Mediagazer: DNI documents: NSA phone record searches between 2006 and 2009 violated privacy protections (Wall Street Journal)

10:55 PM ET, September 10, 2013

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Controversial CTO Pax Dickinson Is Out at Business Insider — Business Insider came under fire Monday after the world was alerted to the sexist, misogynistic, homophobic and classist Twitter feed of its chief-technology officer Pax Dickinson. The two sides have parted ways, though there's some debate over the semantics.

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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

Statement From Business Insider — A Business Insider executive has made some comments on Twitter that do not reflect our values and have no place at our company. The executive has left the company, effective immediately. — Business Insider's team is composed of more than 100 talented men …

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Nicole Perlroth / NYT Bits:

Government Announces Steps to Restore Confidence on Encryption Standards — SAN FRANCISCO — The federal agency charged with recommending cybersecurity standards said Tuesday that it would reopen the public vetting process for an encryption standard, after reports that the National Security Agency …

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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

University apologizes for censoring crypto prof over anti-NSA post — Johns Hopkins acted “on inadequate information.” — Andrew Douglas, interim dean of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, has apologized publicly today for asking one of his cryptography professors …

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Jack Shafer:

Kurtz moves from CNN to Fox with the same old song — After “Reliable Sources” host Howard Kurtz parted ways with CNN in June and announced the move of his Sunday morning TV act to Fox News Channel, he had a chance to retool the media-news-and-criticism formula he purveyed on the network for 15 years.

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Merrill Knox / TVNewser:

‘MediaBuzz’ Debut Wins in Total Viewers, But ‘Reliable Sources’ Tops in the Demo — Howie Kurtz's new show on Fox News Channel went head-to-head with his old show on CNN Sunday morning. In its debut, “MediaBuzz” won in total viewers but lost to “Reliable Sources” in the A25-54 demographic.

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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

Apple TV a no-show, in any respect, at iPhone event — Despite initial hopes for new hardware, and then tempered hopes for a software update, Apple continues to tread water on its set-top box. — A lot of big names showed up at Apple's event Tuesday — Al Gore, Marissa Mayer, Elvis Costello …

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Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Apple launches iTunes radio

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Wall Street Journal:

DNI documents: NSA phone record searches between 2006 and 2009 violated privacy protections — NSA Violated Privacy Protections, Officials Say — Revelation Calls Into Question Security of Phone-Record Database — WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency's searches …

Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:

Netflix Added to Virgin Media U.K. TV in Industry First — Netflix Inc. (NFLX)'s subscription-video service will be offered on Virgin Media cable systems in the U.K., marking the first time the Web-delivered product is integrated by a major pay-TV provider.

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix Stock Hits All-Time High

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Phyllis Furman / NY Daily News:

Daily News launches startup incubator, Innovation Lab — Daily News' Innovation Lab will nurture cutting-edge media technology startups — Innovation starts at the Daily News. The News on Monday announced the launch of the Innovation Lab, a program that will provide select early-stage startup businesses …

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

Politico Founder Sees $1,000 a Year Fee for Capital N.Y. — Robert Allbritton, publisher of Washington politics website Politico, plans to charge subscription fees of about $1,000 a year for a high-end version of newly acquired media and politics blog Capital New York.

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Sara Morrison / The Wrap:

Time Inc. Acquires American Express Publishing — Time Inc. will buy all five of American Express Publishing's magazine titles, the company is set to announce on Tuesday. Time Inc. CEO Joseph Ripp sent a memo to employees informing them of the deal. — TheWrap previously reported that the deal was “very close” to being finalized.

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Thomas Rid / Slate:

The Rest of the Snowden Files Should Be Destroyed — The leaks have done a lot of good. But a lot more damage could be done. — Privacy is fundamental in an open democracy. Without privacy, there is no democracy. Security is also fundamental. Without security, there is no democracy, either.

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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Outbrain plans IPO valued at $1 billion for 2014 - reports — Outbrain, the biggest of the content engines that help publishers serve suggested stories and ads, will reportedly seek $200 million from Wall Street in 2014. — Outbrain, a startup that helps publishers like CNN and USA Today serve ads …

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Amidst IPO Rumors, Outbrain Hires Its First CFO, Jeff Davison

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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

Retrans Fight Stars in STELA Hearing — Broadcasters, MVPD's debate need for retrans reform — There may ultimately be a clean reathorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA)—or not—but the House Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing on that legislation was anything but streamline.

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Reuters:

German publisher G+J to spend millions on digital expansion — FRANKFURT, Sept 10 (Reuters) - German publisher Gruner+Jahr (G+J) is to invest several hundred million euros in an online expansion, following other media groups in seeking fresh revenue streams as newspapers and magazines decline.

Andrea Peterson / The Switch:

Here's what you miss by only talking to white men about the digital revolution and journalism — On Monday, Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center on The Press, Politics and Public Policy and the Nieman Journalism Lab launched Riptide, a new project about the disruption of journalism by technology.

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Min-Jeong Lee / Digits:

Samsung Sets Sights on TV Apps — Samsung Electronics Co. has been beefing up its software capabilities for its smartphones to compete with Apple Inc. Now, it's also setting its sights on apps for its Internet-connected TVs. — At the IFA trade show in Berlin last week …

Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones:

Vogue's Puff Piece on The Assads Is Back Online—For Now — Vogue has run a large number of profiles on famous and successful women. For their most recent September issue, the fashion magazine profiled Texas state senator Wendy Davis, photographed in her “Carolina Herrera dress and Reed Krakoff pumps.”

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