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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
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
External traffic to Spanish news sites plummets after Google move — Credit: Flickr / Pavel P — Credit: Flickr / Pavel P — As expected, Google removed all Spanish publishers from its Google News index on Tuesday, which the company said it was forced to do as a result of a new law …
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Guardian, Wall Street Journal and Forbes
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David Roman / Wall Street Journal:
Spain's Publishers Brace for Google News Shutdown
Spain's Publishers Brace for Google News Shutdown
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The Drum
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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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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Boing Boing, Crime Blog, @jcinis, @denniscearl, @anonycrypt, @fightfortheftr, RT, Courthouse News Service and FrontBurner
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
Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo:
Former Employees Are Suing Sony Pictures For Not Protecting Their Data — Sony's ex-employees are suing the company over for failing to secure its computer system and exposing their information. — Two former employees have filed a class action lawsuit against Sony Pictures.
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