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12:35 AM ET, September 5, 2014

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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.
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
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.
Kenneth Li / Re/code:
Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp said he's taking cues from NatGeo; doesn't plan to “bleed Time Inc.”  —  Time Inc. to Take Page From National Geographic Playbook  —  Time Inc. will borrow a page from the National Geographic playbook to revive its declining print empire.
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Time Inc. Wants the Right to Outsource Most of Its Union Jobs  —  Fading magazine empire Time Inc. is currently trying to negotiate a new contract with the Newspaper Guild, a union that represents several hundred of the company's editorial employees.  Time Inc. would like the right to eliminate most of their jobs.
Publishers Weekly:
Authors United Preparing New Amazon Initiative  —  It's been almost a month since Authors United, a group of more than 900 authors concerned about Amazon putting writers in the middle of its dispute with Hachette, published a full-page ad in the New York Times.
Discussion: @markhor and The Digital Reader
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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.
Anne Marie Squeo / Netflix US & Canada Blog:
Netflix Supports FCC Chairman's Call for Increased Broadband Competition  —  Nearly everything we do today requires an Internet connection.  Its persistent, increasing presence in our lives makes today's comments by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler all the more important.
Discussion: BetaNews, TechCrunch and @netflix
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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
ESPN's President John Skipper predicts millennials will trade up from cheap Internet TV to pricier cable  —  ESPN Thinks Millennials Will Graduate From Cheap Web TV to Expensive Cable  —  ESPN is the cable network that commands the highest subscriber fees in the U.S. …
Discussion: @fieldproducer and @recode
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.
Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post:
250 Days In, Journalists Continue Fight For Jailed Al Jazeera Staff  —  Two-hundred-and-fifty days after Al Jazeera's Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed were locked up in Egyptian prison, journalists haven't given up on their fight to demand their release.
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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...
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 …
Discussion: Poynter, @niemanlab and Current.org
Edmund Lee / Re/code:
Ex-NYT exec editor Jill Abramson on the paper's future and on what she wants to do next  —  Former New York Times Editor Jill Abramson on the Paper's Future  —  Jill Abramson still doesn't know why she was fired as the top editor of the New York Times.  —  “I'm still trying to sort of figure that out.
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 …
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.
Discussion: FishbowlDC
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.”
Discussion: BBC
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 …
Discussion: @pbelang
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
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.
Discussion: SocialTimes and Business Insider
 
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