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4:10 PM ET, October 23, 2013

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
AP reporter's mistake: Did the punishment fit the crime?  —  Reporters, you may have noticed, make lots of mistakes.  But an error made by an Associated Press reporter in a 112-word story this month has proved particularly damaging — especially to the reporter and his editors …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Virginia Governor, Senators To Honor Fired AP Journalists  —  In a display of bipartisan support for two fired Associated Press employees, several of Virginia's top elected officials are hosting a post-election gathering in their honor.  —  Republican Governor Bob McDonnell and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling …
Discussion: @jaypinho and WTVR-TV
Noah Hurowitz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Petition protests firing of AP staffers
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Erik Maza / WWD:
Condé Nast Discontinuing Internship Program  —  INTERNSHIPS ENDING: Condé Nast has decided to discontinue its internship program starting in 2014, WWD has learned.  The end of the program comes after the publisher was sued this summer by two former interns who claimed …
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
BBC Global News, Latest Twitter Partner, Starts Series of Original In-Tweet Video Reports  —  ‘#BBCTrending’ Will Give Viewers the Story on News and Memes Circulating on Social Media  —  BBC Global News has struck a deal to serve sponsored video clips inside paid tweets via Twitter's growing …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Walmart's VUDU And Sony Pictures Introduce Online Extras For Digital Movies  —  Sony Pictures has teamed up with Walmart's Vudu to start offering additional content and features to viewers who buy movies through the streaming video service.  The partnership is designed not just to provide …
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Brent Lang / The Wrap:   Sony, Vudu to Let Customers Share Clips of Films They Buy on Facebook, Twitter
Carol Loomis / Fortune:
Buffett: Why I didn't buy the Washington Post  —  Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett reveals why he passed on the deal that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stepped up to.  —  FORTUNE — As the Graham family exits emotionally from the Washington Post newspaper, and new owner Jeff Bezos stays mum about his plans …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Columbia Journalism Review:
On the NSA, the media may tilt right  —  An inquiry finds a pro-surveillance bias in the language  —  Since June 6, the world has been roiled by an ongoing series of disclosures based on Edward Snowden's document leaks, with coverage led by the Guardian and the Washington Post …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and @froomkin
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Pulse Will Become A One-Stop Content Shop For LinkedIn, Using LinkedIn Profile Logins For Curated Content  —  LinkedIn, the social network for the working world now with over 238 million members globally, is presenting an update on its mobile strategy today.
Terry Pristin / New York Times:
Struggling Newspapers Sell Off Old Headquarters  —  They were once major symbols of civic pride and influence, often situated in the heart of the city, and nearly equal in stature to nearby city halls, courthouses and other major public buildings.  —  But increasingly, many of the buildings …
Discussion: @lizrappaport and @palewire
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Hulu Finally Brings Free Videos To Mobile - But It's Just Clips, And Only Works In The Browser (For Now?)  —  Days after naming its new CEO, Fox Networks Group president Mike Hopkins, Hulu has finally launched free video content for mobile users.  But don't get too excited - it's just clips, not full-length episodes.
Discussion: Hulu Blog, Gigaom and The Next Web
Ben Quinn / Guardian:
Public show strong support for investigative journalism  —  Survey finds media industry more pessimistic about investigative reporting than their readers as editors debate its survival  —  Members of the British public are much more optimistic about the future of investigative journalism …
Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
The Netflix Conundrum  —  The company needs to spend money on content to continue growing its subscriber base.  But the cost of content is hurting its profit growth.  —  Orange Is the New Black promotional poster.  —  Netflix / Via facebook.com  —  In business, as the axiom goes, you have to spend money to make money.
Discussion: DealBook
Sandra Oshiro / Poynter:
NAHJ board votes to leave Unity  —  The vote, 13 to 2 with three absences, followed a recommendation by NAHJ representatives calling on the association to withdraw from Unity.  The representatives cited Unity's “financial disorganization.”  —  In a message to members posted on the group's website, NAHJ President Hugo Balta said:
Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
YouTube now lets more creators charge for their videos  —  YouTube has expanded the pilot program, first launched in May, that lets select partners sell subscriptions to their channels.  It's now available to all channels that have over 10,000 subscribers and meet some other requirements.
Megha Rajagopalan / Reuters:
Free our reporter, begs newspaper as China cracks down on journalists  —  (Reuters) - A Chinese newspaper pleaded with police on Wednesday to release an investigative reporter accused of defamation in an unusual public rebuke amid a wider government crackdown on freedom of expression.
 
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