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11:55 PM ET, September 13, 2013

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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
NPR Names Paul G. Haaga, Jr. Interim CEO  —  Paul G. Haaga, Jr. will be the President & CEO of National Public Radio in an interim capacity, the organization announced today.  Mr. Haaga will fill the post left by Gary Knell, who announced last month that he was leaving to head up the National Geographic Society.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR to offer employee buyouts  —  In an effort to stave off a budding financial crisis, NPR will offer buyouts to its employees, with a goal of reducing its staff by about 10 percent, one of the largest reductions in the organization's history, it said Friday.
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: John McCain Will Attack Vladimir Putin in the Pages of Pravda  —  In a first-of-its kind arrangement, the editors of Russian newspaper Pravda have tentatively agreed to publish a column by Sen. John McCain that will attack the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Joshua Keating / Slate:   Has McCain Read Pravda Lately?
New York Times:
The Payday at Twitter Many Were Waiting For  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In June 2007, Evan Williams was looking for investors for a quirky Internet communications service called Twitter that he had co-founded.  —  He had already signed up a number of well-known Silicon Valley financiers …
Discussion: @mathewi
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sun readers strongly support Page 3 topless models, says News UK boss
Discussion: Capital New York
Erik Wemple:
Time magazine misses Snowden wave  —  Barton Gellman had a busy summer chasing down big national security stories stemming from the document trove of former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden.  Late last month, Gellman and Greg Miller published a story on the government's $52.6 billion …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Bauer Media stops publishing magazine accused of being pro-Nazi  —  Bauer Media is to cease publication of the controversial magazine, Der Landser, which has been accused of honouring pro-Nazi troops who fought in the second world war.  —  The Hamburg-based company made the announcement …
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Sara Morrison / The Wrap:   Bauer Media to Stop Publishing Pro-Nazi Magazine Following Wrap Investigation
Dave Winer:
The govt should stay out of journalism  —  The US government is hoping to legislate who is and isn't a journalist.  This is serious stuff.  They aren't deciding who can and can't get a Pulitzer Prize, instead they're deciding who goes to jail for publishing leaks “without authorization.”
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Aereo Argues Courts Should Ignore Rival FilmOn X's Legal Setbacks  —  FilmOn X, which offers digital streams of broadcast signals, lost in court again on Thursday, with more signs that a string of legal defeats may affect not just its business but that of its rival, Aereo.
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Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Aereo claims DC injunction doesn't affect it
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
John McCain Makes the Case for A La Carte Cable (Q&A)  —  Would we be better off buying cable stations one at a time instead of in bundles?  Sen. John McCain says yes, and has introduced legislation that would make it happen.  —  TheWrap spoke with the Arizona Republican and 2008 presidential candidate …
Discussion: @jimsmall, @slate, @tedataca, The Hill and CNN
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Parents Television Council: “Sons of Anarchy” premiere shows need for a la carte cable
Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline.com
Greg Cook / ARTery:
Alternative Media Won?  —Remembering The Late Boston Phoenix  —  Last night, the old gang—the alums and the refugees and the orphans of The Boston Phoenix, the alternative publication that folded last March—gathered once more to celebrate the old days and pick over what went wrong.
Discussion: @lissaharris
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Why TV will play a big role in Twitter's IPO  —  We don't know much about Twitter's planned IPO, thanks to the company's decision to file its papers with the SEC confidentially.  But we do know is that the timing is perfect.  —  The fall TV season is just about to begin.
Discussion: Forbes, The Switch and Fortune
Dan Catt / Slate:
10 Good Reasons BuzzFeed Is Going to Pay My Invoice for Copyright Theft  —  A listicle from a disgruntled photographer. … Two weeks ago BuzzFeed posted a highly successful listicle “18 Everyday Products You've Been Using Wrong.”  It went viral, and you can see why.
Discussion: @mattbors
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Harper's Will Never Be Free  —  Harper's Magazine will never give in to the free-content Internet craze.  —  The October issue opens with a three page letter (Harper's is not known for brevity) from president and publisher John R. MacArthur reaffirming the venerable magazine's stance against the new-in-1999 model of online journalism.
Discussion: @mathewi
 
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