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12:40 PM ET, August 21, 2013

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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
British Newspaper Has Advantages in Battle With Government Over Secrets  —  LONDON — Alan Rusbridger, the mop-haired, soft-spoken editor of The Guardian newspaper, finds himself in a shadowy battle with the British government over purloined secrets that the government will have a hard time winning in the Internet age.
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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Conspiracy to commit journalism
Gabriela Baczynska / Reuters:   Russia criticizes Britain over pressure on Guardian
ACLU:
ACLU Comment on Bradley Manning Sentence  —  NEW YORK - A military court-martial today sentenced Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for giving classified material to WikiLeaks.  Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, had this reaction:
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Jesse Hicks / The Verge:
Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison for WikiLeaks disclosures  —  Bradley Manning's court-martial reached an end today, with Army Colonel Denise Lind sentencing him to 35 years in prison.  She also ordered a reduction in rank to private, a forfeiture of all pay, and a dishonorable discharge.
Bmaz / emptywheel:   Bradley Manning's Sentence, Parole and Appeal Implications
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Al Jazeera English Receiving ‘Thousands’ Of Complaints From Viewers  —  Al Jazeera English has received “thousands” of complaints from viewers over the end of its livestream in the United States, the channel said Wednesday.  —  The channel stopped broadcasting and streaming online in the U.S …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Al Jazeera Makes Limited American Debut
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Facebook Leads an Effort to Lower Barriers to Internet Access  —  MENLO PARK, Calif. — About one of every seven people in the world uses Facebook.  Now, Mark Zuckerberg, its co-founder and chief executive, wants to make a play for the rest — including the four billion or so who lack Internet access.
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William Launder / Wall Street Journal:
Review Chronicles Bloomberg Missteps on Data Use  —  An outside review of Bloomberg LP's data compliance and news reporting revealed that the financial data and news provider didn't curtail reporters' access to subscriber data two years ago, when concerns about the access first emerged, due to internal “misunderstandings.”
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Bloomberg News review suggests standards editor, ombudsman
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Talking Biz News
Barb Darrow / GigaOM:
Huffington Post to end anonymous comments  —  The Huffington Post which has logged more than 260 million comments in its history will end anonymity in those comments, founder Arianna Huffington said Wednesday morning.  —  “Trolls are just getting more and more aggressive and uglier …
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Comcast says copyright threat to TorrentFreak an “error”  —  Internet giant Comcast claims that a legal threat directed at TorrentFreak was a mistake and that it has told the file-sharing news site to disregard it:  —  “This notice was sent in error, and we have advised TorrentFreak to disregard it.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Is Google Ready to Buy Its Way Into TV With an NFL Deal?  —  Here's a fun combination to ponder: The world's most powerful media company and America's most popular sport.  —  That could happen if Google buys the rights to the NFL's Sunday Ticket package, the all-you-can-eat subscription-TV service currently owned by DirecTV.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Las Vegas Sun could disappear, editor says in suit  —  Las Vegas Sun Editor and Publisher Brian Greenspun filed a suit Tuesday “alleging his own family members conspired with Stephens Media, operator of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, to end a Joint Operating Agreement that has been in place …
Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
A look at Storyful's Open Newsroom verification project  —  A look at the first two months of the project, which involves a Google+ community working together to verify content shared online  —  A couple of months ago the team at social newswire Storyful took to Google+ with its Open Newsroom initiative …
Discussion: @grove and @niemanlab
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Maker Studios Buys Blip, and a Home Outside of YouTube  —  Maker Studios, one of the biggest YouTube networks, is buying Blip, a video maker and distributor.  —  Blip officials informed their staff of the deal this morning, and it is expected to close in early September.
Discussion: Variety
Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Fox Confirms Brian Lewis Fired for ‘Financial Irregularities’ (Updated)  —  Executive vice president of corporate communications and longtime employee suddenly leaves the company  —  Brian Lewis, senior advisor to Roger Ailes and Fox's executive vice president of corporate communications …
Jason Felch / Los Angeles Times:
O.C. Register owner Aaron Kushner bets heavily on print  —  As other publishers prepare for a digital-only future, Kushner adds staff and expands his newspaper.  This week he launched the Long Beach Register.  —  Long Beach resident Antonio Romero reads the inaugural edition of the Long Beach Register in front of the Queen Mary.
James Waterson / City A.M. Feed:
Exclusive: TV licence offences responsible for a tenth of all UK court cases  —  TVLICENSINGoffences now account for more than a tenth of all criminal prosecutions in the UK, City A.M. can reveal.  —  More than 180,000 people - almost 3,500 a week - appeared in front of magistrates during 2012 …
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
New Revelations Detail How The NSA Scans 75% Of The Internet Through Telco Partnerships  —  Tuesday the Wall Street Journal reported the existence of several NSA programs that were either previously unknown, or little was known about.  Meet Blarney, Fairview, Oakstar, Lithium and Stormbrew.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Why The Washington Post uses WordPress and empathetic design  —  WaPo's Yuri Victor spoke at WordCamp San Francisco last month about why the Post has adopted WordPress and what it lets them do that other CMSes haven't.  From the description: … (The screenshot of the Post's other CMS at 9:00 is truly chilling.)
 
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
News Corp Launches Global Private Ad Exchange
Discussion: News Corp
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Exaronews investigative journalism site abandons paywall
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and Jon Slattery
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Layoffs to hit Disney/ABC TV Group
Todd Spangler / Variety:
New York Times Stages Online Indie Film Fest With L.A.'s Film Independent (Exclusive)
Guardian:
Journalists under threat in Egypt
Ari Altstedter / Bloomberg:
No Bezos Bait Means Postmedia to Torstar Slump
Nina Burleigh / The New York Observer:
You Leak, You Lose: Going to Prison for Acts of Journalism
Discussion: bookforum.com
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
European broadcasters shut down emergency Greek TV service
Discussion: New Zealand Herald and BBC
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Tara Conlan / Guardian:
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Vevo in Deals With Apple, Samsung for TV Programming
Reg Chua / (Re)Structuring Journalism:
What Price Efficiency?  —  There's been so much ink (pixels? …
Discussion: Fast Company
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Video content provider Storyhunter.tv to partner with AOL and Yahoo
Discussion: @niemanlab