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11:45 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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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
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Winners for the Pulitzer Prizes will be announced next Monday  —  The winners of the 99th Pulitzer Prizes will be announced Monday, April 20, at 3 p.m. eastern, Columbia University announced in a press release.  The winners will be announced on the prize's site, Twitter feed and YouTube channel.
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
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 …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Wall Street Journal brings designers and coders into the newsroom to work alongside journalists  —  Designers, coders and developers to join WSJ newsroom  —  Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement to the staff on Friday:
Discussion: FishbowlNY and @chris_ciaccia
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.
Discussion: SlashGear, @henryctaylor and Adweek
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.
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
 
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Donovan X. Ramsey / The Atlantic Online:
How Black Twitter connects communities to drive activism and news cycles
Discussion: @goldman
Gillian Wong / Wall Street Journal:
China Threatens Sina Corp. Over Insufficient Censorship
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Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Yahoo leadership reorganization: Simon Khalaf promoted to SVP to oversee Tumblr and home page, David Karp no longer reports to Mayer, Adam Cahan runs video
Discussion: The Wrap and Mercury News
Julia Turner / Slate:
In defense of the unfashionable “hot take”: not all opinion journalism is glib and vapid
Discussion: The New Republic, Jezebel and The Drum
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Comcast's Brian Roberts Made $32.9M In 2014, +5.1%, But Steve Burke Beat Him
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter