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Guardian:
Guardian will not be intimidated over NSA leaks, Alan Rusbridger tells MPs — Editor tells parliamentary committee that stories revealing mass surveillance by UK and US have prompted global debate — The Guardian has come under concerted pressure and intimidation designed to stop …
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Reuters:
Guardian Newspaper Staff May Face Charges For Assisting Terrorists — LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - British police are examining whether Guardian newspaper staff should be investigated for terrorism offences over their handling of data leaked by Edward Snowden, Britain's senior counter-terrorism officer said on Tuesday.
Carl Bernstein / Guardian:
An open letter from Carl Bernstein to Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger — Watergate scandal journalist's letter comes as Guardian editor prepares to appear before MPs over Edward Snowden leaks — There is plenty of time - and there are abundant venues - to debate relevant questions …
Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Guardian: We have published 1 pct of Snowden leak — LONDON — The editor of the Guardian said Tuesday his newspaper has published just 1 percent of the material it received from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, and denied the paper had placed lives or national security at risk.
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ABC News, Politico, @davidmwessel, Committee to Protect …, @inteldump, The Daily Caller, @hackingdave, @amypeikoff, @freedomofpress, @postbaron, The Drum, Daily Dot, TheHill, @gretawire and Boing Boing
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Alan Rusbridger Asked Some Ridiculous Questions At Parliamentary Hearing
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Dave Weigel:
If You Want Reporters to Check Stories Before They Publish, You're a Hater — Instead of doing something productive, like finishing chapter two of my book (it's going well anyway!), I spent about an hour today noticing how the Internet had fallen for yet another hoax.
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On the Media, Butterflies and Wheels, @kashhill, @dkiesow, Gawker, The Daily Caller, @clairesuddath, @dangillmor, @jonathanlkrohn, Guardian and The Awl
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Sad Final Demise Of “The Daily Download” — The Daily Download, the much-scrutinized project of media personalities Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz, appears to be no more. The website for the media commentary project hasn't been online in more than a month according to the Internet Web Archive.
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@buzzfeedandrew
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Sarah Hedgecock / Gawker:
What's Wrong With America's Newspaper Opinion Columnists in One Chart — Why are newspaper opinion columnists so consistently baffled by the politics, technologies, and social mores of the 21st century? We've crunched some data, and we think we've figured out the answer: They're old as hell.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Guardian experiments with a robot-generated newspaper with The Long Good Read — The Guardian is experimenting in the craft newspaper business and getting some help from robots. — That may sound odd, given that the company prints a daily paper read throughout Britain. A paper staffed by humans.
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@mrjohncrowley, @moorehn, @jeremytai, @rubinafillion, @newspaperclub, @mattmcalister, @tomtaylor, @jbenton, @justinnxt and @revdancatt
Capital New York:
Zucker plans massive change at CNN — After almost a year of tinkering, CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker has concluded that a news channel cannot subsist on news alone. — So he is planning much broader changes for the network—including a prime-time shakeup that's likely to make CNN traditionalists cringe.
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Capital New York, Mediaite, Erik Wemple, FishbowlDC, New York Magazine, @annecronin, Rush Limbaugh, @stephencwebster, @rubinreport, Deadline.com, The Wrap, @elongreen, TVNewser, @jayrosen_nyu, @13013b, @ehananoki, Politico, The Huffington Post, TheBlaze.com, @vivianschiller, @cadelargy, @marklittlenews and @drudge_report, Thanks:@steverubel
Jake Batsell / Idea Lab:
Where Did the Chicago News Cooperative Go Wrong? Not Putting Business First — Nearly two years after he folded the Chicago News Cooperative, co-founder James O'Shea has had time to reflect on his short-lived stint as a news entrepreneur. — O'Shea launched the political news startup in late 2009 …
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@davidfolkenflik
David Sirota / PandoDaily:
Glenn Greenwald faces attacks from critics because he's an “affront to the news cartel” — The journalist who hacked the old system — With Edward Snowden becoming a leading candidate for Time magazine's Person of the Year, it is important to remember that he is the central character …
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@exiledsurfer, @davidsirota, @digiphile, @trevortimm, @bill_owen, @barryeisler and @johncusack
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Fates of Brooks and Coulson in Tabloid Hacking Case Are Diverging — LONDON — Once they were friends and colleagues who reveled in the heady world of British news, politics and intrigue. Together they rose from the scrappy newsrooms of London's tabloids to the heights of establishment power …
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@sarahlyall, @chrismurphys and mUmBRELLA
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
As New York Mag Cuts Issues, The Week Decides to Add a Few — One day after New York magazine said it would reduce its print frequency to every other week, The Week said it plans to increase the number of issues it publishes to 51 next year from 48. — New York's decision was informed …
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Folio
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
House Republican Leaders Announce Effort to Reform Communications Law — Signal it will be lengthy process with hearings, papers and public comment — House Republicans Tuesday said they were launching an effort to rewrite communications law that has been outstripped by technology and innovation.
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Deadline.com, CNET and TheHill
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Sun-Times, union deal would bring back 4 photographers — Sun-Times Media, publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, has agreed to hire back four fired photographers as part of a new collective bargaining agreement, according to a union spokesman. The tentative three-year agreement …
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chicagonewsguild.org, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @romenesko and The Verge
Arti Patel / Folio:
Bonnier Acquires Sport Diver UK — The buy extends dive portfolio internationally. — Bonnier Corp. extended its dive market portfolio by acquiring Sport Diver UK, an international magazine that mirrors its own U.S.-based Sport Diver brand. — Bonnier CEO Dave Freygang would not divulge …
Dan Kennedy / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The New Haven Independent seeks to expand its hyperlocal mission to low-power radio — The New Haven Independent, which launched eight years ago amid the first wave of online-only community news sites, may soon expand into radio. — The nonprofit Independent is one of three groups asking …
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
UsVsTh3m passes 7 million visitors in November — Facebook mobile use seen as a driver for 600 per cent increase in traffic since September — Read more — Other top stories — Also on Journalism.co.uk...
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Chartbeat Looks Beyond Clicks With Redesigned Publisher Analytics — It's not unusual to hear complaints about websites that are too focused on maximizing clicks - but it's a little surprising to hear those words coming from Tony Haile, CEO of real-time analytics startup Chartbeat.
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@niemanlab, The Next Web and @tomventimiglia
Geoffrey King / Mediashift:
Journalist Faced Prison for Posting Media Relations Number — Carlos Miller is not one to back down. As the founder and publisher of Photography is Not a Crime, a leading blog about free speech and press rights in the U.S., Miller has made it his mission to publicize examples of government overreach …
Thanks:@pbsidealab
Adam Sherwin / The Independent:
Spotify answers Thom Yorke attacks by revealing ‘$0.006 per play’ royalties figure — Music streaming service has received criticism from musicians, but boasts that is has paid out more than $1bn in royalties since its 2008 launch — A song played on Spotify can earn an artist just $0.006 …
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ReadWrite, TIME, Death and Taxes, Fast Company and @independent
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Kate Solomon / TechRadar:
Spotify spills beans on how much it pays, adds ticket and merch options
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Guardian, Music Ally, Gizmodo UK, SlashGear, Complete Music Update, Engadget, The Next Web, TechCrunch and Pocket-lint
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