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3:55 AM ET, September 24, 2013

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Christopher Heine / Adweek:
Will iTunes Radio Spark Digital Music Shakeout?  —  There appeared to be an overabundance of digital music streaming services before Apple's iTunes Radio became a reality last week, so it stands to reason that a shakeout—if it wasn't already on the horizon—could now be only a matter of time.
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Lance Whitney / CNET:
iTunes Radio snags 11 million users
Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
NSA surveillance goes beyond Orwell's imagination - Alan Rusbridger  —  Guardian editor says depth of NSA surveillance programs greatly exceed anything the 1984 author could have imagined  —  The potential of the surveillance state goes way beyond anything in George Orwell's 1984 …
Discussion: @jeffjarvis
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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
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Memo #3 to Jeff — Data & User Profiling for The Washington Post  —  For customer-related technologies, the financial and intellectual backing of Jeff Bezos, and his Amazon experience can give The Post a huge competitive advantage.  Here is what should be at the top of the to-do list.
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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.
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 …
Paul Carr / PandoDaily:
To “save NSFWCORP”, founder publicly solicits investors on first day of loosened SEC rules  —  A change in fundraising law, but is there still time to save NSFWCORP from a forced pivot?  —  You've seen it, of course.  “Brewster's Millions,” the movie — so popular that Hollywood remade …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Hub of the Twitterverse: The Boston Globe has built a localized, tweet-powered news aggregator  —  In the Boston area, the passing of a Dunkin Donuts franchise is news.  So are the finer points of Tom Brady's hair.  But in this instance, we know the closing of the Mass Ave.
Discussion: paidContent
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox Loses Bid to Stop Hopper's Place-Shifting Technology  —  On Monday, a California judge made the latest ruling in the continuing legal saga over Dish's ad-skipping Hopper.  This one pertains to Dish's Hopper with Sling, also known as “Dish Anywhere,” which was introduced with much fanfare at CES in January.
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 …
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.
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 …
 
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Reuters:
Appeal of Activision-Vivendi ruling to be heard Oct. 10
Mike Shields / Adweek:
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Marc Tracy / The New Republic:
How The New Yorker Cover Became Twitter Gold
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Google and Authors Guild return to court for fair use showdown
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Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:
‘Slate’ Rolls Out Its Most Significant Redesign Since 2006
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Samantha Henig / The 6th Floor:
Comments on Comments  —  In this week's Riff, Michael Erard recounts …
Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab and Poynter