Mediagazer: Move over Bezos, ESPN can do news better than you (Jack Shafer/Reuters)

7:20 PM ET, October 23, 2013

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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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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: David Cay Johnston lands big, accessy profile of Glenn Greenwald for Newsweek

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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

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Noah Hurowitz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Petition protests firing of AP staffers

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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 …

Jack Shafer / Reuters:

Move over Bezos, ESPN can do news better than you — The pompous slogan, “The Worldwide Leader in Sports,” actually undersells ESPN's ultimate potential. — If the Bristol behemoth were a stand-alone company instead of a Walt Disney Co./Hearst Corporation co-venture …

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Terry Pristin / New York Times:
Struggling Newspapers Sell Off Old Headquarters

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York:

Jonah Peretti: Don't worry about traffic — Buzzfeed founder Jonah Peretti kicked off the Association of Magazine Media's two-day American Magazine Media Conference Tuesday afternoon with a message to warm the hearts of toilers in digital media everywhere: Don't be a slave to the numbers.

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