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2:20 PM ET, August 23, 2013

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James Andrew Miller / New York Times:
N.F.L. Pressure Said to Lead ESPN to Quit Film Project  —  Pressure from the National Football League led to ESPN's decision on Thursday to pull out of an investigative project with “Frontline” regarding head injuries in the N.F.L., according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.
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Marc Tracy / The New Republic:
Why ESPN Backed Out of a Concussions Investigation With ‘Frontline’  —  “Frontline,” the prestigious, multiple-Emmy-winning investigative news show produced by Boston's PBS member station, announced late Thursday afternoon that a 15-month-old partnership with ESPN in which they published …
Dave Jamieson / The Huffington Post:
NFL Players Union Rips ESPN: ‘Sad Day’ For Journalism
Discussion: New York Times and Deadspin
PBS:
A Note from FRONTLINE: ESPN and “League of Denial”
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
New York Times And Guardian Will Publish More Snowden Revelations  —  “A climate of intense pressure.”  —  Brad Barket / Getty Images  —  The New York Times is in the Snowden game.  —  The paper — which NSA leaker Edward Snowden deliberately avoided over his fear that it would cooperate …
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Snowden: UK government now leaking documents about itself  —  The NSA whistleblower says: ‘I have never spoken with, worked with, or provided any journalistic materials to the Independent’  —  (Updated below)  —  The Independent this morning published an article - which it repeatedly claims comes from …
Robert Booth / Guardian:   UK government given Tuesday deadline over David Miranda data
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald Challenge Independent Story
Discussion: paidContent and Telegraph
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
What Is Medium?  —  The site from Twitter's co-founders is one year old, and still mysterious  —  Just about a year ago, a new website from two of the founders of Twitter launched.  It was called Medium.  The new site was invite-only, but outsiders could read from various collections.
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Anil Dash / Medium:
What Medium Is  —  Think YouTube, not Blogger.  Hard Knocks, not Harvard.  —  If you enjoy this piece, please support my campaign to bring clean water to the region of Orissa, India where my family is from.  A donation of just $45 can bring one person safe water for life.
Discussion: @ibogost, @jayrosen_nyu and @emilygould
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies  —  • Top-secret files show first evidence of financial relationship  —  • Prism companies include Google and Yahoo, says NSA  —  • Costs were incurred after 2011 Fisa court ruling
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The Independent:
Exclusive: Edward Snowden leaks reveal UK's secret Middle-East web surveillance base
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Who abandoned negotiations first: Koch brothers or Tribune?  —  Charles and David Koch walked away from negotiations to buy Tribune Co.'s newspapers because digital assets like CareerBuilder and Classified Ventures wouldn't convey with the sale, Josh Peterson reported in The Daily Caller Thursday afternoon.
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Free Press:   Koch's Loss a Win for Local Communities
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Col Allan declares himself MacArthur, as the ‘New York Post’ roils  —  “Like MacArthur I shall return.”  —  That's what Col Allan, the New York Post's pit bull of an editor-in-chief, wrote in an email to Capital earlier this week, likening himself to Gen. Douglas MacArthur …
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Gingrich Will Be Back in the ‘Crossfire’ on CNN  —  ARLINGTON, Va. — In defeat, the 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls have mostly faded from view, in ways that seem true to type.  Mitt Romney is a contented grandfather.  Rick Santorum is head of a Christian movie company.
Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
Citing Steve Jobs email, DOJ claims Apple changed in-app purchase to retaliate against Amazon  —  In the Apple ebooks case, the federal government wants to change the way that Apple does business — not just for ebooks, but in all content markets.  —  The DOJ on Friday filed a revised proposed remedy …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:   U.S. proposes shorter injunction in Apple e-books case
Mat Honan / Wired:
Comment Sections Are Wastelands Ruled by Trolls.  Here Are Alternatives  —  Online comments are trollish and broken.  Luckily, there are some great alternatives.  Illustration: Tavis Coburn  —  A decade or more ago, Internet publishers entered into what now seems like a collective delusion …
Discussion: @mat and @dangillmor
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
National Journal Names New Top Editor  —  Tim Grieve, who recently jumped from Politico to National Journal and has been hiring up reporters, has been named National Journal's editor-in-chief, according to a memo from Atlantic Media chief David Bradley.  —  The move puts Grieve head-to-head …
Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:
ThaiPublica: Investigative journalism and ‘cute’ interactives  —  A look at an investigative news site for Thailand inspired by ProPublica  —  ThaiPublica looks to uncover stories relating to the government, business and finance  —  Copyright: Image by katerha on Flickr.  Some rights reserved
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Don't stop the music!  Pandora ends 40-hour mobile limit  —  Six months after capping free mobile listening at 40 hours, Pandora is letting listeners keep the music going as long as they like without a fee, mostly because it's found other ways to crimp how long you tune in.  —  Follow @@joan_e
Perry Stein / City Desk:
Witnesses in FishbowlDC Lawsuit Include Tucker Carlson and Emily Miller  —  The defamation suit against FishbowlDC is already shaping up to be a real-life Seinfeld finale, only instead of the Soup Nazi, the trial's witness list includes a number of local minor media personalities.
Discussion: @wcp and @thedcvince
 
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Robert Andrews / Beet.TV:
Research: Tablet Video Apps Capture Viewers Better Than TV
Discussion: GigaOM
Jeff Clabaugh / Washington Business Journal:
DOJ seeks more information on Gannett TV station acquisitions
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Media group asks AG to remove Risen subpoena
Discussion: Main Justice
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Lack of television cameras in UK courts ‘shameful’, says ITN executive
Judith Rosen / Publishers Weekly:
PM Launches E-book Bundling Program
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Typical UK viewer watches 90 minutes a month on devices other than TV set
Discussion: Media Week
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