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David Sirota / Salon:
Meet the “Journalists Against Journalism” club! — The clique of media figures outraged when news outlets challenge power has a new member: Washington Post higher-ups — From David Gregory to Andrew Ross Sorkin to David Brooks, the ranks of Washington's hottest new club continues to swell.
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post's Unbelievable Snowden Editorial — The Washington Post's editorial board drew catcalls on Tuesday for calling for the leaks from Edward Snowden to be stopped—even though the Post itself had benefited from those leaks. — The editorial board, which is run independently …
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple Said to Near Time Warner Cable Deal for TV Programs — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is nearing a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) to give subscribers of the cable television service access to channels via Apple TV, people with knowledge of the negotiations said.
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Deborah Potter / NewsLab:
Salaries decline in local TV newsrooms — For the first time in four years, local TV news salaries have taken a dive. The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University survey says pay was down on average by almost 2% in 2012. If you factor in the rate of inflation, real wages were down by about 4%.
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Sarah Darville / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Evening Edition looks to build beyond its simple model — Mule Design co-founder Mike Monteiro has never argued that Evening Edition — the five-stories-delivered-at-5 o'clock news roundup from Mule Design — is a complicated idea. “Evening Edition is ridiculously, stupidly simple,” he told me.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Buys Qwiki for About $50 Million — As AllThingsD reported two weeks ago that it was likely to do, Yahoo said it has bought Qwiki, the New York startup that makes an Apple iPhone app that allows users to turn photos, music and videos into short movies automatically.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
A buck ninety-nine: Esquire sells a new story online for the first time — Luke Dittrich might be my favorite magazine writer, and his “The Prophet” — a skeptical profile of Dr. Eben Alexander — will be in August's Esquire. But the magazine's also posting it for sale separately on its website.
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
US military blocks entire Guardian website for troops stationed abroad — Troops deployed to Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East and South Asia have ‘theater-wide block’ to Guardian — For US military personnel in the Middle East and south Asia, the restrictions apply to the entire Guardian website
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Wall Street Journal:
Front-Runner Emerges for Time Inc. CEO — Michael Klingensmith, Who Was Time Inc. CFO, Stabilized Star Tribune — By - JOANN S. LUBLIN And - KEACH HAGEY - — Former Time Inc. Chief Financial Officer Michael Klingensmith is a leading contender to become chief executive of the magazine giant …
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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Data Journalism is improving — fast — The last Data Journalism Awards announced last week at the Global Editors Network News Summit in Paris established one important fact: The genre is getting better, wider in scope and gaining many creative players. — Data Journalism is thriving.
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
Liberty's Strategy Too Far Ahead of Its Time — Pay-TV looks ripe for some tie-ups. And Liberty Media wants to be the one to cable it all together. — Liberty, helmed by Chairman John Malone, has been trying to interest Time Warner Cable in a merger with its 27%-owned cable interest, Charter Communications .
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
NYTimes media reporter moving to politics — New York Times political editor Carolyn Ryan sent out the following announcement on Tuesday:
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