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Ken Silverstein / The Intercept:
The CIA's Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication — A prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times routinely submitted drafts and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication, according to documents obtained by The Intercept.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
7 problems with Politico Magazine's hit piece on Glenn Greenwald — Politico Magazine's Michael Hirsh has written a hit piece on Glenn Greenwald. It is terrible, in precisely seven ways. — Problem No. 1: Wimpy, pusillanimous, cowardly headline-and-subhead combo. — Here's how the piece presents itself to readers:
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Michael Hirsh / Politico:
Thanks to Ed Snowden, Glenn Greenwald went from blogging to the big time. But his stock may be dropping fast — For about a year, the global enterprise you might call Glenn Greenwald, Inc. has been taking off like a red-hot app. The question now is whether the sudden rise of Greenwald …
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Noah Everett / Twitpic Blog:
Twitpic to shut down September 25, citing trademark dispute with Twitter — Twitpic is shutting down — Twitpic will be shutting down September 25th. You will be able to export all your photos and videos. We'll let everyone know when this feature is live in the next few days.
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Eyder Peralta / NPR:
After A 35-Year Run, NPR's Programming Chief Is Leaving — After almost 35 years at NPR, Ellen McDonnell, the network's executive editor for news programming, is stepping down. — The network announced the news in a memo to staff on Thursday. — “Ellen is as much a part of NPR's DNA …
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Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times:
Hachette author Janet Fitch asks Bezos to weigh impact on literature in Amazon dispute — Janet Fitch reveals her letter to Amazon's Jeff Bezos — Another writer has decided to speak up about the business dealings of Amazon: Janet Fitch, who after signing the Authors United letter, has gone a step further.
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Vice raises $250M from Technology Crossover Ventures for 10% stake, now valued at over $2.5B — Vice Lands 2nd Investment, to Fuel Expansion — Vice Media, the rabble-rouser of the news and entertainment business, has landed a pair of investments totaling $500 million to fuel the expansion of its media empire.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
WashPost, NYT expand deals with regional publications to broaden reach, online and in print — The newsonomics of the Washington Post and New York Times network wars — Call it the newspaper network wars. — The Washington Post's Newspaper Partner Program has grown from a March-planted seedling into a full-grown fall oak.
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
CNN's ‘Reliable Sources’ moving to New York later this month — CNN is moving its Sunday morning media show “Reliable Sources” from Washington, D.C. to New York, host Brian Stelter told Capital. — “It looks like September 21st will be the first show here [in New York],” Stelter said in a brief phone interview.
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Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Why Trinity Mirror Regionals is taking to Google+ — Ten regional titles have launched new pages on the social platform as they attempt to reach new audiences and integrate Google reporting and publishing tools — Read more — Other top stories — Also on Journalism.co.uk...
Garett Sloane / Adweek:
YouTube May Be Worth Up to $40 Billion—More Than Twitter — Jefferies report projects $8.9 billion in ad sales by 2016 — YouTube, broken out from Google's overall business, is potentially worth more than Twitter with a valuation up to $40 billion, according to an analysis released today by Jefferies.
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Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Getty Images sues Microsoft over Bing Image Widget tool, citing “massive infringement” — Getty Images sues Microsoft over new online photo tool — (Reuters) - A new Microsoft Corp product that allows website publishers to embed digital photographs on their sites is a …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
New Times editor on what his paper owes the reader — In the wake of the videotaped beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff at the hands of the jihadist group ISIS, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet weighed in on a debate that has loomed large as footage …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Former HuffPo ME Jimmy Soni investigated for sexual harassment while overseeing Editorial Fellows program — Top Huffington Post Editor Was Investigated for Sexual Harassment — In May, The Huffington Post announced that 29-year-old managing editor Jimmy Soni would step down to focus …
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
YouTube's biggest star, PewDiePie, is ditching comments. Blame spam — and trolls. — Felix Kjellberg, the millionaire gamer known as “PewDiePie,” celebrated his YouTube channel's 30 millionth subscriber last week by proclaiming that he now had a following “that's more than most countries.”
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Wall Street Journal:
To fight online rivals, TV networks scramble for NFL rights while the league expands digital services — In Television Deals, NFL Plays by Its Own Rules — League Has Huge Leverage as TV Networks Look to Live Games for an Edge Over Online Services — At the National Football League's …
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Nadia Drake / KSJ Tracker:
Elise Andrew, science popularizer with a spotty attribution record, gets a pass from CJR — On Tuesday, the Columbia Journalism Review published a profile of Elise Andrew, creator of the massively popular Facebook page I F*cking Love Science. The page posts science curiosities multiple times …
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Alexis Sobel Fitts / Columbia Journalism Review:
The creator of the Facebook page “I f*cking love science” is journalism's first self-made brand
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
YouTube's Policies Are Clear: Beheading Is Not An Act Of Free Speech — Terrorist acts like the beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff are meant to intimidate American citizens and government officials, but they're also designed to provoke U.S. companies — namely …
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Rdio Moves to Free Music Model to Compete with Spotify and Others — In the face of growing competition in the streaming music market, Rdio, a four-year-old service that charges for online subscriptions, has moved into a new phase with abundant free music — as well as free music's ever-present companion, advertising.
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Pay TV penetration continues to decline as new households don't get cable — The number of new homes in the U.S. is growing, but pay TV numbers are not. People who move are especially prone to cutting the cord. — New evidence that cord cutting is happening comes from the Leichtman Research Group …
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
IPC name to disappear as Time Warner rebrands magazine publisher — Home of Marie Claire, NME and What's on TV to become Time Inc UK to provide ‘strategic clarity’ — IPC Media, publisher of magazines including Marie Claire, NME and What's on TV, is to be rebranded as Time Inc UK.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg to reassume leadership of Bloomberg LP; Dan Doctoroff to step down as CEO at year end — Michael Bloomberg to Return as Chief of Company He Founded — Michael R. Bloomberg will reassume the leadership of his business empire only eight months after ending his final term as mayor of New York.
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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Here's An Idea For Michael Bloomberg: Buy CNN
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