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10:00 PM ET, December 17, 2013

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Media organizations meet with White House over access  —  Representatives of major media organizations met Tuesday afternoon with members of the White House press office for an hour at the White House to begin discussions on increasing press access to the president.
Discussion: ASNE, whnpa news and @markknoller
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Donald R. Winslow / NPPA:
Media Coalition Meets With White House Press Office Over Obama Access
Discussion: Hit & Run and The FJP
Tom Phillips / BuzzFeed:
How The Media Will Report The Apocalypse  —  It's the end of the world as we know it.  In early 2014, a series of devastating catastrophes bring about Armageddon.  Papers of record like the New York Times soberly report this news.  The Guardian tries to provide comprehensive live coverage of the end of days.
John Paton / Digital First:
MediaNews Group and 21st Century Media to merge under Digital First Media  —  The First Step On The Rest of the Journey  —  Sometimes a press release just isn't enough to say what has happened.  —  Or can do justice on how important this new development truly is to our company.
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Snowden Not Renewing Request For Asylum In Brazil, Greenwald Says  —  Brazil has been one of the most outspoken opponents of NSA spying.  Glenn Greenwald says Edward Snowden's letter to the people of Brazil has been “wildly misreported.”  —  WASHINGTON — Glenn Greenwald says Edward Snowden's letter …
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Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:
Guardian whistle-blower Edward Snowden offers to help Brazil investigate US spying in return for asylum
Anneta Konstantinides / ABC News:
Mike Huckabee to Launch ‘Huckabee Post’  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will launch a news publication “Huckabee Post” in January 2014, ABC News has learned.  —  The site will cover a range of topics from news and politics to sports and pop culture, according to the former governor's son, David Huckabee.
Lisa Williams / Investigative News Network:
Rafat Ali to join Investigative News Network Board  —  Entrepreneur Rafat Ali is joining the board of the Investigative News Network.  Ali, who is currently the CEO of Skift, a media startup that covers the travel & leisure industry, was also the founder of PaidContent …
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Lessons in the crowdsourced verification of news from Storyful and Reddit's Syria forum  —  One of the most powerful trends in media over the past year is the crowdsourced verification of news, whether it's the work of a blogger like Brown Moses or former NPR journalist Andy Carvin.
Discussion: Storyful Blog, Thanks:@mathewi
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Continuing Its Public Content Push, Facebook Acquires SportStream  —  Twitter may still be synonymous with real-time, in-the-moment discussion.  But that's hardly stopping Facebook from moving in on the territory.  —  Natch, Facebook announced on Tuesday it had acquired SportStream …
Arjun Narayan / Guardian:
Despite rise of Android tablets, Google still isn't serving magazine publishers  —  Opinion: Google must do more to help magazine publishers if digital editions are to flourish on the Android platform  —  This year, Android-powered tablets began outselling Apple's iPads for the first time.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube Channel Now Playing on Roku  —  After three years of wrangling, Roku and YouTube have finally come to terms on a pact that will add access to the No. 1 Internet video site to the latest generation of the Roku set-top boxes.  —  The YouTube channel launched Tuesday on the Roku 3 in the U.S. …
Natasha Clark / Press Gazette:
Croydon Citizen launches print edition after hitting £2,000 crowdfunding target  —  Online news magazine The Croydon Citizen is launching its first print edition today after raising more than £2,000 via a crowdfunding website.  —  The free magazine will be handed out at train stations …
Angela Washeck / 10,000 Words:
Ebyline Launches Pitch Board to Better Connect Seasoned Freelancers and Publishers  —  It can be hard out there for a freelancer.  The avalanche of emails, stiff competition, low pay and ignored invoices all make it a real challenge.  —  That's why Ebyline, a conduit between digital publishers and writers …
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Lost Remote
 
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Associated Press:
Turkish journalist believed kidnapped in Syria
Glenn Garvin / MiamiHerald.com:
Ecuador pressures Google to remove content critical of government using phony copyright claims
Discussion: @rosiegray
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CBS 60 Minutes reporter John Miller expected to make new job deal with NYPD this week
Hadas Gold / Politico:
USA Today plans countrywide expansion
Discussion: Poynter
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Documentary on the downfall of Philadelphia's newspapers to air on Wednesday night
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sun publisher posts £75m pre-tax loss
Discussion: @tom_watson
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Anonymous sources are increasing in news stories, along with rather curious explanations
Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's … and @j_hutch
John Woodrow Cox / Poynter:
How Sports Illustrated reporter captured the athlete in ‘The Book of Tebow’
Discussion: @poynter