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5:30 PM ET, June 14, 2014

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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
How Snapstream's closed caption search helps Colbert and others scour recorded TV for material  —  The Secret Weapon Behind ‘Daily Show,’ ‘Colbert Report’ and ‘The Soup’  —  Ever wondered how your favorite late-night comedy show sifts through all of those ridiculous cable news clips to bring you the most ridiculous?
Miles O'Brien / New York Magazine:
An accident in February cost the TV reporter Miles O'Brien his left arm.  He soon discovered that every movement, no matter how small, requires rethinking.  —  An accident in February cost the TV reporter Miles O'Brien his left arm.  He soon discovered that every movement, no matter how small, requires rethinking.
Discussion: io9
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Elite Daily, the “Huffington Post for millennials”, claims 40M uniques a month, raises $1.5M  —  How Three 20-Somethings Built Elite Daily, A Site With 40 Million Readers, With $60,000  —  Elite Daily, a news website with 55 employees and 40 million monthly uniques …
Engin Onder / Nieman Reports:
The co-founder of Turkey's 140journos on building a citizen-sustained news agency from scratch  —  In December of 2011, Turkish military jets bombed the village of Uludere, about five miles from the border with Iraq, killing 34.  Was the attack a tragic mistake or a planned strike on suspected Kurdish separatists?
Nieman Reports:
BuzzFeed editor in chief Ben Smith on the challenge of competing with every other piece of content on the Web  —  When Ben Smith joined BuzzFeed as editor in chief in 2012, the site was better known for cute cat videos and fun lists than for serious journalism.
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Native Ad Production Values Keep Growing With ‘Orange is the New Black’ Promo  —  A fairly elaborate, nearly 1,500-word native ad for Netflix's original series “Orange is the New Black” appeared on The New York Times website Friday, using video, charts and audio to supplement text about female incarceration in the U.S.
Aimee Heckel / NetNewsCheck Latest:
Colorado Papers Form Digital Syndicate  —  How do you create more, higher quality content with a smaller, busier staff?  —  Here's a riddle that haunts modern newsrooms across the country: How do you create more, higher quality content with a smaller, busier staff?  —  We've set out to answer that question.
Discussion: Modern Lois Lane
Nikki Finke:
Deadlline's Jay Penske threatens legal action against Nikki Finke for contract violations  —  Penske Trying To Shut Me Down  —  Oops, someone spilled the party dip at my launch party.  Last night my lawyers received a nasty legal letter from Jay Penske (aka Little Lord Fauntleroy) trying to shut down my new website.
GoLocalProv:
Providence Journal sold to GateHouse for an estimated $50-60M, sources say  —  Providence Journal Sold to GateHouse, Sources Tell GoLocal  —  The sale of the Providence Journal is almost complete.  —  Unless the deal collapses, GateHouse Media, which recently emerged from bankruptcy …
Miriam Berger / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Has Suspended An ISIS Account That Live-Tweeted Its Advance In Iraq  —  The Iraqi government on Friday also cut off access to social media, alleging it was necessary to stop ISIS' advance.  —  Twitter has suspended at least six accounts affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria …
Discussion: @wikileaks, Mashable and Guardian
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
CNN ‘documentary’ on George H.W. Bush paid for by Bush Library Foundation  —  Should a news channel be presenting such hagiography as history?  —  Father and son, and former U.S. Presidents, George H.W. Bush (L) and George W. Bush, shake hands at the dedication for the George W. Bush Presidential Center …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Hearst Magazines builds centralized news desk to supply digital content to 18 titles  —  Hearst's new approach to digital news  —  Hearst Magazines is building a centralized news desk to supply digital content to its 18 glossy magazines.  —  The desk is small for now …
Discussion: @digiday
 
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Jim Romenesko:
Editor of ‘straight-down-the-middle’ Daily Signal sends out poll on conservative ideas
Discussion: @romenesko
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Music streaming startup Earbits is shutting down
Discussion: VentureBeat and earbits.com
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Google Passes World Cup Searchers to ESPN
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Al Jazeera launches standalone online video service
Discussion: Gigaom
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The FCC is going to scrutinize Netflix's deals with Comcast, Verizon — and others, too
Jesse Brown / CANADALAND:
Leaked memo confirms that Globe and Mail wants journalists to write advertorials
Discussion: Poynter and J-source.ca
 

 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals

 
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