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11:50 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 …
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Rob Wile / Business Insider:
A Forensics Analyst Who Worked On The Newsweek Story Explains How They Converged On Dorian Nakamoto
Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:
‘Newsweek’ Editor: We Knew This Might Be a ‘S**tstorm’
Newsweek:
Newsweek's Statement on the Bitcoin Story
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 …
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Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
Sources: Bryan Goldberg of Bustle bought out Google Ventures' $100k investment  —  Sources: Google Ventures did not pull funding from Bustle; Bryan Goldberg bought Google Ventures out  —  According to a report on TechCrunch, citing unnamed sources, Google Ventures has pulled its $100,000 investment …
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 …
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Aereo's internet TV service in Denver and Salt Lake City shuts down today  —  Aereo's streams in Denver and Salt Lake City hung on for a while after the US District Court of Utah granted its opponents a preliminary injunction on February 20th, but today they're shutting off.
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
Jeremy Popkin / Splitsider:
Talking to 'The Onion's New Editor-in-Chief, Cole Bolton  —  It's a story as old as time itself: man dislikes his job, decides to pursue a career in comedy, sends a bunch of unsolicited work into The Onion, and eventually becomes editor of the world's most popular satirical news site.
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
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.
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
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 …
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 …
 
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