Mediagazer: TV industry-backed second screen app ConnecTV raises $1.4M (Tom Cheredar/VentureBeat)

7:30 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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Quartz, Boing Boing, CNN and Business Insider

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Mediaite

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

Reuters:
Edward Snowden at Russian airport; Putin signals no extradition

Discussion: RT, CNN, Fast Company, Business Insider, Guardian, New York Magazine, @mohamed, @jeffjarvis, New York Times and TechCrunch

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.

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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 …

Discussion: The Australian, BBC and News UK & Ireland Ltd

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

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.

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

TV industry-backed second screen app ConnecTV raises $1.4M — SMRTV Inc., the company that produces second screen TV service ConnecTV, has raised a $1.4 million in funding, according to a Security Exchange Commission document filed yesterday. — A growing number of people stare …

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.

Greg Sandoval / The Verge:

Pandora and musicians to discuss royalty settlement as war of words heats up — Talks are preliminary, but sources say formal negotiations are expected soon — Pandora, the web's top radio service, has held preliminary discussions with groups representing music artists as well as indie …

Discussion: GigaOM, Plagiarism Today, Rolling Stone and CNET

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.

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.

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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

Barnes & Noble Reports $118.6M Loss On Revenue Of $1.3B In Q4, Plans To Open Nook Brand To Tablet OEMs — Barnes & Noble reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings this morning, and the financials make it clear that the company is still struggling to figure out how it fits into the larger digital reading ecosystem.

Discussion: Fortune, Kindle Review, WebProNews and CNET