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9:55 AM ET, August 21, 2013

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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
British Newspaper Has Advantages in Battle With Government Over Secrets  —  LONDON — Alan Rusbridger, the mop-haired, soft-spoken editor of The Guardian newspaper, finds himself in a shadowy battle with the British government over purloined secrets that the government will have a hard time winning in the Internet age.
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Nicholas Watt / Guardian:
Guardian told to destroy NSA files for national security, says Clegg  —  Clegg's spokesman confirms that Sir Jeremy Heywood made request on instructions of David Cameron  —  Nick Clegg has endorsed the government's decision to ask the Guardian to destroy leaked secret NSA documents …
Christoph Scheuermann / Spiegel Online:
The Cozy Relationship between Britain and its Intelligence Apparatus  —  A Commentary by Christoph Scheuermann  —  Most in Britain seem unconcerned about the mass surveillance carried out by its intelligence agency GCHQ.  Even the intimidation tactics being used on the Guardian this week have caused little soul-searching.
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Conspiracy to commit journalism  —  “If sunlight coalitions are to succeed, they won't succeed by outwitting surveillance.  Not better technology, but greater legitimacy is their edge.”  —  The mood toughened just over a month ago, when I received a phone call from the centre of government telling me: “You've had your fun.
Julian Borger / Guardian:
NSA files: why the Guardian in London destroyed hard drives of leaked files
William Launder / Wall Street Journal:
Review Chronicles Bloomberg Missteps on Data Use  —  An outside review of Bloomberg LP's data compliance and news reporting revealed that the financial data and news provider didn't curtail reporters' access to subscriber data two years ago, when concerns about the access first emerged, due to internal “misunderstandings.”
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Bloomberg News review suggests standards editor, ombudsman  —  Former New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt reviewed Bloomberg News' newsroom operations following revelations last May that the company's journalists had improperly accessed data about Bloomberg's data customers.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Talking Biz News
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Facebook Leads an Effort to Lower Barriers to Internet Access  —  MENLO PARK, Calif. — About one of every seven people in the world uses Facebook.  Now, Mark Zuckerberg, its co-founder and chief executive, wants to make a play for the rest — including the four billion or so who lack Internet access.
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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Al Jazeera hints at new online programming for cord cutters and cable hold-outs  —  Al Jazeera launched its U.S. cable network Tuesday, but a significant part of its potential audience couldn't tune in: Viewers used to watching Al Jazeera's international channel online found themselves blocked …
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Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Fox Confirms Brian Lewis Fired for ‘Financial Irregularities’ (Updated)  —  Executive vice president of corporate communications and longtime employee suddenly leaves the company  —  Brian Lewis, senior advisor to Roger Ailes and Fox's executive vice president of corporate communications …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Comcast asserts copyright over its court filing, is attempting to shut down news site that reproduced it  —  In an article published last week, TorrentFreak reproduced Comcast's response to a subpoena regarding the copyright troll Prenda Law.  Since then, Comcast's agents Cyveillance have sent …
Discussion: GigaOM, TorrentFreak and @boothsweet
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
New Revelations Detail How The NSA Scans 75% Of The Internet Through Telco Partnerships  —  Today the Wall Street Journal reported the existence of several NSA programs that were either previously unknown, or little was known about.  Meet Blarney, Fairview, Oakstar, Lithium and Stormbrew.
Jason Felch / Los Angeles Times:
O.C. Register owner Aaron Kushner bets heavily on print  —  As other publishers prepare for a digital-only future, Kushner adds staff and expands his newspaper.  This week he launched the Long Beach Register.  —  Long Beach resident Antonio Romero reads the inaugural edition of the Long Beach Register in front of the Queen Mary.
James Waterson / City A.M. Feed:
Exclusive: TV licence offences responsible for a tenth of all UK court cases  —  TVLICENSINGoffences now account for more than a tenth of all criminal prosecutions in the UK, City A.M. can reveal.  —  More than 180,000 people - almost 3,500 a week - appeared in front of magistrates during 2012 …
Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
A look at Storyful's Open Newsroom verification project  —  A look at the first two months of the project, which involves a Google+ community working together to verify content shared online  —  A couple of months ago the team at social newswire Storyful took to Google+ with its Open Newsroom initiative …
Discussion: @grove and @niemanlab
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
San Francisco paper took $500,000 with paywall before taking it down  —  With the San Francisco Chronicle having dropped its paywall after just four months, one of its former executives has been talking about the problems of charging for content.  —  Phil Bronstein, one-time Chronicle editor …
Discussion: Poynter
Tom McCarthy / Guardian:
Bradley Manning to be sentenced for WikiLeaks disclosures - live updates  —  US soldier faces day of reckoning after more than three years of detention.  Follow the latest from Fort Meade here  —  Sort by:  —  9.20am ET  —  Not a huge show of support for Manning outside Fort Meade.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
European broadcasters shut down emergency Greek TV service  —  Body representing Europe's public service broadcasters pulls plug on ERT following launch of Greek broadcaster EDT  —  The body representing public service broadcasters throughout Europe, including the BBC …
Discussion: New Zealand Herald and BBC
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
You Tell Netflix What You Want to Watch, and Now It Tells You What You Really Want to Watch  —  One of the key features of Netflix is a vaunted set of algorithms.  They are supposed to find things for you to watch on the streaming service, based on your viewing history.
Reg Chua / (Re)Structuring Journalism:
What Price Efficiency?  —  There's been so much ink (pixels?) spilt on the purchase of the Washington Post by Jeff Bezos that there's not much to add about what he may or may not do with the paper, other than that it's going to be really interesting to watch.
Discussion: Fast Company
 
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Tara Conlan / Guardian:
BBC boss in charge of Digital Media Initiative got £140,000 in bonuses
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Vevo in Deals With Apple, Samsung for TV Programming
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Video content provider Storyhunter.tv to partner with AOL and Yahoo
Discussion: @niemanlab
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
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Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
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