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5:40 PM ET, February 21, 2014

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Tom Scocca / Gawker:
Baltimore Is One Step Closer to Being a Zero-Newspaper Town  —  It's not even possible to get mad at the Baltimore Sun now.  The Baltimore Sun is a nursing home where newspapering goes to die, or to sink into terminal urine-soaked frailty and confusion.  Yesterday it announced it had received …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Proposed FCC study of news organizations sparks outcry  —  A proposed government study of how media organizations gather news has incited a powerful backlash, particularly among conservatives, who said that it could be part of an official effort to intimidate or second-guess journalists.
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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:   FCC's new closed captioning rules had long journey
Pew Internet:
Mapping Twitter Topic Networks: From Polarized Crowds to Community Clusters  —  Summary of Findings  —  Polarized Crowds: Political conversations on Twitter  —  Conversations on Twitter create networks with identifiable contours as people reply to and mention one another in their tweets.
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Guardian:
Phone-hacking trial told of ‘bin man’ who sold documents to newspapers  —  Rebekah Brooks explains reference to ‘binology’ on invoice sent to the News of the World in 2001 while she was editor  —  A man who used to go through the bins of lawyers and other high profile people would sell material …
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Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Activists say Venezuela is blocking walkie-talkie app Zello and websites Pastebin and NTN24  —  INTERNET A CRUCIAL VENEZUELA BATTLEGROUND  —  LIMA, Peru (AP) — The battle for Venezuela is being fought as vigorously online as in the streets, with authorities cutting off the Internet …
Discussion: @nancypelosi
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sources say Amazon readying a Web TV box competing with Apple TV and Roku, for March rollout  —  Amazon Gets Its TV Box Ready, Again  —  Amazon is gearing up to take on Apple and Roku, again.  —  Industry sources say Amazon is getting ready to launch a Web TV box that would compete …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Dish's Charlie Ergen: I'm Nervous About Comcast-TWC, Surprised Our Business Hasn't Been Worse  —  Optimism is supposedly one of the qualities people look for in politicians and business leaders.  Apparently no one told Charlie Ergen, who seemed less concerned with soothing investors …
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Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
Southern Living Puts its Name on Branded Communities  —  Diehard fans of Time Inc.'s Southern Living can live in a Southern Living-branded house filled with Southern Living-branded décor, thanks to the brand's formidable stable of brand extensions.  There are home goods (furniture …
Discussion: @steve_katz
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Om-Niscient: A Much-Deserved Mash Note to Tech Blogger Om Malik  —  Of course, I was jammed yesterday with a trip and then the big news of Facebook forking over $19 billion for WhatsApp in the endless hamster-wheel cycle that is sometimes my life, so I missed the news about Om Malik.
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Garrick Utley, Former NBC Anchor and Foreign Correspondent, Dies at 74  —  Garrick Utley, a former anchor for NBC News who for many years was one of a rare breed in television news reporting, a full-time foreign correspondent, died on Thursday night at his home in Manhattan.  He was 74.
Jeff Bercovici / Playboy:
Nick Denton: Gawker, Crowdsourcing & Kinja  —  Manti Te'o had a fake girlfriend.  Rob Ford smoked crack.  Brett Favre texted photos of his junk to a young woman.  That these and countless other onetime secrets are now public knowledge is thanks to Nick Denton, the founder and owner …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Telegraph: Jason Seiken confirms MacGregor and Evans in editing roles  —  TMG editorial chief also announces three deputies and creates digital director roles for content and visual journalism  —  Telegraph Media Group's editorial chief, Jason Seiken, has announced a number of changes to the senior editorial team.
Discussion: Press Gazette and @mediaguardian
Associated Press:
White House bars media from Dalai Lama meeting  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House defended its decision Friday to bar reporters and photojournalists from a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, while acknowledging the news media's legitimate interest in covering the two leaders' encounter.
Angela Doland / AdAge:
Western TV Hits a Big Draw for Online Viewers — and Advertisers — in China  —  Brands Reach Out to Young, Educated Audience That Loves ‘House of Cards’,'Sherlock'  —  How to Make Credible Green Marketing Claims  —  While Americans shell out for Netflix subscriptions to see the second season of …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Comcast's Web of Lobbying and Philanthropy  —  WASHINGTON — Only a few hours had passed after the $45 billion merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable was announced last week when an early voice emerged endorsing the giant deal.  —  “Win-win situation for American businesses,” …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Charter CEO Rutledge: After Losing Time Warner Cable, We're Still Interested in Acquiring Subscribers  —  Charter Communications may have been blindsided by Comcast's $45 billion bid last week for Time Warner Cable — topping Charter's hostile takeover offer — but president and CEO Tom Rutledge …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Ireland's newspapers lose print sales, but national titles hold up well  —  Ireland's three home-grown national titles have enjoyed a reasonable six months in terms of circulation, according to the latest set of ABC audited sales figures.  —  But the year-on-year comparisons reveal …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Publishing businesses contributed to revenue gain at former Washington Post company  —  Revenue from businesses including Slate, Foreign Policy and the advertising agency SocialCode was up 77 percent at Graham Holdings Company in 2013, the company said in its year-end earnings report.
 
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David Gelles / DealBook:
Barnes & Noble Receives Conditional Offer
William Dotinga / Courthouse News Service:
Media Outlets Put Google's Feet to the Fire in Gmail Wiretap Suit
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Plain Dealer managing editor explains ‘digital first’ strategy
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Core Media Teams with PopSugar, in Latest Tie-Up of TV and Web Worlds
New York Post:
Maxim owners sue over bungled buyout
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Anthony Harrup / Wall Street Journal:
Mexican Broadcasters Voice More Objections to Slim TV
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
BitTorrent shuts down its live streaming website to refocus on mobile
Vladimir Kozlov / Hollywood Reporter:
Russian Rights Holders File First-Ever Collective Lawsuit Against Online Video Service
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Gannett blog shuts down after almost 7 years
Discussion: Gannett Blog and SFist
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
In UK, Amazon takes on Netflix by combining LoveFilm video-on-demand with Prime for £79 a year
Henry Taylor / TheMediaBriefing:
Contributoria catch up Q&A: how the first month went
Discussion: @mattmcalister
Susan Currie Sivek / Mediashift:
How First Look Pushes Verticals Ahead of Overarching ‘Magazine’ Brand
Discussion: @pbsmediashift
Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
Rivals debate auction rules for Philly newspapers
Discussion: Philadelphia Magazine