Mediagazer: 'Community's' Dan Harmon Reveals the Wild Story Behind His Firing and Rehiring (Lacey Rose/The Hollywood Reporter)

5:45 AM ET, July 18, 2013

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Ian Crouch / News Desk:

The Inconvenient Image of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — The magazine cover retains its unique cultural power—to amuse, to inform, to agitate, or, as is the case with the forthcoming August 1st issue of Rolling Stone, to enrage. That cover, unveiled on Tuesday night, features a photographic self-portrait …

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Jake Tapper / The Lead:
Former White House National Security spokesman assails Rolling Stone cover

Lacey Rose / The Hollywood Reporter:

'Community's' Dan Harmon Reveals the Wild Story Behind His Firing and Rehiring — TV's most controversial showrunner (and self-professed “rude a**hole") renews his feud with Chevy Chase, recalls his attacks on NBC and Sony, reveals his regrets over the rape joke and details how Joel McHale helped him get his old job back.

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Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:

The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed — As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated.

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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Others Call for More NSA Transparency — Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft are part of a broad alliance of technology companies and civil liberties groups that will tomorrow demand dramatically increased transparency around U.S. government surveillance efforts.

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Feminista Jones / Salon:

Is Twitter the underground railroad of activism? — The Zimmerman trial may have introduced white America to “Black Twitter,” but its roots go back centuries — “It's just Twitter” is a refrain often tweeted by people who insist that they don't take much of what they read on Twitter seriously.

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Aisha Harris / Slate:
What Is “BlackBuzzfeed”?

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Susan Currie Sivek / Mediashift:

Magazines of Stuff: Embracing the Physical in the Digital Age — One way to react to the digitization of magazines is to experiment with the physical nature of the publications as tangible things. There's been a return to the sensual pleasure of ink on paper and luxuriant design, especially at small, independent magazines.

American Journalism Review:

American Journalism Review To Become Online Only Publication — The American Journalism Review will end production of its print edition and launch a redesigned website in Fall 2013 as it becomes an online-only publication, the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism announced Wednesday.

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Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:

Journalist Who Broke Edward Snowden Story Gets Book Deal — Reporter Glenn Greenwald's book also will “contain new revelations” about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs. — Glenn Greenwald, the investigative reporter who broke the story on NSA leaker Edward Snowden …

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John Paul Titlow / Co.Labs:

Sure, We Like Spotify—But Thom Yorke Has A Good Point — Thom Yorke is pissed. In case your Internet's been down, the Radiohead frontman has joined longtime creative co-conspirator Nigel Godrich in decrying Spotify and the economics of streaming services like it.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Byliner's new iPad app aims to find your next long read — Long-form journalism site Byliner has a new iPad app that aims to match readers with articles based on how much time they have to read. The app is also going to be the main vehicle for Byliner's $9.99 subscription product, Byliner Plus.

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Turner Shuffle: John Martin to Succeed Phil Kent as CEO in January — After a dozen years at the helm, Phil Kent will step down from his post as CEO of Turner Broadcasting in January and will be succeeded by Time Warner chief financial officer John Martin. — Kent will remain chairman of TBS for a period in 2014.

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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed: Money Men Are Taking Over Time Warner

Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times:

China says it'll relax film, TV censorship; directors unimpressed — Director Jia Zhangke, shown with actress Tao Zhao at the Cannes Film Festival, says China's easing of restrictions on film, TV and radio content isn't a revolutionary step forward. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images / May 26, 2013)

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Ustream broadcast over 7m live video streams in first half of 2013, now boasts 24 million users — Ustream revealed today that over 7 million live video streams have been broadcast through its platform during the first half of 2013. — The milestone is a six-month record for the company …

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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

AP's Carroll: ‘An attack on a journalist is a proxy for an attack on the people’ — Kathleen Carroll, senior vice president and executive editor of the Associated Press, briefed the United Nations Security Council on the protection of journalists today. — She explained that the AP's headquarters …

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Larry Dailey / Mediashift:

Are Traditional News Operations Really Ready for Innovation? — Fewer than half of Middle East residents think it's safe to express political opinions online, according to a study by sponsor Northwestern University in Qatar. Explore the data on this interactive site and watch a recent MediaTwits chat about the study.

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Chuck Schumer, Lindsey Graham introduce new media shield law — Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham have rounded up another bipartisan gang, this time to pass a media shield law that would enact recent Justice Department guidelines. — The New York and South Carolina senators have written …

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Televisor wants to become your TV recommendation engine — So you just finished binge-watching the last season of Mad Men, and now you're wondering: What's next? That's exactly the type of question a new site called Televisor was built for. — Televisor offers the type of “you may also like” …

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Independent news orgs in Latin America band together in search of new business models — A loose federation of independent news organizations in Latin America have decided to make it official. — Rosental Alves of The University of Texas' Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas …

Jason Clampet / Skift:

Lonely Planet to Cut Staff and Relocate Digital Offices to Nashville — Four months after buying Lonely Planet from BBC Worldwide, new owner NC2 Media will announce staff reductions and structural changes as soon as this week, Skift has learned. The changes involve layoffs across existing offices in Melbourne, London, and Oakland.

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