Mediagazer: How We Will Crush CNN — The Young Turks is the largest online news show in the world. (Cenk Uygur/The Huffington Post)

4:15 AM ET, June 25, 2013

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

NYT publishes deleted story after BuzzFeed reporter reconstructs it — The odd tale of a story about women who corresponded with former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner that the New York Times published, then deleted earlier this month got odder Monday: BuzzFeed reporter Andrew Kaczynski pieced a version of it together from Google searches.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, The New York Observer, @mikiebarb, @demianbulwa, @bkcolin, @zseward, @buzzfeedandrew, New York Magazine, Gothamist, @howardkurtz and Post Politics

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Greenwald Responds To Gregory's ‘Baseless, Reckless Assumption’ — NEW YORK — For years, Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald has argued that journalists in Washington often seem too cozy with the political figures they're supposed to hold accountable and too quick to amplify the government's perspective on national security.

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Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:

David Gregory Is What's Wrong With Washington — There has been an understandable collective wince at David Gregory's asking a fellow-journalist whether he should go to jail (I speak of Glenn Greenwald) for helping a whistle-blower. Now, as readers know, I'm somewhat skeptical …

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Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:

How We Will Crush CNN — The Young Turks is the largest online news show in the world. We have just crossed the Million/Billion mark. We have over one million subscribers and one billion views on our YouTube channel. There are only 25 non-music channels in the Million/Billion Club.

Discussion: @mlcalderone, @thepointtyt, Mediaite and AdAge

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

BBC journalist received ‘threatening’ tweets from Turkish mayor — Broadcaster condemns messages sent by Ankara mayor to reporter Selin Girit accusing her of ‘treachery’ — The BBC has expressed concern after one of its journalists was targeted in a “threatening” Twitter campaign …

Discussion: GlobalPost and BBC

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Just in time for Google Reader's demise, beloved RSS reader NetNewsWire launches open beta — In just a couple of weeks, Google will shut the door on Reader forever. But now a local reader alternative is coming back with a vengeance and, eventually, with syncing between Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Discussion: Black Pixel, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, Engadget, Macworld, MacStories, SlashGear, App Advice and Wall Street Journal

Sarah Darville / Nieman Journalism Lab:

When it comes to digital news trends, a Reuters Institute study says some stereotypes ring true — People in the U.S., France, Japan, and Brazil are all consuming more of their news digitally than ever before. But whether they will pay for a national news story — or post that article …

Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News:

Pink Floyd Blasts Pandora for “Tricking Artists Into Signing Their Own Paycuts...” — This is a ‘hearts and minds’ campaign gone miserably wrong for Pandora. And the latest scathing critic of Pandora and its campaigning founder, Tim Westergren, is none other than Roger Waters …

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Dorian Jones / Voice of America:

Turkish PM Takes Aim at Social Media — ISTANBUL — Turkey's prime minister has condemned social media and promised a crackdown on it and its users. There have already been arrests, and new legislation is being drafted to curb its use. But observers claim social media will be increasingly used …

Discussion: @zeynep, @zeynep, @zeynep and openDemocracy

Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:

The newspaper plunge slows — But paywall strategies and new business are still not enough to offset print ad declines — The newspaper industry found an extra $6 billion in its couch cushions last year. — That's not new revenue, unfortunately—just newly measured revenue.

Linette Lopez / Business Insider:

Why The Proxy Battle To Dismantle Yahoo's Board Probably Won't Work — Two massive pension funds are getting together to wage a proxy battle that would completely wipe out and rebuild Yahoo's Board of Directors at the company's meeting tomorrow, but it's time to get real — they probably won't get what they want.

Discussion: Telegraph

Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

Demand Media acquires e-commerce marketplace for $94 million — (Reuters) - Demand Media, the owner of content websites eHow, Livestrong and Cracked, said on Monday it had acquired the e-commerce marketplace Society6 for $94 million in cash and stock as the company diversifies its business model.

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

WikiLeaks Spokesperson Says Group May Publish Snowden's Remaining Material — “I can't go into any details.” — WASHINGTON — A WikiLeaks spokesperson opened the possibility Monday that the group could publish the rest of Edward Snowden's National Security Agency documents when reached by phone on Monday.

Discussion: Gawker, Talking Points Memo, TechCrunch, New York Times and New York Times

Dana Liebelson / Mother Jones:
WikiLeaks: We Know Where Snowden Is, But We're Not Telling You

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Tom Harper / The Independent:

Pressure grows on Lord Leveson to explain why he ignored hacking beyond the press — Lord Justice Leveson is facing mounting questions over why he decided to ignore a bombshell report detailing serious and widespread corruption among police and private investigators that was passed to his inquiry.

Discussion: pressgazette.co.uk