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10:45 AM ET, April 13, 2015

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
First four Game of Thrones season 5 episodes leak online, apparently originating from review copies, surfacing on major torrent sites, in major blow to HBO  —  First Episodes of Game of Thrones Season 5 Leak Online  —  Starting a few hours ago several episodes of the new Game of Thrones season started to appear online.
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Jack Shepherd / Journalism.co.uk:
University of Florida and Yik Yak team up for geolocated student news feeds  —  University of Florida explores geolocation news feeds  —  The university has teamed up with social media app Yik Yak to bring its students the latest local news  —  Credit: Screenshot from UFJSchool on YouTube.
Discussion: streetfightmag.com
Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
Times, BuzzFeed, other news organizations deals with Facebook give the social network power to censor the news  —  The most concerning element of Facebook's potential new power  —  “Facebook has more power in determining who can speak and who can be heard around the globe than any Supreme Court justice, any king or any president.”
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How publishers are using Facebook interest targeting to reach niche audiences
Discussion: @simonowens and @lheron
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
CBS News Political Director John Dickerson Named Anchor of ‘Face the Nation’  —  CBS News has tapped its political director John Dickerson to succeed Bob Schieffer as anchor of “Face the Nation.”  —  Schieffer announced the appointment at the close of Sunday's telecast.
Associated Press:
Iran's Fars news agency: Jason Rezaian faces “espionage” and “acting against national security” charges, sold economic and industrial data to the US  —  Report: US reporter held in Iran facing ‘espionage’ charges  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A Washington Post journalist detained …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Amazon launches X-Ray on Fire TV to bring IMDb movie and TV data to the big screen  —  Amazon is bringing its “X-Ray for Movies and TV” service to the big screen for the first time, with the news that the contextual information offering is rolling out for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.
TechCrunch:
Twitter implies to publishers using Meerkat that it may cut off access to Amplify service, if they do not use Periscope exclusively  —  Twitter Is Pushing Celebrities And Publishers To Stop Using Meerkat  —  Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat.
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Behind Time Warner's struggle to launch HBO Now without alienating pay-TV providers  —  Behind Time Warner Chief's ‘Cord-Cutter’ Pitch  —  CEO Jeff Bewkes wants to sell HBO online but must win over pay-TV providers  —  Just before 2 a.m. at his waterfront home in Greenwich, Conn. …
Discussion: New York Times
Guardian:
Daily Express uses dubious weather forecasts to create dramatic stories that may undermine a real weather crisis  —  Daily Express weather warning: beware a shower of extreme inaccuracy  —  Easter 80F heatwave?  Or 10 inches of snow?  Why are we offered such absurd predictions from the Daily Express?
Discussion: @georgemonbiot and @danengber
Donovan X. Ramsey / The Atlantic Online:
How Black Twitter connects communities to drive activism and news cycles  —  The Truth About Black Twitter  —  Complex, influential, and far more meaningful than the sum of its social justice-driven hashtags  —  Black Twitter is a force.  It's also not particularly well understood by those who aren't a part of it.
Discussion: @goldman
Jack Shafer / Politico:
It's OK that NYT reporter Judith Miller got Iraq wrong, but she still won't admit it  —  The Real Problem with Judy Miller  —  It's okay that the New York Times reporter got Iraq wrong—the trouble with her new memoir is she still won't admit she actually did.
Discussion: The Buttry Diary and bookforum.com
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: the new iPad Pro may launch with an M4 chip, kicking off Apple's AI strategy that will be expanded at WWDC; the new Pencil will have haptic feedback

Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers, TikTok staff, and others detail how TikTok lost the war in Washington, including due to CEO Shou Zi Chew's failure to build support on Capitol Hill

Karen Weise / New York Times:
Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet disclosed that they had spent $32B+ combined on data centers and other capital expenses in Q1, as they accelerate AI spending
 
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