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6:40 AM ET, June 26, 2013

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Jonathan Kaiman / Guardian:
China newspaper praises Snowden for 'tearing off Washington's mask'  —  State-run People's Daily says whistleblower has exposed US hypocrisy after Washington blamed Beijing for his escape  —  China's top state newspaper has praised the fugitive US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for …
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Erik Wemple:
What would it take to nail Glenn Greenwald under the Espionage Act?  —  Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) kicked things off on June 12, when he said the following in regard to Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian: “When you have someone who has disclosed secrets like this and threatens to release more …
Gregory Kohs- / Examiner:
Jimmy Wales breaks Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden  —  Wikipedia's notorious co-founder, Jimmy Wales, has launched an investigation to determine if any of the pseudonyms who edit the world's biggest encyclopedia are in fact (or suspected to be) classified security info leaker, Edward Snowden.
Discussion: Softpedia News
Jennifer C. Kerr / Associated Press:
Ex-NSA official assails Obama administration as journalists, others, debate gov't leak probes  —  WASHINGTON — A former spy agency official who was the target of a government leak investigation says he feels a “significant kinship” with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Rupert Murdoch's News International Rebrands as News UK Ahead of Split  —  The Australian arm of the post-split publishing company that will be the new News Cop also will change its name from News Limited to News Corp Australia.  —  News International, the U.K. newspaper arm …
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Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
Australia's largest publisher News Limited is to change its name to News Corp Australia.  The change comes 90 years after James Davidson created News Limited in 1923.  It formed the foundation of the Adelaide-based empire that Sir Keith Murdoch bought into in 1949.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
ASNE census finds 2,600 newsroom jobs were lost in 2012  —  The American Society of News Editors released its annual newsroom census today and found an unexpected acceleration of job losses.  Roughly 2,600 full-time professional editorial jobs at newspapers disappeared in 2012 …
Discussion: Pew Research Center
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:   Minority employment in newsrooms held steady in 2012
David Dishneau / Associated Press:
Courtroom Closures Likely In WikiLeaks Trial  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — Lawyers for Army leaker Pfc. Bradley Manning raised no objection Tuesday to a government proposal to temporarily close his court-martial to the public and press, possibly as early as this week, to protect classified evidence.
Jim Romenesko:
AJR editor Rem Rieder is named USA Today media editor  —  Longtime American Journalism Review editor Rem Rieder joins USA Today on July 15 as full time media editor.  “[He] brings us a combination of traditional media sensibilities and new media entrepreneurship that will help us develop …
Discussion: Poynter and PR Newswire
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Spundge partners with Getty Images and Reuters  —  Getty and Reuters will be available to those with a Pro account, and will join free ‘firehoses’ of content such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr  —  Copyright: By Stevendepolo on Flickr.  Some rights reserved.
Lauren Taylor / Folio:
Bloomberg Businessweek Launches Hong Kong Edition  —  Chinese-language version done through licensing agreement with Modern Media Hold  —  Bloomberg Businessweek will soon be launching a new edition in Hong Kong.  The magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek/Chinese Edition, will be distributed weekly starting June 26, 2013.
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Reporters who chased Snowden to Havana now enjoying unexpected tropical vacations  —  Eighteen hours after their fools' errand of a flight landed in Havana, much of the Moscow-based press corps is still stranded continents away from the Snowden story they were chasing: sightseeing in the region …
Aaron Couch / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN Mocked for Lack of Texas Filibuster Coverage  —  witter lights up after the network opts to air a segment about blueberry muffins during Texas State Senator Wendy Davis' day-long battle against anti-abortion legislation.  —  Hollywood has found a new cause celebre.
Discussion: Deadline.com and Guardian
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
CNN Shutting Down CNN Radio Unit  —  CNN is shutting down its CNN Radio unit.  Today will be the last day of broadcasts for the department, which focused primarily on long-form audio news stories.  —  Staff for the unit were told about the change today, and their last day will be Friday.
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Media CEOs back print, quality over platform  —  Media CEOs issue support for newspapers but see digital enhancements as key differentiator.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top executives of several major U.S. media companies reiterated their support for print newspapers, even as they emphasized …
Discussion: Poynter and Kirk LaPointe's …
 
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Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Pandora and musicians to discuss royalty settlement as war of words heats up
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Mashable Taps New York Times VP as Its First Chief Revenue Officer
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Huffington Post Expands to Africa
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
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Discussion: Electronista
Jim Romenesko:
Andrew Ross Sorkin apologizes for saying he'd ‘almost arrest Glenn Greenwald’
Discussion: Techdirt
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Tribune Co. appeals tax bills
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Charlotte Moore set to be confirmed as BBC1 controller
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Barnes & Noble says it will stop manufacturing Nook tablets in-house; e-readers live on
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Vine use on Twitter up almost 100% in last two months, says survey
Discussion: The Drum and Unruly Media
New York Times:
Assange, Back in News, Never Left U.S. Radar