Mediagazer: Who cares if it's true? (Marc Fisher/Columbia Journalism Review)

1:15 AM ET, March 4, 2014

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Amy Schatz / Re/code:

Justice Department Backs Broadcasters in Aereo Dispute — In a Supreme Court filing Monday, the Justice Department backed broadcast networks in their fight against online video streaming startup Aereo. — Justice Department lawyers argued that Aereo's broadcast television streaming service infringes …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Gigaom, CNET, The Verge, @anildash, @dangillmor, Los Angeles Times, @swildstrom and Electronista

Sam Gustin / TIME:

Aereo Boss Says He's ‘Confident’ Ahead of Supreme Court Battle — Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia discusses his closely watched legal battle with TV broadcasters — Aereo founder and CEO Chet Kanojia is “confident” in his company's case as the upstart video firm prepares to defend itself …

Ira Teinowitz / The Wrap:
Supreme Court Rejects FilmOn X's Request to Join Aereo Case

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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

In ad-skipping deal, Dish gets rights to internet-based TV service that includes ABC and ESPN — Dish just secured rights to launch an internet TV service — Dish and Disney confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that they've reached a retransmission agreement late Monday …

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Peter Kafka / Re/code: With a Whopper of a Disney Deal, Charlie Ergen Gets a Head Start on the Web TV Race

Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Dish disables “auto hop” ad-skipping feature for ABC shows until three days after they air

Discussion: @shaliniwsj and Gigaom

Capital New York:

The Awl hires Matt Buchanan from The New Yorker, John Herrman from Buzzfeed — Matt Buchanan and John Herrman are leaving their positions at The New Yorker and Buzzfeed, respectively, to work for The Awl, Capital has confirmed. — The pair worked together at FWD, Buzzfeed's tech vertical …

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Erik Wemple:

Glenn Greenwald, PandoDaily tussle over Ukraine, editorial independence — On Friday afternoon, Paul Carr, the investigations editor for PandoDaily, told his followers on Twitter that something was up: … This story, it turned out, involved First Look Media, the much-discussed …

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David Kaplan / Global Investigative Journalism Network:

Masked Gunmen Seize Crimean Investigative Journalism Center — As Russian troops streamed into Crimea, Ukraine, yesterday, masked gunmen broke into and seized the office of the Crimean Center for Investigative Journalism in the region's capital, Simferopol.

Discussion: Poynter, @aidanpwhite, The Huffington Post, @timkarr and Kirk LaPointe's …

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Russia Wages Media War Alongside Crimea Invasion

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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Wellcome Trust aims to provide a home for long-form science journalism online with launch of Mosaic — The Wellcome Trust is launching a new online magazine tomorrow which aims to provide a home for long-form science-based journalism. — Mosaic will be updated on a weekly basis with 3,000-plus word articles going up every Tuesday.

Discussion: The Independent

Marc Fisher / Columbia Journalism Review:

Who cares if it's true? — Modern-day newsrooms reconsider their values — BuzzFeed editors say their audience used to see their site as a place you could find really cool stuff, but not a place you could trust. They're trying to change that. (Sean Hemmerle)

Discussion: Fast Company and @jayrosen_nyu

Caysey Welton / Folio:

Tom Drouillard Named AAM CEO — He joins the organization from Scarborough Research. — The Alliance for Audited Media named Tom Drouillard as its new CEO, president and managing director. He will be replacing Mike Lavery, who is retiring on March 31. — Drouillard carries …

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Jim Romenesko:

Cheryl Gould leaves NBC News after 37 years — Cheryl Gould was the first female executive producer of “NBC Nightly News,” and helped create “NBC Overnight with Linda Ellerbee. Her time at NBC - nearly 37 years - “has taken her all over the globe and country,” NBC News president Deborah Turness writes in a memo.

Discussion: TVNewser, @vivian, FishbowlNY, @antderosa, The Huffington Post and @romenesko

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Changes at the Orlando Sentinel felt ‘extremely familiar’ for a former Sun-Times photographer — When the photo staff at the Orlando Sentinel was told they'd have to reapply for their jobs last week and that those jobs would be “videocentric,” according to a report from the National Press …

Discussion: @poynter

James Titcomb / Telegraph:

Johnston Press hopes to raise £75m in rights issue — Scotsman and Yorkshire Post publisher will issue new shares to investors at a discount as part of a debt refinancing package expected as soon as April — The newspaper group behind The Scotsman and The Yorkshire Post …

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

FCC Proposes $1.9 Mil Fine Against Viacom, NBCU and ESPN for Emergency Alert Spot — The FCC has proposed levying $1.93 million in fines against Viacom, NBCUniversal and ESPN for airing commercial for the 2013movie “Olympus Has Fallen” that used the distinctive warning tone of the federal Emergency Alert System.

Discussion: Re/code, Broadcasting & Cable, Radio & Television …, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.com

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Sources say Piers Morgan still in negotiations with CNN; his staff staying on with the network — Piers Morgan update — From our conversations with CNN sources: — · Piers Morgan's primetime CNN program is just weeks away from its end; meanwhile, the host is in negotiations …

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Piers Morgan Plans to Remain at CNN for ‘Big Name’ Interviews

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Rebekah Brooks: NI's ‘rogue reporter’ defence shaky after 2009 revelations — Former News International chief tells phone-hacking trial that company's corporate line came from NoW editor Colin Myler — Rebekah Brooks knew that News International's position in 2009 that phone hacking …

Discussion: BelfastTelegraph.co.uk and ITV News