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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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@edmorrissey, Talking Points Memo, @elongreen, @elongreen, @jayrosen_nyu, @craigsilverman and @mlcalderone
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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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Times ‘media pod’ slims down more with Leslie Kaufman exit — Digital media reporter Leslie Kaufman's time at The New York Times has come to an end. — “Farewell to my beloved Times,” Kaufman wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. “It was a great run. Peace and love.”
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@leslienyt, Talking Biz News and @aubernalevy
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
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.
James Bradshaw / Globe and Mail:
David Carr: All the views he's fit to print — “'Hey boss.” — This is the first time I've met David Carr, the weathered and worn, witty and sometimes caustic media critic for The New York Times. But he greets me like an old pal as he slides into a corner table at Casa Nonna …
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@nickbilton and @jembradshaw
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:
Jury finds Apple not guilty of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case — Apple cleared in potential $1 billion court case — An eight-person jury has decided that Apple is not on the hook for what could have been more than $1 billion in a trial centering on extra security measures …
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New York Times, CNET, The Mac Observer, Bloomberg, Ars Technica and AppleInsider
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
US attorney general allows court to subpoena journalist James Risen to answer limited questions; next hearing is Jan. 5 — Holder OKs limited Risen subpoena — Attorney General Eric Holder has authorized federal prosecutors to subpoena New York Times reporter James Risen in connection …
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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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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
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
NowThis Media Raises Another $6M To Deliver Video News Stories In Less Than A Minute — NowThis Media, which covers the news with videos that are usually around 15 or 30 seconds long, is announcing that it has raised $6 million in Series C funding. — NowThis was founded by Kenneth Lerer …
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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