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David Cay Johnston / Newsweek:
Glenn Greenwald and the Future of Leaks — Glenn Greenwald, the lawyer-turned-journalist-turned- global headline for his reporting on leaked NSA documents, says there is about to be a revolution that will radically change how news organizations cover governments and other big institutions.
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@moneyries, @jaredbkeller, @davidcayj and mUmBRELLA
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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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Gawker, FishbowlNY, @lpolgreen, @lisamillar, The Newspaper Guild, @timmydoe, @stefanjbecket, @jayrosen_nyu, @davidnakamura and New York Magazine
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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 …
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Noah Hurowitz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Petition protests firing of AP staffers — Three employees were fired after a story was retracted, and the union that represented two of them is organizing opposition to the terminations — A petition surfaced online Tuesday calling for the reinstatement of three journalists fired …
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The Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo
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 …
AllThingsD:
Pinterest Does Another Massive Funding — $225 Million at $3.8 Billion Valuation (Confirmed) — According to several sources, Pinterest has completed another enormous funding, this time nabbing $225 million with late-stage investor Fidelity Investments in the lead.
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VentureBeat, Forbes, TechCrunch, @felixsalmon and Mashable
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 …
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Gigaom, Variety, SlashGear, Engadget, Pocket-lint, bizjournals, The Wrap, Softpedia News and Mashable
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 …
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FishbowlNY
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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SlashGear, Variety, Home Media Magazine and Deadline.com
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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 …
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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.
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Official LinkedIn Blog, AllThingsD, Forbes, MarketWatch and @mathewi
Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Promises ‘Disciplinary Action’ for Racist Tweet (Updated) — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has apologized for a tweet that linked to its story about lottery winner Willie Lynch — saying the money could buy “40 acres and a whole lotta mules.”
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@ajc, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Mediaite, News & Views …, Poynter, @nolanolegal and The Huffington Post
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.
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