on Channel Bundling  —  The cable industry's practice of bundling channels is facing pressure from plenty of consumer groups, upstart competitors and John McCain.  But the question posed by a class action suit is whether there is a case to be had for the many customers who pay the bills.
Devanshi Garg / Mediashift:
Warning: Your Hasty Move to Responsive Design Could Backfire  —  Want to stay current on media and technology from around the web?  Get MediaShift's Daily Must Reads in your in-box!  —  A recent study by Nielsen found that in the U.S., 61 percent of mobile phone users own smartphones.
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New York Times:
Warner Brothers Studio Chief Said to Be Weighing Exit  —  LOS ANGELES — The president of the Warner Brothers Pictures Group, Jeff Robinov, was in still-unresolved discussions late Thursday to leave the studio, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
Oregonian Publisher Says Paper is Reducing Home Delivery Days, Laying Off Staff  —  The Oregonian confirmed this morning that the paper will reduce print delivery to three days a week.  —  Publisher N. Christian Anderson III informed readers at 10 am that the paper will continue …
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
The New York Times plans to limit non-subscribers to just 3 articles per day on mobile  —  The New York Times has announced new plans to limit the amount of content non-subscribing mobile readers can access each day with a new “mobile meter”.  —  The company announced the plans on Thursday …
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Associated Press:
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Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Poynter
Mayer Nissim / Digital Spy:
Sky Sports wins Ofcom ruling over BT Sport adverts
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