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‘New York Times’ Editor: Losing Snowden Scoop ‘Really Painful’ — When former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden made the fateful decision to share sensitive documents with reporters revealing secret and mass gathering of the metadata associated with the phone calls made by tens …
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@blakehounshell, @jayrosen_nyu, @jcstearns and @davidfolkenflik
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Guardian launches SecureDrop system for whistleblowers to share files — SecureDrop platform allows sources to submit documents and data while avoiding most common forms of online tracking — SecureDrop makes use of well-known anonymising technology such as the Tor network and the Tails operating system
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Nieman Journalism Lab, @postbaron, @trevortimm, @securedrop, Washington Post, Lawfare, The Next Web, Press Gazette, TechPresident, @attackerman and @mathewi


Verizon Threatens Netflix With Legal Action Over Congestion Message — Here's the newest salvo in the Netflix/Verizon fight that blew up yesterday: Verizon is now threatening Netflix with legal action over the messages that Netflix is showing some Verizon subscribers, which blame Verizon for low-quality video streams.
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Netflix's Network Congestion Message Rolling Out On All ISPs, Not Just Verizon
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@danrayburn and DSLreports

On the front lines of the battle over the press pass — On Wednesday, Amy had a post on a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment to permit greater campaign finance regulation. We covered the hearing because the purpose of the amendment …
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New York Times, rcfp.org, @timfernholz, @mathewi, @antderosa and @dangillmor
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US freelancers and photographers more likely to be denied media credentialing, study shows — Who Gets a Press Pass? — The Digital Media Law Project at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Journalist's Resource project at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media …
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Nieman Journalism Lab, Columbia Journalism Review, The Huffington Post and dmlp.org


Here's how the recession affected jobs in newsrooms, publishing, advertising, and more — The Upshot has gone chart crazy today, with a new project featuring 255 visualizations of how job markets were influenced by the recession. In the words of New York Times developer and Upshot team member Derek Willis:
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New York Times, @niemanlab and The Awl

Hachette Announces Layoffs As Amazon Standoff Persists — Hachette Book Group reportedly laid of 3 percent of its staff on Thursday, weeks into a standoff with Amazon.com.
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Guardian, Mashable and Publishers Weekly
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Amazon Boycott Gets a Helping Hand From Stephen Colbert
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Poynter, Gigaom, @indiebound, @laurahazardowen, Mediaite, Re/code, Gawker, Deadline.com, VentureBeat, Forbes, The Wrap, Washington Post, @davidstreitfeld, Gizmodo, @courtalameda, Business Insider, The New York Observer, Mashable, The Verge, GalleyCat, Publishers Lunch, Guardian and The Huffington Post

Dashiell Bennett named editor of The Wire — The Atlantic has named a new editor for its news curation website, The Wire. — News editor Dashiell Bennett has been promoted to the top masthead slot, the company announced today, replacing Gabriel Snyder, who left the company five months ago and now works for Bloomberg Media Group.
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The Daily Caller, FishbowlDC, @connorsimpson, @agolis, Politico, MediaWire Daily, The New York Observer and FishbowlNY


Aereo Now Chromecast-Ready — Debut Comes After A Brief Delay — Following a brief delay, Aereo announced Thursday that its broadband TV and cloud DVR service now works with the popular Google Chromecast streaming adapter. — The extension, supported on Android-powered devices …
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Gizmodo, Mashable, VentureBeat and TechCrunch


Prosecution demands maximum sentence for al-Jazeera journalists, including Australian Peter Greste — Cairo: Egypt's prosecution has called for the maximum sentence for al-Jazeera journalists - including Australian Peter Greste - who are on trial for colluding with the Muslim Brotherhood to produce false news to defame Egypt.
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Mediaite, New York Times, VICE News and Al Jazeera English


The Strange Beneficial/Predatory Relationship Between TMZ and Justin Bieber — The ugly videos showing Justin Bieber saying racist things while he was still a baby-faced teen are apparently going to continue surfacing, though new reports allege TMZ has used the videos to blackmail Bieber into cooperation for years.


Report: Desktop/laptop computers still dominate sports consumption — The use of mobile devices to access sports content has doubled among sports fans since 2011. But desktop/laptop computers are by far the platform they use most often to read and watch content.
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@coversjon and @abeaujon

Wasserstein buys back law titles for $417M — Seven years after “Bid 'em Up” Bruce Wasserstein sold the American Lawyer Media group for $630 million, the late billionaire's namesake firm is buying it back at a steep discount — and is on the prowl for more media deals.
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Folio, New York Times, ABA Journal Daily News, pevc.dowjones.com and Reuters


Digital Growth to Prop Up Magazine Revenue Amid Print Losses, PwC Forecasts — Digital Ads and Subscriptions Growing Quickly — The halcyon days of print-based media are not returning in the near future, a new report said, as flat or declining revenues are expected at magazines and newspapers over the next five years.
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Publishing Executive News and Canadian Magazines