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7:55 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
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, @netflix and TechCrunch
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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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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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Publishers Weekly:
Authors United Preparing New Amazon Initiative
Discussion: Bookseller news and @markhor
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: @recode and @fieldproducer
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.
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
China orders video-streaming sites to get state approval for showing foreign content online by March 31  —  China Orders Video-Streaming Sites to Register TV Shows  —  China has ordered video-streaming sites to get state approval to run foreign TV shows and films as authorities …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Tribune Media Eyeing Move to Major Stock Exchange  —  CEO Peter Liguori also signals he is open to selling the 31 percent stake in the Food Network for the right price  —  Tribune Media is preparing to file the necessary documents to move its stock to a major stock exchange, CEO Peter Liguori said Thursday.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and Deadline
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.
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Washington Post eyes national scale for its events business  —  Jeff Bezos' crusade to make The Washington Post relevant to more than just D.C. insiders is extending to the newspaper's events business as well.  —  The newspaper announced on Thursday that it will be launching “America Answers …
Kate Newman / The Atlantic Online:
Publishing houses skip fact-checking despite accuracy scandals due to lack of repercussions  —  Book Publishing, Not Fact-Checking  —  Readers might think nonfiction books are the most reliable media sources there are.  But accuracy scandals haven't reformed an industry that faces no big repercussions for errors.
Discussion: Gawker and The New York Observer
Dave McNary / Variety:
Warner Bros. CEO Confirms Layoffs in Memo to Staff  —  Warner Bros. Entertainment chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara has told Warner Bros. employees that layoffs are coming at every level across the studio.  —  Tsujihara did not disclose how many cuts will take place.
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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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Bloomberg Returns to an Organization Looking for a Vision  —  IN late 2007, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg rolled his chair over to Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff's desk inside the bullpen at City Hall and suggested that they go to a nearby table to talk.  The mayor knew that Mr. Doctoroff …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Guardian News and Media to regulate itself from Monday saying ‘industry tentacles’ reach into IPSO  —  Guardian News and Media has revealed it is to bow out of press regulation and from now on will be regulated by itself.  —  In future its own reader's editor - former Guardian managing editor …
Discussion: Guardian, About us and @pressgazette
 
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Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Why Trinity Mirror Regionals is taking to Google+
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
YouTube's biggest star, PewDiePie, is ditching comments. Blame spam — and trolls.
Discussion: BBC
Molly Mulshine / The New York Observer:
Fashion Bloggers Beware: Instagram Grabs the Fastest News and Views at NYFW Now
Wall Street Journal:
To fight online rivals, TV networks scramble for NFL rights while the league expands digital services
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
IPC name to disappear as Time Warner rebrands magazine publisher
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Former HuffPo ME Jimmy Soni investigated for sexual harassment while overseeing Editorial Fellows program
Eyder Peralta / NPR:
After A 35-Year Run, NPR's Programming Chief Is Leaving
Discussion: Poynter, @niemanlab and Current.org
Trista Bridges / Rude Baguette:
Wuaki.tv beats Netflix to France with soft launch to 10k beta users; movie rentals €.99, purchase €4.99-€9.99
Discussion: Advanced Television
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
CNN's ‘Reliable Sources’ moving to New York later this month
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Garett Sloane / Adweek:
YouTube May Be Worth Up to $40 Billion—More Than Twitter
Discussion: SocialTimes and Business Insider
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
New Times editor on what his paper owes the reader