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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Stolen Sony emails reveal scheming by MPAA, movie studios against Google in “Project Goliath” and their fight against piracy at the expense of the open web — Project Goliath: Inside Hollywood's secret war against Google — What is “Goliath” and why are Hollywood's most powerful lawyers working to kill it?
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@pkafka, @elidourado, @russellbrandom, @maira, Techdirt, @granick, @maira, @caseynewton, @bcbishop, @awallenstein, Business Insider and TIME
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Andy / TorrentFreak:
After SOPA backlash, MPAA and movie studios search for legal ways to block sites infringing IP — MPAA Prepares to Bring Pirate Site Blocking to the U.S. — Site blocking has become one of the go-to anti-piracy techniques for the music and movie industries.
Discussion:
@karlbode, TorrentFreak and Electronista
Emily Yoshida / The Verge:
Why we're reporting on Sony's leaked info — Today on The Verge we published a story about a major operation by the MPAA to broadly and significantly impact the distribution of information, which would impact how free speech works on the internet. We obtained this information …
Discussion:
@julie_bush and @samitsarkar
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Source: Justice Department won't force NYT reporter James Risen to reveal a source in CIA book — Attorney General Won't Force NYT Reporter to Reveal Source — James Risen for years has fought an effort to force him to name his source for a book that revealed a CIA effort to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.
Discussion:
Mediaite, @freedomofpress, @antderosa, @chrisgeidner, @xeni, @chrisgeidner, @joshmeyerdc, @bartongellman, @bradmossesq, Boing Boing and Associated Press
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Department of Justice may force 60 Minutes producer Richard Bonin to testify in terrorism case — Holder Faces Another Decision on Forcing a Reporter to Testify — With Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. facing a deadline over whether to force a reporter for The New York Times to reveal his sources …
Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
Leaked Emails Suggest Maureen Dowd Promised To Show Sony Exec's Husband Column Before Publication — The end result: kudos at the studio and an email from Dowd after it published saying, “you're amazing.” Update: Dowd says she didn't send an advance copy of the column.
Discussion:
Politico, Los Angeles Times, Poynter, @dkthomp, FishbowlNY, @jghorn, @theobamadiary, The Wrap, Gawker, @moorehn, @jbenton, Mediaite, @robinhenig, The Corsair, @joshuagreen, @ryanlcooper, @maxabelson, @zigmanfreud, @frankconniff, @lawalazu, @jayrosen_nyu, @mmoyr, @raju, @profjeffjarvis, @ericboehlert, New York Times, New York Magazine, The Week and The Huffington Post
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Dowd denies showing column to Sony exec's husband; emails don't show an ethics violation — Hacked Emails, ‘Air-Kissing’ — and Two Firm Denials — A BuzzFeed story, published Thursday, based on leaked Sony Pictures emails, reports that the Pulitzer-winning Times columnist Maureen Dowd promised …
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The Daily Beast, @moneyries, Mediaite, TVNewser, Deadline, @profjeffjarvis, Inside Movies, The Daily Caller and Business Insider
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Inside the Collapse of The New Republic — Last Friday morning, Chris Hughes, the owner of The New Republic, and Guy Vidra, the magazine's C.E.O., presided over a meeting at the publication's Penn Quarter offices in Washington, D.C. It had been a busy twenty-four hours: a day earlier …
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Washington Post, @nickconfessore, @petersterne, @jackshafer, @mike_hogan, @carloslozadawp, @nicole_cliffe, @craigsilverman, @alexboutilier, @resnikoff, @rameshponnuru, @poniewozik, @tmcgev, @choire, @dangillmor, @peterhambycnn, @theferocity, @nickbaumann, @emilynussbaum, @spragued, @clarajeffery, @laurahazardowen, @craigsilverman, @fordm, @hadas_gold, @michaelluo, @hadas_gold, @ryanchittum, Talking Points Memo, @jonathanchait, @adamliptak, @michelledean, @bendreyfuss, @mlcalderone and @rustyk5
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Circa is seeking $8M in Series A funding as it faces well-funded competition from AJ+, others — The newsonomics of Circa's uncertain future (and new competition from AJ+) — What's in the cards for Circa, an award-nabbing industry darling, a pioneer of mobile-first news apps and a visual style that still spreads on the web?
Discussion:
@rafat, @mg, @jeffjarvis, @mathewi and @niemanlab
Kelly J O'Brien / Columbia Journalism Review:
FOIA reform dies while the press looked the other way — More than two years of work by open government advocates collapsed on Thursday night when House Speaker John Boehner closed the final legislative session of the 113th Congress without bringing the FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 to a vote.
Discussion:
Techdirt, The Hill, Associated Press, FRONTLINE, @foiafactor, @_rshapiro, digiphile, @alisonannyoung, @reedfrich, @muckrock, @digiphile, @dangillmor, @digiphile and @davidfolkenflik
Tamar Wilner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Laid-off Metro Pulse editors plan a new publication in Knoxville — After rejecting severance to start a competitor, journalist seek funding for Knoxville Mercury — Three former editors for Metro Pulse, the Knoxville, TN, alt-weekly recently shuttered by E.W. Scripps …
Discussion:
The Knoxville Mercury and @cjr
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Forbes hires Fortune's Miguel Helft for its newly created San Francisco bureau chief position — Forbes hires Fortune senior writer, NYTimes small biz editor — Forbes announced four new appointments in its editorial department, including a new San Francisco bureau chief and a senior editor for its entrepreneurs coverage.
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
