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12:45 PM ET, September 30, 2013

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Clicky Business Insider to double down on ‘long-form’ with ‘hundreds of thousands’ in investment  —  For the most part, Business Insider is seen as a pithy must-read for tech and finance junkies, who flock to the six-year-old website for its steady stream of micro-scoops …
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu
David Carr / New York Times:
For Journalists, More Firepower to Protect Sources and Secrets  —  Earlier this year, federal investigators secretly obtained two months of phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press, including calls on their home phones and cellphones.  They did so without providing notice …
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
Can the Guardian take its aggressive investigations global?  —  At eight-thirty on the morning of June 21st, Alan Rusbridger, the unflappable editor of the Guardian, Britain's liberal daily, was in his office, absorbing a lecture from Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister David Cameron.
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
News: Personalized or Serendipitous?  —  Every digital news designer faces the question: should the traditional serendipity of contents be preserved or should we go full steam for personalization?  It turns out Google is already working on ways to combine both — on its usual grand scale.
Discussion: @rajunarisetti, @bgrueskin and @dkiesow
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Twitter plans to make its IPO filing public this week  —  Twitter's IPO filing is ready, and the company intends to make it public this week, according to someone familiar with the plan.  The goal is for Twitter to begin trading, likely on the New York Stock Exchange, before Thanksgiving.
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
CNN's Hillary Clinton Movie Has Been Canceled, Director Says  —  The planned documentary on Hillary Clinton that caused CNN to be banned from 2016 Republican debates has been canceled, its director said on Monday.  —  In a blog for HuffPost, Charles Ferguson said that it was a near total stonewalling …
Don Reisinger / CNET:
‘Breaking Bad’ secret to success?  HDTVs and Netflix  —  That's the claim from the show's cinematographer Michael Slovis, who says that services like Netflix allow for binge viewing and thus, increased ratings.  —  The “Breaking Bad” finale might have come and gone, but the mania surrounding …
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Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:
Must tweet TV: ‘Breaking Bad’ is a breakout hit for Twitter
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits:
Facebook Woos TV Networks With More Data  —  Facebook is laying down a new gauntlet in its battle with Twitter to dominate online conversation around television: more data for broadcasters.  —  This week, Facebook says it will begin sending weekly reports to America's four largest television networks …
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
As Jeff Bezos prepares to take over, a look at forces that shaped The Washington Post sale  —  On April 4, Donald E. Graham sat for a videotaped interview about how the Internet and digital technology had hammered and transformed the news business.  Cradling a coffee cup emblazoned with the word …
Wall Street Journal:
DirecTV to Help Finance Indie Films  —  Deal With Independent Studio A24 Includes Early Rights to Video on Demand  —  DirecTV is taking a step into the movie-financing business.  —  The satellite operator struck a deal with startup movie studio A24 Inc. to partner with it in acquiring independent films …
Discussion: Deadline.com, Variety and @stevesi
Nicholas Watt / Guardian:
Cameron accused of misleading Leveson on Brooks friendship  —  New book casts doubt over David Cameron's account to press inquiry over his personal ties with Rebekah Brooks  —  David Cameron gave misleading evidence to the Leveson inquiry over his friendship with the former News International …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of selling more stuff  —  It's a certified trend: Thanks to digital media, we're consuming more stuff.  —  This week, we saw the fairly astounding news that mobile minutes are doubling the amount of time Americans are spending online, with smartphone and tablet usage the great multipliers.
 
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