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11:05 PM ET, December 16, 2014

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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.
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 …
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
Discussion: @leslienyt and Talking Biz News
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Twitter Blog and VentureBeat
 
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