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10:45 AM ET, November 8, 2013

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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Lara Logan Apologizes For Botched ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi Report, Says Show Will Issue Correction  —  In a humiliating retreat from a piece she had staunchly defended, “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan admitted on Friday morning that she and the news magazine had made a “mistake” …
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Accounts Differ to F.B.I. and CBS on Benghazi  —  Dylan Davies, a security officer hired to help protect the United States Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, told the F.B.I. he did not go there the night terrorists attacked it on Sept. 11, 2012, an account that contradicts a version of events …
Lynne Marek / Crain's Chicago Business:
Onion halts all print editions, turns entirely to digital “news”  —  The Onion is halting its print version in Chicago and its two other remaining markets with its Dec. 12 issue.  The newsweekly was 25 years old and is survived by its website and a new creative service for advertisers.
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Twitter's stock closes at $44.90 a share, up 73 percent on its first day  —  A more conservative approach than Facebook could lead to a big first day of gains  —  Twitter is set to hold its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange this morning.  The company has priced its stock at $26 a share.
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Kathryn Schulz / New York Magazine:
That Goddamned Blue Bird and Me: How Twitter Hijacked My Mind
Robert Andrews / Beet.tv:
Time Inc To Launch Mobile Video Content Channel  —  Soon to be spun out from Time Warner, magazine publisher Time Inc will launch a mobile-specific video brand by year's end.  “You'll see something from over the next four to six weeks - a video-only offering in mobile,” …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post plans Sunday edition of its free Express paper  —  Beginning Nov. 17, The Washington Post's free weekday commuter paper Express will begin delivering a Sunday edition to people who've opted in to Savings Now, the Post's lawn delivered advertorial product for nonsubscribers.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Marvel creating four superhero shows exclusively for Netflix, premiering in 2015  —  Marvel is creating four live-action superhero series that will air exclusively on Netflix beginning in 2015.  The first of the TV series will focus on Daredevil, while the following series will star Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage.
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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix-Marvel deal leaves Hulu without superheroes
Discussion: @efeng
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Nancy Gibbs promotes top lieutenants at ‘Time’  —  Time managing editor Nancy Gibbs has moved up two of her lieutenants on the magazine's masthead.  —  Gibbs announced in a staff memo this morning that Michael Duffy and Radhika Jones have both been promoted to deputy managing editor.
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Jason Kilar Poaches Another Key Hulu Exec For ‘Fremont Project’  —  The Fremont Project Said to Be Focused on Mobile Video  —  Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is raiding the video service once again for talent.  —  This time he's bringing Hulu's VP-product Lonn Lee aboard his secretive startup The Fremont Project.
Tim Carmody / Hazlitt:
What's Missing in Keller and Greenwald's Future of Journalism  —  Last week, Bill Keller did a funny thing.  The former executive editor and current Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times, as authoritative and oracular as he is moderate and guarded, opened up a space for pointed …
Discussion: @tcarmody and The New Republic
Sarah Laskow / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why Getty Images is partnering with Pinterest  —  Why Getty Images is partnering with Pinterest  —  Say you come across a gorgeous picture of Michelle Obama's latest dress, and you want to remember it next time you're in the market for a fancy get-up.  You pin it to your DRESSES!!! board on Pinterest.
Discussion: @ndorokakung
John Reynolds / Guardian:
Former BBC TV news head suggests axing BBC3 and 4 to focus on quality  —  Roger Mosey says ‘doing two channels very well’ could improve audience engagement and TV licence fee expenditure  —  The BBC's former editorial director and Olympics supremo Roger Mosey has suggested more of the BBC's licence fee …
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Jay-Z sued over “Run this Town” as sampling lawsuits spread  —  A sample troll is stalking Jay-Z over Run This Town, claiming the rapper's 2009 hit from Blueprint 3 uses sounds from a 1969 track called Hook and Sling by the late pianist Eddie Bo.  —  A lawsuit, filed in New York federal court …
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC executive says US TV industry is more favourable to ethnic minorities  —  Pat Younge, the corporation's most senior black executive, believes more should be done to increase diversity at all levels  —  The BBC's most senior black executive has said he would have had a better …
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Xbox One's first wave of TV apps features Netflix, HBO Go, FiOS, NFL and much more  —  Long gone are the days when a game console merely had its launch lineup of games to worry about — in the modern era we also have to know about other types of entertainment.
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Guardian Responds To UK Spy Chiefs On Edward Snowden Leaks  —  The Guardian is hitting back at criticism of the press by heads of British intelligence agencies on Thursday.  —  The heads of MI5, GCHQ and MI6 spoke in Parliament about Edward Snowden's leaks, which revealed secret domestic spying programs …
Discussion: BBC
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Jack Shafer:
Governments worldwide buried in the Snowden avalanche
Discussion: SiliconBeat
 
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Matt Mullenweg says WordPress is “forking” Advanced Custom Fields, a plugin developed by WP Engine; ACF team says the plugin was taken away “without consent”

Wes Davis / The Verge:
Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis on its Threads account

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple adds an option in iOS 18.1 to let users set a “Primary” email address in Settings, letting users change the email associated with their Apple Account

 
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