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3:25 PM ET, April 22, 2014

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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

Supreme Court Judges Worry About Scope of Aereo Decision, Say It Could Affect Cloud Computing — Several of the Supreme Court justices who heard arguments in the broadcast networks case against the online TV site Aereo expressed concern Tuesday that any decision they pass down would also affect cloud computing.

Discussion: New York Times, Quartz, TechCrunch, Variety, Guardian, Latest News & Headlines, Re/code, Radio & Television …, Hollywood Reporter, @brianstelter, @jeffjohnroberts, @brianstelter and @eriqgardner

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:

Supreme Court quizzes Aereo: Do TV streams break the law? — In high-stakes arguments on Tuesday, the Supreme Court's justices challenged an attorney for Aereo to explain why the startup isn't violating copyright law by providing streams of local television stations to paying subscribers without a license.

Discussion: TVNewser, Washington Post, @antderosa, @eggerton and @jbflint

Brian Ries / Mashable:

American Journalist With Vice News Captured in Eastern Ukraine — Vice journalist Simon Ostrovsky has been taken by militia in Eastern Ukraine, Mashable has learned. — The reporter for Vice News, who has been filing a series of compelling video dispatches from Ukraine since early March …

David Leonhardt / New York Times:

New York Times launches The Upshot, aims to make data journalism part of “daily news cycle” — Navigate News With The Upshot — You have no shortage of excellent news sources — sources that expertly report and analyze news as it happens. Like you, those of us at The Upshot rely on those sources every day.

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Here comes The Upshot, the new explanatory journalism effort from the New York Times

Discussion: Guardian, Om Malik, @upshotnyt, Digiday, @dleonhardt, Capital New York, @neil_irwin, MediaWire Daily and The FJP

Craig Silverman / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Why Vox (and other news orgs) could use a librarian — The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion. —William Macneile Dixon — Every 45 years, roughly half of the medical knowledge about cirrhosis and hepatitis is disproven or becomes out of date.

Discussion: @losowsky and @antderosa

Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:

Jonah Lehrer quietly launches new blog, gets Gladwell boost — On March 28, disgraced ex-New Yorker writer Jonah Lehrer quietly launched a blog under his own name. — On Thursday, he got a Twitter boost from an unlikely source. — “Jonah Lehrer is back with a new blog. It is well worth reading.

Discussion: Gawker

Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:

Vogue.com staffing up; site to be relaunched in September during NY Fashion Week — Vogue.com in Expansion Mode — Vogue is in the process of expanding its Web site, WWD has learned. The magazine, which redesigned its site in 2010, is amassing a bigger staff comprised of a mix of new hires …

Discussion: MediaWire Daily, @womensweardaily and @laureni

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Richard Turley, Businessweek's creative director, leaving for MTV — Businessweek's creative director leaves — Richard Turley, the creative director of Bloomberg Businessweek, is leaving the publication for MTV. “[I]t's time for me to learn something new and work with different content …

Discussion: Richard Turley, Capital New York, Politico, AdAge, MediaWire Daily, FishbowlNY and Talking Biz News

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Study: households spent 10% less at Amazon in states where online sales tax introduced — Amazon Sales Take a Hit in States With Online Tax — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is taking a hit in states that are collecting an online sales tax. — In one of the first efforts to quantify the impact …

Discussion: USA Today, Marketing Land, Business Insider, SlashGear, Washington Post, @maudnewton, @puiwingtam and The Loop

Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:

Journalists Kicked Out Of Al Jazeera Trial In Egypt — The trial of three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt resumed on Tuesday, as their supporters grew more frustrated over the journalists' continued detention. — Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed appeared in court for the sixth time since they were arrested in December.

Discussion: TVNewser, Guardian, Al Jazeera English and BBC

Chris Barr / Knight Foundation:

17 projects receive funding through Knight Prototype Fund — Photo credit: Chris Barr. — Sometimes you have a great idea, and you just need time, space and some capital to test it. Seventeen projects will get that chance as the latest recipients of Prototype Fund grants from Knight Foundation.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Poynter, @jskstanford, @ultracasual, @mtdukes, @mterenzio and usodi.org

Ben Adler / Columbia Journalism Review:

More and more young people get their news from online video, which is not necessarily a bad thing — More and more young people get their news from online video, which is not necessarily a bad thing — Most of the discussion of youth news consumption and news literacy—including that of yours truly …

Discussion: Columbia University …