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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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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Breaking Bad series finale breaks piracy records — Breaking Bad's series finale just broke a dubious record: The last episode of the critically acclaimed show has been pirated more than 500,000 times within the first 12 hours after it first appeared online, according to Torrentfreak.

Discussion: Softpedia News, Variety and TorrentFreak

Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times: Must tweet TV: ‘Breaking Bad’ is a breakout hit for Twitter

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.

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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

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Politico, Gawker, New York Times, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Yahoo! News, Erik Wemple, TVNewser, Mediaite, Guardian and Reuters

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: @globalmoxie, @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.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, VatorNews, @karaswisher, Business Insider, Guardian, @zseward, DealBook, @qz, CNET, bizjournals and Digits

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 …

Discussion: @carr2n, @cryptomeorg, @jswatz, @kgosztola, @mathewi and The Newspaper Guild

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 …

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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 …

Discussion: @exitthelemming, Press Gazette, @magsnews and mUmBRELLA

Jamie Grierson / Press Association:

Former Sun journalist Ben Ashford charged in hacking probe — A former journalist with The Sun newspaper has become the first person to be charged under a national inquiry into allegations of computer hacking and other privacy breaches. — Ben Ashford, 34, has been charged with possession …

Discussion: Reuters, Metro.co.uk, Huffington Post UK, Bloomberg, BBC and Guardian

Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:

Exclusive: ABC News Poaches Reuters Editor To Run Web Operations — Erle Norton will today be named Executive Producer of ABC News Digital, overseeing editorial and video operations across ABCNews.com. — patsdayfund.org / Via patsdayfund.org — ABC News president Ben Sherwood continues …

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