Mediagazer: The Atlantic: Can We Stop Talking About the Scientology Thing? (Josh Sternberg/Digiday)

12:10 PM ET, October 22, 2013

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

AP Fires Third Employee Over Terry McAuliffe Mistake; Guild ‘Alarmed’ — NEW YORK — The guild that represents employees of The Associated Press responded Tuesday to the recent firing of journalists involved in a retracted story about Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, saying the employees' rights were violated.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Norman Gomlak third AP staffer fired after McAuliffe bungle — Norman Gomlak, an editor in the Associated Press's Atlanta bureau, was among those fired in the wake of an erroneous report about Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, POLITICO has learned.

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

David Pogue On Why He's Joining Yahoo: 'I'm A Giant Vat Of Creative Juices' — Gadget guru David Pogue dropped a sizable surprise bomb Monday when he announced that he's leaving The New York Times after 13 years to go work for Yahoo. Pogue's column, “State of the Art,” and his blog …

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Mariko Yasu / Bloomberg:

Apple Preparing 65-Inch TV for Release in 2014, Analyst Says — Apple Inc. (AAPL) will probably start selling ultra-high definition televisions with 65- and 55-inch screens during the fourth quarter of next year, according to a Tokyo-based analyst at Advanced Research Japan Co.

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Jonathan Freedland / Guardian:

Facebook has got it spectacularly wrong on beheading videos — So now we know. In Facebook's world, a beheading is OK but an exposed nipple is not. The social media behemoth has decided that a 13-year-old - for that is the permitted minimum age of a Facebook user - can watch a video of a decapitation …

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Staff of Washington Post Bids Farewell to Grahams — WASHINGTON — The Graham family said goodbye to The Washington Post after eight decades of ownership with an emotional send-off reception on Monday night for roughly 650 current and former employees at its downtown headquarters.

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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

The Atlantic: Can We Stop Talking About the Scientology Thing? — The Atlantic wants you to stop talking about its Scientology native ad imbroglio. Like, really, get over it. — “It's been 10 months now, and it's still being brought up,” Scott Havens, president of the Atlantic …

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Greg Toppo / USA Today:

Chalkbeat covers education as a non-profit news site — A handful of refugees from print journalism are providing an alternative model for covering state and local schools. — CONNECT — Here's a phrase you don't hear much: newsroom expansion. — That's the goal of a new non-profit …

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Reuters:

U.S. high court declines to hear privacy lawsuit against Thomson Reuters — (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp can obtain and sell information on drivers provided by state agencies without violating a federal privacy law.

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Associated Press:

Associated Press CEO: Press freedom v. security a ‘false choice’ — DENVER — Governments that try to force citizens to decide between a free press and national security create a “false choice” that weakens democracy, and journalists must fight increasing government overreach …

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

YouTube video channel SB.TV wins private equity backing — Youth lifestyle broadcaster started by Jamal Edwards when he was just 16 is valued at £8m after Miroma Ventures investment — Jamal Edwards's popular YouTube video channel SB.TV is to bring on board its first private equity backer …

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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Wikipedia editors, locked in battle with PR firm, delete 250 accounts — Investigation follows reports that Wiki-PR scored Viacom, Priceline as clients. — Wikipedia editors have disabled hundreds of paid Wikipedia editing accounts in recent weeks as part of a campaign against so-called “sockpuppetry.”