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2:20 PM ET, September 17, 2013

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
News outlets often stumble in quest for speed and accuracy  —  So much was misreported in the first few hours after the shooting rampage at Washington's Navy Yard.  —  Initial reports said that as many as three gunmen were involved.  Then two.  Then one.  Then back to three.  That four people were dead.
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Erik Wemple:
Navy Yard Shooter: What about that alleged AR-15? … CNN correspondent Pamela Brown just reported on air that Aaron Alexis, the deceased suspect in the Navy Yard shootings, entered the facility yesterday armed with a shotgun.  Citing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms …
Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and Vocativ
John Herman / BuzzFeed:
What Ever Happened To GOOD?  —  Remember GOOD magazine?  Its parent organization has a new partner.  The military.  —  This press release arrived in my inbox with a clang.  —  GOOD, an organization most commonly associated with its short-lived, ultra-conscious, proudly left-wing magazine …
Paul Sloan / CNET:
Major labels want iTunes radio to succeed; streaming is more lucrative than broadcasting  —  Here comes Apple's iTunes Radio  —  With iTunes Radio, Apple wants to be your DJ — and big music labels are rooting for its success.  Pandora, meantime, says growth is slowing.
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Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:
How does the music industry get people to pay for digital content?
Discussion: @rajunarisetti and eMedia Vitals
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
YouTube Grabs a Microsoft Vet for Big Product Job  —  YouTube has a billion users who watch more than six billion hours of video a month and upload 100 hours of video a minute.  —  Keeping all of that going is a pretty big engineering job.  Here's some high-level help for that …
Discussion: @allthingsd
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
For Twitter, Key to Revenue Is No Longer Ad Simplicity  —  SAN FRANCISCO — When it comes to making money, Twitter is all about keeping it simple.  There are no banner ads, no dancing animations, no ads inserted between screens that you must click to get past.
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
In a year, Netflix's competition shifted from Hulu to HBO to everything  —  Netflix recently updated its “long-term view,” the company's refreshingly candid assessment of its place within the internet video industry.  Which means, if you care about Netflix, you should go read it now.
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:
News Curation Platform Paper.li Raises Further $2 Million  —  Smallrivers, the Swiss startup behind news curation platform Paper.li, has raised further funding: $2 million from Debioinvestment, and Polytech Ventures (co-founded by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technologies where SmallRivers is based) …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
As Amazon Preps Its Apple TV Killer, It Plays Nicely With Apple TV  —  Amazon is planning on going head to head with Apple TV later this fall.  —  But before that happens, it will work nicely with Apple TV: Amazon's Instant Video app now supports AirPlay, which means you can stream old episodes of …
Online News Association:
2013 Online Journalism Awards finalists announced  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Finalists for the 2013 Online Journalism Awards, many pushing the envelope of innovation and excellence in digital storytelling and distribution, were announced today by the Online News Association and its academic partner …
Barry Levine / CMSWire.com:
Adobe, Major Magazines Release New Industry-Standard for Digital Readership  —  As magazines go digital, how is readership measured?  This week, Adobe, the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) and the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) is answering that question with the announcement …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Time Out chief executive Aksel van der Wal to stand down  —  Van der Wal, who led major restructuring of business, replaced on acting basis by Time Out London editor-in-chief Tim Arthur  —  The owner of the Time Out magazine franchise is to part company with chief executive Aksel van der Wal …
Discussion: Media Week
Geoffrey York / Globe and Mail:
Why China is making a big play to control Africa's media  —  When one of South Africa's biggest newspaper chains was sold last month, an odd name was buried in the list of new owners: China International Television Corp.  —  A major stake in a South African newspaper group might seem …
Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
Former Facebook editor launches Beacon, a platform that pays journalists  —  Former Facebook managing editor Daniel Fletcher and the two founders behind the Backspaces storytelling app have launched the beta version of a platform that aims to help independent journalists get paid for their work.
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Facebook and Twitter Blocked Again in Iran After Respite  —  TEHRAN — Internet users in Iran lost access Tuesday to Facebook and Twitter, a day after they were surprised to find that they could get on the sites without having to evade a government's firewall that had blocked direct access to the Web sites for years.
 
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