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11:35 AM ET, June 16, 2014

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Dean Baquet, Top Times Editor, Has Tumor Removed  —  Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, had a malignant tumor removed from his kidney on Saturday and will spend about a week away from the office while recovering, he said in an email to the newspaper's staff on Monday morning.
David Carr / New York Times:
Eric Cantor's Defeat Exposed a Beltway Journalism Blind Spot  —  It's now clear why the primary defeat of the House majority leader, Eric Cantor, came so completely out of the blue last week: Beltway blindness that put a focus on fund-raising, power-brokering and partisan back-and-forth created …
Chelsea Manning / New York Times:
The U.S. Military's Campaign Against Media Freedom  —  FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — WHEN I chose to disclose classified information in 2010, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.  I'm now serving a sentence of 35 years in prison for these unauthorized disclosures.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Former BuzzFeed COO Jon Steinberg Lands at Daily Mail's Website  —  Jon Steinberg, the former COO of BuzzFeed, has a new job: He is running the American version of the U.K.-based Daily Mail's enormous website, formally known as MailOnline.  Steinberg had worked at BuzzFeed for four years …
Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
Henry Blodget on Business Insider's launch of a London office, current state of digital media  —  Henry Blodget: Its a golden age for professional journalists  —  Business Insider's boss on opening a London office, European expansion - and why he won't sit down on the job
Discussion: @stevekovach and @dominicru
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
NYT needs to move faster toward a lean digital focus, which is hard for staff with print DNA  —  A Paper Boat Navigating a Digital Sea  —  IT'S Wednesday morning and 39 editors have filed in to the 10 a.m. meeting in The Times's third-floor conference room, some carrying laptops and smartphones, others with pens and notepads.
Pierre Omidyar / First Look Media:
John Temple joins First Look Media as President, Audience and Products  —  John Temple joins First Look leadership team  —  The challenge we have set for ourselves at First Look Media is to do things that haven't been done before, to find ways to combine journalism and technology to improve society.
Reuters:
FCC considering extending net neutrality to mobile  —  Mobile ‘net neutrality’ faces new day of reckoning at FCC  —  (Reuters) - A surge in mobile Internet usage has U.S. regulators considering whether to apply the same rules to fixed and wireless Internet traffic, and large technology firms …
Discussion: SeekingAlpha.com
Thomas Baekdal / Baekdal Plus:
What if Quality Journalism Isn't?  —  By now you have probably already read the leaked Innovation Report from The New York Times.  And if you haven't, you should.  It provides a great overview of the challenges and thinking that are happening in the industry, not just for The New York Times, but for every newspaper and magazine.
Steve Beatty / The Lens:
The Lens in New Orleans scales back school and political reporting, launches contract database  —  The Lens makes changes but continues focus on in-depth, public-service journalism  —  Like all news outlets in New Orleans and across the country, The Lens is constantly re-evaluating its mission and goals …
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Lara Logan Makes Her First Post-Suspension Appearance On CBS News  —  Lara Logan made her first appearance on CBS News on Sunday since her return to the network after a lengthy suspension.  —  CBS announced earlier in June that Logan's leave of absence—which began in late November of last year …
Discussion: TVNewser and NY Daily News
Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
Longform site Byliner.com teeters as CEO exits alongside other execs  —  John Tayman resigned as CEO of Byliner, which he co-founded in 2011 (screencap Tech Crunch TV)  —  Three-year-old longform website Byliner has been struggling of late, with news leaking out a couple weeks ago that it was seeking investors or a partner.
Discussion: @sarahw and @lauramlippman
 
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