Mediagazer: Should Twitter play a part in deciding TV shows' future? (John Plunkett/Guardian)

4:55 AM ET, December 4, 2013

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Editor Describes Pressure After Leaks by Snowden — The top editor of the British newspaper The Guardian told Parliament on Tuesday that since it had obtained documents on government surveillance from a former National Security Agency contractor, Edward J. Snowden, it had been subjected to measures …

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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 …

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.

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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Guardian: We have published 1 pct of Snowden leak

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Newsweek Plans Return to Print — Newsweek, the struggling weekly magazine that ceased print publication last year, plans to turn the presses back on. — The magazine expects to begin a 64-page weekly edition in January or February, said Jim Impoco, Newsweek's editor in chief.

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Newsweek to bring print edition back from the dead

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Pierre Omidyar / The Huffington Post:

WikiLeaks, Press Freedom and Free Expression in the Digital Age — This week, fourteen people charged by the Department of Justice in connection with a coordinated denial of service attack on PayPal's services in 2010 will appear in Federal Court. The “PayPal 14,” as they have been dubbed …

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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
A News Organization That Rejects the View From Nowhere

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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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David Weigel / Slate: Howard Kurtz and the Daily Download: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

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.

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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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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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David Carr / New York Times:

At Peter Kaplan's Funeral, Mourning the Master of the Masters — LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Manhattan publishing took a very sad holiday on Tuesday. Many of its better-known practitioners traveled by train, car and, in some cases, chartered bus, to Larchmont Temple in Westchester County to say farewell …

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Erik Wemple:

Media sidelined in coverage of Newtown football squad — Hartford Courant sports reporter Tom Yantz turned in something of a scoop last month. He covers high-school sports in Connecticut and wrote up a profile of the undefeated football team at Newtown High School.

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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media — The future of the so-called “content farm” looks bleak as its search-centric biz crumbles — Take note, Twitter: Not every tech company has a happy ending after a ballyhooed IPO. — Just look at Demand Media, the Santa Monica …

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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John Plunkett / Guardian:

NUJ apologises to BBC human resources director over false accusation — Union pays Lucy Adams' legal costs after falsely accusing her department of being involved in a ‘dirty tricks’ campaign — The National Union of Journalists has apologised to the BBC's outgoing human resources director Lucy Adams …

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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John Plunkett / Guardian:

Should Twitter play a part in deciding TV shows' future? — After claims that social media are ‘crucifying’ new series, BBC1 controller says it is ‘just one element’ of the feedback it gets — Twitter's increasingly hand-in-glove relationship with TV was highlighted again on Sunday night …

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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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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 …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

YouTube's Music Subscription Service Won't Show Up This Year — Waiting for YouTube's subscription music service? You're going to have to be patient. — The video service, which is already the biggest free music service in the world, had planned on launching a paid service this year.

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