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6:10 AM ET, November 3, 2013

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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Broken news: struggling to find facts in the Twitter maelstrom  —  LAX shooting shows that the rules of retraction on Twitter are still unwritten — especially for old media  —  As with Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombings, and countless other major stories, news of today's shooting …
Discussion: Gawker
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Are breaking news mistakes even worth covering anymore?
Discussion: PandoDaily and Mediactive
Reuters:
Two French journalists abducted, killed in northern Mali  —  (Reuters) - Two French radio journalists were killed by gunmen in northern Mali on Saturday shortly after being abducted in the town of Kidal, French and Malian officials said.  —  The French government confirmed that 58-year old Claude Verlon …
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
YouTube Music Awards Are Readied for Webcast  —  “Does there really need to be another awards show?”  Spike Jonze recently wondered aloud.  “If there's going to be one, why?”  —  This was a reasonable sentiment that Mr. Jonze, the veteran director of music videos and feature films …
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David Grossman / The Verge:
YouTube Live: a disastrous spectacle Google would like you to forget  —  On the eve of its next attempt, has the company learned from its mistakes?  —  This Sunday, November 3rd, the world will experience the first annual YouTube Music Awards, hosted by Jason Schwartzman and streamed live from New York City.
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
YouTube to TV Networks: No More ‘Sweetheart’ Ad Deals for You!  —  Video Service Imposing 45% Ad Splits On All Partners, But Also Offering New Upside  —  Once, YouTube begged the TV networks to put their content on YouTube and lured them with ad splits much more favorable than amateur or web-only content.
John Paul Titlow / Co.Labs:
The future of storytelling is a combination of text, moving images and interactive elements—all powered by a JavaScript library called D3.  —  For newsrooms, creating interactive stories can be painful—but readers are coming to expect them more and more.  As easily as they can wow readers …
Concurring Opinions:
On the NSA and Media Bias: An Extended Analysis  —  By Albert Wong and Valerie Belair-Gagnon, Information Society Project at Yale Law School  —  In a recent article in the Columbia Journalism Review, we reported that major US newspapers exhibited a net pro-surveillance bias in their “post-Edward Snowden” coverage of the NSA.
Louise Watt / Associated Press:
Chinese journalist tries to crowdfund his career  —  BEIJING (AP) — From his temporary home on a friend's sofa, Yin Yusheng hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China, where the industry is widely seen as state-controlled and corrupt.  He wants to make his readers the boss — and that includes paying his salary.
Discussion: Guardian
Emily Bell / Guardian:
US journalism makes break with market forces  —  Guardian US, Jeff Bezos's WaPo deal and Glenn Greenwald's new venture highlight the growing power of the non-profit sector  —  Something shocking has happened to US journalism: it has parted company with the free market.
Discussion: @mathewi and The New Inquiry
Devin Leonard / Businessweek:
BitTorrent's Music Industry Team-Up  —  When Moby was planning the September release of Innocents, his 11th studio album, he didn't want to simply put out another collection of danceable songs.  In an innovative maneuver, he open-sourced the drum tracks, guitar parts, and keyboard riffs …
 
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Jennifer Preston / New York Times:
Student Newspapers Scurry to Make Ends Meet
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Joe Strupp / Media Matters:
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Discussion: Foreign Policy
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Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
Andrew Sullivan's Dish hits 30,880 subs and $791k in revenue, with jump thanks to government shutdown
Discussion: @jimmcbee and The Dish
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
FCC may end blackout rules, but games may still be blacked out online
Discussion: Variety and The Hill
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Plans Sweeping Changes to Bolster AM Radio
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Newspapers forge ahead with plans for new regulator
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