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5:00 AM ET, August 20, 2013

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Alan Rusbridger / Guardian:
David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face  —  As the events in a Heathrow transit lounge - and the Guardian offices - have shown, the threat to journalism is real and growing  —  In a private viewing cinema in Soho last week I caught myself letting fly …
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Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
David Miranda: 'They said I would be put in jail if I didn't co-operate'  —  Partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald gives his first interview on nine-hour interrogation at Heathrow airport  —  David Miranda, the partner of the Guardian journalist who broke stories of mass surveillance …
Sarah Young / Reuters:
British authorities say detention of reporter's partner ‘legally sound’  —  (Reuters) - Britain's authorities said on Tuesday the use of anti-terrorism powers to detain the partner of a journalist who wrote about U.S. and British surveillance programs based on leaks by Edward Snowden was “legally and procedurally sound”.
Andrea Peterson / The Switch:
No, Glenn Greenwald didn't ‘vow vengeance.’ He said he was going to do his job.  —  Glenn Greenwald, the journalist at the Guardian who broke many of the stories related to the National Security Agency (NSA) leaks over the past two months, had a stressful weekend.
Discussion: NBCNews, Hot Air, @johncusack and Reuters
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House: U.S. had no role in detention of Greenwald's partner  —  The United States was not involved in the detention of David Miranda, the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, but was told it was likely that the Brazilian citizen would be stopped at London's Heathrow Airport, the White House said Monday.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
UK Gov't Forces Guardian To ‘Destroy’ Hard Drives With Snowden Info; Guardian Says Reporting Continues From NY
BBC:
David Miranda detention: MP asks police for explanation
Ken Auletta / Currency:
CBS, Time Warner Cable, and the Disruption of TV  —  Until the nineteen-eighties, American television was dominated by CBS, NBC, and ABC, broadcast networks so powerful that they were known simply as the Big Three.  Then a new technology came along, one that gave viewers many more options to choose from …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Condé Nast Stops Paying Interns  —  Magazine conglomerate Condé Nast, which was slapped with a lawsuit in June for paying interns less than a dollar per hour, has decided to stop paying interns altogether.  Zero.  Several recent Conde interns told the Who Pays Interns Tumblr …
Simon Dumenco / AdAge:
Is Fox-Vice the Most Conservative Media Deal of the Year?  —  Yes, Vice Really Is Worth More Than Instagram or Tumblr  —  Media types sure aren't hiding how they feel about the news that 21st Century Fox is buying 5% of Vice Media in a deal that values the Brooklyn-based multimedia company at $1.4 billion. …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Dawn Airey to run Yahoo operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa  —  Appointment of media executive, who left RTL in April, marks end of protracted hunt by internet company  —  Dawn Airey, the former Channel 5, Sky and ITV senior executive, is to run Yahoo's operations across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
TechCrunch:
Matthew Panzarino Joins TechCrunch As Senior Editor  —  Matthew Panzarino has been a professional photographer, hobbyist chef, hardware tinkerer, independent Apple blogger, and most recently the Managing Editor at The Next Web.  —  He has made a name for himself in the tech media world …
Eric Spitz / Wall Street Journal:
Start the Presses!  It's How You Sell Newspapers  —  As iconoclastic as it may sound, it's time to stop chasing the digital ghost.  —  This month has seen a couple of successful businessmen with no newspaper experience acquire two of America's storied media institutions.  Many people are wondering why.
Ami Sedghi / Guardian:
Digital magazines: how popular are they?  —  The latest magazine circulation figures from the PPA show promising digital results for the industry - but is it enough to offset the fall in print?  —  Magazine circulation figures by the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) …
Discussion: @niemanlab
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Justin Smith's Blueprint for Modern Media  —  The path of modern media is anything but direct.  —  Justin Smith, the new CEO of Bloomberg Media Group, is emerging as one of the trailblazers.  His track record at The Economist, The Week and, most recently, The Atlantic suggests a willingness …
 
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Associated Press:
Ecuador Leader May Insist On Digital-Only Dailies
Discussion: The Verge
Connor Simpson / The Atlantic Wire:
Quitting the Internet Isn't the Answer
Discussion: Grist and @stefanjbecket
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Penguin Random House Makes TV Play
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Digital publisher Open Road raises $11M in Series C funding
Josh Stearns / Free Press:
A Growing Culture of Violence Against Journalists
Discussion: @johncusack and @jcstearns, Thanks:@jcstearns
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Inside Patch's Leaked Revenue Numbers And Its Hunt For Profitability
 Earlier Picks: 
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Twitter launches new ‘related headlines’ section on tweets
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Lauren Ashburn Joins Fox News
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
NPR President Knell leaving network for National Geographic Society