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6:45 AM ET, October 11, 2013

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Guardian:
27 of the world's top editors challenge claim that the Guardian aids Britain's enemies  —  Editors on the NSA files: ‘What the Guardian is doing is important for democracy’  —  On Thursday the Daily Mail described the Guardian as 'The paper that helps Britain's enemies'.
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Leonard Downie Jr / Committee to Protect Journalists:
The Obama Administration and the Press  —  Leak investigations and surveillance in post-9/11 America  —  U.S. President Barack Obama came into office pledging open government, but he has fallen short of his promise.  Journalists and transparency advocates say the White House curbs routine disclosure …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Obama Administration Has Gone To Unprecedented Lengths To Thwart Journalists, Report Finds
Amy Hollyfield / PolitiFact:
PolitiFact to launch PunditFact, checking pundits and media figures  —  PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking website of the Tampa Bay Times, will soon launch PunditFact, a site dedicated to checking claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers and the hosts and guests of talk shows.
Andy Fixmer / Businessweek:
Hulu Said Close to Naming Fox's Mike Hopkins CEO of Web Service  —  Hulu LLC, the streaming service controlled by Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox Inc., is close to naming Fox executive Mike Hopkins as its new chief executive officer, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Follow-up on Flipboard: We can't pay salaries with ‘brand awareness’  —  Are Operations Like Flipboard Scams Against Publishers?  —  Since we'd gotten a number of questions from readers, I jotted down a short post a couple days ago explaining that we've removed TPM from Flipboard …
Bloomberg:
Sinclair tried to top Gannett's $1.5 billion offer for Belo stations  —  Sinclair Losing Belo Leaves Gray as Deal Option: Real M&A  —  Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (SBGI) tried and failed to steal Belo Corp. (BLC) from the clutches of Gannett Co., leaving Gray Television Inc. and Lin LLC …
Discussion: @gdinges, Gannett Blog and TVSpy
Brian Abelson:
Whither the Pageview Apocalypse?  —  This is the first in the series of two posts about pageviews.  This post will deal with some of theoretical baggage tied up in the metric, while the second will detail some research I've conducted on the correlates of pageviews. … The pageview is dead.
Lauren Klinger / Poynter:
Journalism program takes lessons from teaching hospitals  —  What's happening in journalism education sounds eerily like what's happened to the newspaper industry over the last decade-and-a-half: While the talk in academia is of adjuncts and buyouts instead of freelancers and layoffs …
Discussion: @wadeontweets and @rabeam
Associated Press:
2 Philly Inquirer owners sue company, publisher  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two owners of The Philadelphia Inquirer have sued their company and publisher over the firing of Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Bill Marimow.  Former New Jersey Nets owner Lewis Katz and cable TV mogul H.F. “Gerry” …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
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Dave McNary / Variety:
Nickelodeon Pays $11 Million To Writers Following WGA Claims Of Late Payments  —  Guild had threatened to strike shows  —  Following a strike threat, the Writers Guild of America has reached an agreement with Nickelodeon for the network to pay $11 million in residual payments and interest for writers who work on Nick shows.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Deadline.com
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Liberty's Malone says cable companies should create Netflix rival  —  (Reuters) - Cable pioneer John Malone said on Thursday that cable companies should team up to create a Netflix-like (NFLX.O) rival that would deliver programming to consumers over the Internet on a national basis.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
AllThingsD:
Vivian Schiller Is a Lock as Twitter's Head of News  —  Vivian Schiller, NBC News' SVP and chief digital officer, is being tapped for Twitter's head of news position, according to sources familiar with the matter.  AllThingsD reported last week that she was the leading pick for the high-profile job.
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Aereo's TV streaming service coming to Android devices on October 22  —  Aereo, a controversial start-up that slings over-the-air TV channels to laptops and mobile devices for $8/month, will be available to millions more customers later this month.  —  The company, which had earlier …
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Aereo Supreme Court Review: Broadcasters Will File Petition
 
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Federico Guerrini / Journalism.co.uk:
‘Newsrooms beware: UGC is a double-edged sword’
Discussion: @tomfelle and Big News Network.com
Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
AOL Slashes Jonas Brothers-Founded Site Cambio in Layoffs (Exclusive)
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
IPC Media reports a 75% fall in pre-tax profits for 2012
Discussion: London News and City A.M. Feed
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Newspapers' ad consortium with Yahoo reboots
Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Papers plan European legal action if they are penalised for regulation stance
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Freedom Communications will buy Riverside Press-Enterprise
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Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Patch.com reporter faces jail for doing his job
Discussion: @mikescarcella
Sui-Lee Wee / Reuters:
China arrests journalist amid crackdown on rumors
Lindsay Abrams / Salon:
The L.A. Times won't publish letters from climate deniers
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Spiegel Online:
Huffington Post Germany Faces Resistance from Skeptical Readers
Discussion: The Wrap and DW.DE