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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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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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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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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
Times ‘media pod’ slims down more with Leslie Kaufman exit
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Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
Carmike Theater Chain Drops Sony's ‘The Interview’ After Hackers' Terror Threat — Carmike Cinemas has canceled the nationwide Christmas Day release of Sony's “The Interview,” the first theater chain to do so on the day hackers threatened 9/11-like attacks on theaters that showed the movie …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Expect A Gentler Valleywag In 2015 — “If I had my druthers, I'd write about AI, and supercomputers, and fusion energy. I don't really care about who's f**king whom,” new Valleywag editor Dan Lyons tells me, signaling a tone shift for the tech tabloid. “Even when I did the fake Steve stuff …
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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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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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Sam Biddle / Gawker:
Emails from Sony hack show how Sony PR people work with NYT reporters and editors — How Sony Gets Its Way With the New York Times — The unprecedented internal leak out of Sony has already showed us how cozy reporters can be with the industry they cover.
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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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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Univision, Tribune Media, Fox Stations Join to Devise Alternate Local TV Audience Measure — Fox Television Stations, Tribune Media and Univision Communications have started NewCoin LLC, a new data venture aimed at creating an alternative to measuring local audiences across TV and digital media.
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Mark Bergen / AdAge:
Twitter Lets Advertisers Target By Wireless Carrier, New Devices — Heated competition in the wireless world has been a boon to Twitter. Now Twitter is tossing more fuel on the fire. — Starting today, the social-media company is introducing two new ad features: one that lets advertisers …
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