Mediagazer: Google Ventures Boots ‘Bustle’ (Alexia Tsotsis/TechCrunch)

4:50 AM ET, March 8, 2014

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Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

Deputies confirm key quote from Dorian Nakamoto about Bitcoin in Newsweek story — More Details On Newsweek Journalist's Interview With Alleged Bitcoin Creator — In a long article that points to a 64-year-old California man Dorian Nakamoto as Bitcoin's creator, the most compelling evidence …

Discussion: Business Insider, Slate, @thealexknapp, @mattrosoff, @kashhill, Mother Jones, @trevortimm, The Awl, Wall Street Journal, Daily Dot, SocialTimes, Gigaom, The Switch, CNNMoney.com and Consumerist

Rob Wile / Business Insider:

A Forensics Analyst Who Worked On The Newsweek Story Explains How They Converged On Dorian Nakamoto — It now appears a toss-up as to whether Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto is the same Satoshi Nakamoto who created Bitcoin. — Newsweek reporter Leah McGrath Goodman continues to stand …

Discussion: @felixsalmon, @edfelten, @cdixon, @binarybits, @dlauer, @thestalwart, @fmanjoo, @dangillmor, @pmarca, The Huffington Post and Associated Press

Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:

‘Newsweek’ Editor: We Knew This Might Be a ‘S**tstorm’ — Before Newsweek went ahead with publishing Leah McGrath Goodman's blockbuster article identifying the creator of Bitcoin, Goodman asked her editor an important question. — “Leah actually said to me, 'Are you ready for this?

Discussion: New York Times, Business Insider, @nycjim, Wall Street Journal, @themarkberman, @antderosa, @tomgara, CNET, The Verge, Mediaite, USA Today and Mother Jones

Newsweek:
Newsweek's Statement on the Bitcoin Story

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Newsweek Returns with a Thud [Updated]

Discussion: Wired, Fortune and @kirabind

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Google Ventures Boots ‘Bustle’ — Bustle, the unfortunately named and ill-marketed woman's publication launched by Bleacher Report founder Bryan Goldberg in August, has lost at least one prominent investor. Google Ventures has pulled its initial investment of $100K out of the company's latest round …

Discussion: @atleeclark, @espiers, @sheigh, @nostrich, @sarahjeong and @michaelwhitney

Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
Sources: Bryan Goldberg of Bustle bought out Google Ventures' $100k investment

Discussion: @jason_kint, @jessicakroy, @elongreen, @peteryared, @shaig and @sarahcuda

Dylan Byers / Politico:

CNN's ‘Piers Morgan’ to end in three weeks; Bill Weir, Jake Tapper to sub at 9 p.m. — CNN's Piers Morgan will officially end his primetime show at the end of the month and will be temporarily replaced by alternating hosts, including Bill Weir and Jake Tapper, network sources told POLITICO on Friday.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Huffington Post, The Inquisitr News and @noahwehrman

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

The Guardian's Alan Rusbridger: 'It's Essential to Be Paranoid' — You've played piano since you were a child, and you've written about parallels between this pursuit and digital news. Can you explain that? Amateur music-making used to be very commonplace and was valued in its own right.

Discussion: @mathewi, @markjones, @robertcaruso, @jayrosen_nyu, @amychozick, @jackshafer and @niemanlab

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

This Photographer Just Made $15K In One Day On Instagram — Daniel Arnold had $90.03 in his bank account on Thursday when he had a clever idea: Why not sell some photos on Instagram? — Arnold, a Brooklyn-based photographer, enjoys a bit of fame on the network: He was lauded by Gawker as …

Discussion: Fast Company

Casey Newton / The Verge:

After Zite sale, it's time to take a more skeptical look at news personalization by algorithm — The smarter news apps are, the dumber they get — A curiously hot category with little to show for it — In August 2011, CNN bought the newsreading app Zite for $20 million.

Discussion: @mathewi

David Sirota / PandoDaily:

Liberty Media plans transfer of Macneil/Lehrer to PBS station WETA but won't disclose details — After pledging transparency, PBS hides details of new deal with billionaire owner of NewsHour … Last month, in response to Pando's revelations that anti-pension mogul John Arnold secretly was financing PBS's …

Discussion: @billmon1, @greg_palast and @davidsirota

Nicola Pring / Columbia Journalism Review:

Fox News subpoena case appealed to Supreme Court — Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes' lawyers are asking the country's highest court to consider forcing reporter Jana Winter to reveal confidential sources — The New York Court of Appeals ruled in December that Fox News reporter Jana Winter …

Discussion: Reuters

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Circa would like you to know that it's about more than just short news hits — it's about building long-form stories over time — There have been a flurry of new apps and services released recently that are aimed at giving users short hits on breaking news, from Jason Calacanis's Inside app …

Discussion: @saila and @kalven

BU Today:

David Carr: Anyone trying to predict the future of journalism “is going to get clobbered” — David Carr: Journalism Is Still Serious, Just Different — In September, New York Times media columnist David Carr will convene his first class at the College of Communication …

Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:

News360 adds ‘international editions’ for audience outside US — The app is launching three ‘international editions’ in total, for the UK, Canada and Australia, with UK readers said to represent around 5 per cent of users — Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved.

Todd Spangler / Variety:

New York Times and PBS's POV team up for digital documentaries with launch Saturday — PBS's POV, New York Times Pact on Digital Documentary Series — POV, the long-running PBS documentary series, and The New York Times Co. have formed a partnership to present a series of online-only documentaries …