Mediagazer: Netflix launches Spoilerfoiler to stop Twitter from spoiling Breaking Bad (Janko Roettgers/GigaOM)

11:05 PM ET, September 23, 2013

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Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

Pandora Falls 10% as Apple ITunes Radio Draws 11 Million — Pandora Media Inc., the biggest Web radio service, fell 10 percent after Apple Inc. said it attracted more than 11 million unique listeners to its new iTunes Radio service. — Pandora, with 72 million active listeners, slid to $24.26 at the close in New York.

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Christopher Heine / Adweek: Will iTunes Radio Spark Digital Music Shakeout?

Lance Whitney / CNET:
iTunes Radio snags 11 million users

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:

Former F.B.I. Agent Pleads Guilty in Leak to A.P. — WASHINGTON — A former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent has agreed to plead guilty to leaking classified information to The Associated Press about a foiled bomb plot in Yemen last year, the Justice Department announced on Monday.

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Turn your followers into gold: Beacon won't be the Netflix of journalism, but it might help you make rent — “The actual number of readers, at this stage, is kind of irrelevant, as long as the writers are like, ‘This is worth it for me.’” — Not exactly the wisdom you'd expect from Adrian Sanders …

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Netflix launches Spoilerfoiler to stop Twitter from spoiling Breaking Bad — Are you one of those people who are afraid to check Twitter Monday morning because everyone is talking about Breaking Bad, but you haven't watched Sunday night's episode yet? Netflix to the rescue …

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Dara Kerr / CNET:

Apple TV update is back after being pulled for technical issues — After downloading a software update last week, some Apple TV users reported losing device functionality as well as stored content. Apple has revamped the update, which now again available for download.

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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

The unfortunate fact is that online journalism can't survive without a wealthy benefactor or cat GIFs — It's always been true to some extent, but it is even more true now — serious online journalism requires something else to subsidize it, whether it's a rich benefactor or cat GIFs and slideshows.

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Chris Elliott / Guardian:

Open door: The readers' editor on... the Guardian's coverage of government surveillance — Readers have raised concerns about these stories, based on tens of thousands of secret documents disclosed by Edward Snowden, but few are critical of the decision to publish

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Flipboard's Mike McCue Confirms $50M Raise, Says Windows 8 App, More International Versions Coming By End Of Year — Flipboard, the mobile-first “social” magazine that lets people tag, assemble and then share collections of stories from around the web, has now raised another $50 million …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Health benefits, ‘muzzling’ at issue as IBT Media seeks to hold on to Newsweek talent — There's just a week to go until Barry Diller's IAC Interactive is set to formally hand the keys of Newsweek, the 80-year-old newsmagazine his company turned into a digital-only title in January, to IBT media.

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Peter Preston / Guardian:

First Politico took DC: now it wants Manhattan - and the New York Times — In a digital world where impermanence is the only constant, even Mark Thompson's paper feels its powers waning — Finding knocking copy in the most sacred corner of journalism's cathedral comes as a surprise …

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Twitter Unveils ‘Comprehensive’ Partnership With CBS For Its In-Stream Video Program Amplify — Twitter and CBS just announced what Glenn Brown, who leads Twitter's Amplify program, called “probably one of the most comprehensive partnerships that you will see coming out of Amplify.”

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

The Washington Post Unveils Visual News Product — Ever wish it was easier to get up to speed on the biggest stories of the day when you're on the go? The Washington Post has that need in mind with Topicly, a new reading feature for its site and mobile platforms debuting today.

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