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Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up — It's been a tough month for factchecking. After the Rolling Stone campus rape story unraveled, readers of all publications can be forgiven for questioning the process by which Americans get our news.
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New York Magazine:
An Apology to Our Readers — An Apology to Our Readers — In the most recent edition of New York, its annual Reasons to Love New York issue, the magazine published a story about a Stuyvesant High School senior named Mohammed Islam, who was rumored to have made $72 million trading stocks.
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Jim Romenesko:
Reporter behind NY Mag's high school investor story to join Bloomberg's investigative unit; Bloomberg declines to comment on scandal — Is Bloomberg News still hiring Jessica Pressler? 'We're declining to comment' — “Is Jessica Pressler still joining Bloomberg News after being snookered …
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Talking Points Memo, @elongreen, @elongreen, @mlcalderone, @craigsilverman and @jayrosen_nyu
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
NYT layoffs begin today, already exceeds goal of 100 newsroom positions eliminated — Layoffs begin today at The New York Times — Job cuts at the New York Times will exceed the stated goal of 100 newsroom positions eliminated, the Newspaper Guild of New York said yesterday in a memo to union members.
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nyguild.org, FishbowlNY, Poynter, The Huffington Post, @colmorrisdavis, @tmcgev, @aubernalevy, @jbenton and @chaykak
Nicholas White / Mediashift:
How the Daily Dot Relaunched the Kernel as a Sunday Magazine — At the beginning of this year, the Daily Dot acquired the U.K.-based Internet tabloid the Kernel. What has resulted is an experiment in Internet journalism, and a rebuttal to common conceptions of what you can and can't do online.
Brian Flood / TVNewser:
NBC News launches citizen journalism app Stringwire to crowdsource video content — Everyone is a Newser with NBC News' Stringwire App — In the final season of HBO's “The Newsroom,” the ACN senior staff can't stand the thought of crowed-sourced video taken by anyone who whips out a smart phone at the opportune time to record news.
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Lost Remote, @matthewkeyslive, FishbowlNY, @mathewi and @stringwire
Los Angeles Times:
Sony hit with lawsuit by former employees over email leaks — The first legal salvo has been leveled against Sony Pictures Entertainment since the massive computer breach that exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former employees. — Lawyers representing …
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton to staff: Hackers 'won't take us down'
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Reuters, Los Angeles Business Journal and Hollywood Reporter
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Sony unlikely to prevail in court if it sues media organizations for publishing stolen data
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Hollywood Reporter and Hit & Run
Bruce Houghton / hypebot:
Bose Is Building Their Own Streaming Music Service — Audio manufacturer Bose is hiring staff and moving “quickly” to build and launch its own “next generation streaming music platform”. While Bose could integrate their music service within their own audio products, the company still faces very steep competition.
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RAIN News, Guardian, @danprimack, App Advice, Electronista, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Music Week, The Next Web, The Verge, VentureBeat and Digital Spy
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Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Time now accepts Bitcoin for subscription payments — Major magazine publisher Time Inc. just announced a partnership with Bitcoin wallet Coinbase that will enable the company to accept Bitcoin payments. — As of today's launch, Fortune, Health, This Old House and Travel + Leisure …
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FishbowlNY, Business Wire, Poynter and CoinDesk
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Former Politico deputy managing editor Gregg Birnbaum joins New York Daily News as managing editor and head of political content — Gregg Birnbaum joins New York Daily News — Gregg Birnbaum, who announced yesterday on Twitter he was stepping down as deputy managing editor at POLITICO …
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FishbowlDC and The Huffington Post
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Medium launches Gone, a travel vertical, with advertiser Marriott International — Inside Medium's newest native ad gambit — Medium, the 2-year-old site created by Twitter co-founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone, is still finding its footing as a platform publisher.
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@jonathanmendez, @mathewi and Fortune
Kevin M. Gallagher / The Daily Beast:
After over two years in jail, journalist and Anonymous advocate Barrett Brown faces sentencing Tuesday on charges stemming from Stratfor hack — Sentencing Looms for Barrett Brown, Advocate for “Anonymous” — Barrett Brown could face almost 10 years in prison on criminal hacking charges …
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