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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 …
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News Corp reveals phone-hacking legal costs of £238m — Rupert Murdoch's media empire has spent $382m (£238m) over the past two years on legal fees dealing with the aftermath of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. — In its annual report, released over the weekend …
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FishbowlNY, @colvinius, @jeffjarvis and The Huffington Post
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News Corp's plunging revenues concealed by subtle accountancy
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Crikey, afr.com and Sydney Morning Herald


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 …
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@jeffjarvis and @rupertmyers
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Open door: The readers' editor on... the Guardian's coverage of government surveillance
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Paying attention to the shield law's critics — Journalists shouldn't blindly support the shield law without taking in the whole picture — When a Senate committee this month approved the “Free Flow of Information Act of 2013,” applause was heard from scores of media shield law supporters …
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BuzzMachine and @jeffjarvis


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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Pandora Falls 10% as Apple ITunes Radio Draws 11 Million
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@jaredbkeller, USA Today and Inc.com

In Supreme Court Opinions, Web Links That Go Nowhere — WASHINGTON — Supreme Court opinions have come down with a bad case of link rot. According to a new study, 49 percent of the hyperlinks in Supreme Court decisions no longer work. — This can sometimes be amusing.
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@stoweboyd, @holdenweb and The Verge


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.
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paidContent, @geninnovate and @niemanlab


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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CBS News's Sharyl Attkisson: Hacking investigation ‘progressing’ — Three months have passed since CBS News confirmed that the computer of investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson had been breached. “A cyber security firm hired by CBS News has determined through forensic analysis …
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TVNewser


Spotify Launches In Taiwan, Argentina, Greece and Turkey — Spotify has launched in Argentina, Greece, Turkey and Taiwan, bringing its streaming music platform to a total of 32 countries. — The heart of the Mandopop (Mandarin pop) industry, Taiwan marks the latest step in Spotify's Asia expansion …
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The Next Web, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal and Music Week


Publishing Family Funds Business Journalism Center at CUNY — With a $3 million gift from the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Family Foundation, the City University of New York's graduate school of journalism will get a center for business journalism. The gift, to be announced Tuesday …
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Talking Biz News


Judge appears to back Google's defense of digital books project — Judge's comments suggest he finds merit in the Web giant's assertion that the project is exempt from copyright laws under the fair use provision. — A U.S. judge made comments Monday that suggest favor for Google's defense …
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Forbes, Reuters, paidContent, The Atlantic Wire and Bloomberg


TV news should have on-air fact-checkers — You don't usually think of ESPN's Tony Kornheiser as a journalism ethics sage. A font of sports one-liners, sure. An adviser on ways to improve news outlets' accountability, not so much. But the co-host of Pardon the Interruption is on to something …
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@davidfolkenflik