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6:05 AM ET, November 15, 2013

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brian abelson:
The Relationship Between Promotion and Performance: Pageviews Above Replacement  —  This is the second in a series of two posts about pageviews.  This post details some research I've conducted on the promotional correlates of the metric, while the previous post discussed the sometimes apocalyptic tone …
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The Authors Guild:
Round One to Google: Judge Chin Finds Mass Book Digitization a Fair Use.  Guild Plans Appeal.  —  Judge Denny Chin today ruled that Google's mass book digitization project to be a fair use, granting the company summary judgment in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the Authors Guild in 2005.
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Corynne McSherry / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Court Upholds Legality of Google Books: Tremendous Victory for Fair Use and the Public Interest  —  It's a good day for fair use and sane copyright law.  After years of litigation, Judge Denny Chin has ruled that the Google Books project does not infringe copyright.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast Plans to Start Selling Movies Digitally Through Cable Service  —  Comcast Corp. is planning to start selling movies directly through its cable boxes, according to people with knowledge of its plans, a move that could boost the still nascent market considered critical in Hollywood.
Alexander Howard / Tow Center for Digital Journalism:
On the Ethics of Data-Driven Journalism: of fact, friction and public records in a more transparent age  —  While ethics in journalism have been defined and upheld for decades, the context they're practiced within has shifted with changes in technology and society.
Discussion: @dbarthjones
Alastair Campbell / Guardian:
How journalism can rebuild its reputation  —  Journalism and democracy: grounds for optimism in the face of the future? is the second of two lectures by Tony Blair's former director of communications as Cambridge University Humanitas visiting professor of media
Pew Research Journalism Project:
News Use Across Social Media Platforms  —  How do different social networking websites stack up when it comes to news?  How many people engage with news across multiple social sites?  And what are their news consumption habits on traditional platforms?  As part of an ongoing examination …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
About a fifth of Facebook and Twitter users often get news from newspapers, too
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
John Oliver Leaving Daily Show to Launch ‘Topical Comedy Series’ on HBO  —  It was only a matter of time.  John Oliver's widely-respected gig as fill-in host for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show this past summer has landed him his own show, to be shown on HBO starting next year.
Paul Bischoff / Tech in Asia:
Wall Street Journal & Reuters Chinese sites blocked in China  —  The Chinese websites for the Wall Street Journal (cn.wsj.com) and Reuters (cn.reuters.com) have both been blocked by the Great Firewall of China.  You can check the status of these websites in real-time here and here, respectively.
Discussion: @paulmozur, Cision and Business Insider, Thanks:@williswee
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Responding to reader requests, more publishers add iPhone support to their Newsstand apps  —  Is it really wise to add iPhone support for a digital magazine designed for tablets?  —  It's nice to be wanted if you are a magazine publisher.  So, responding to remarks made in reviews inside the App Store …
Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Rieder: Why CBS must come clean about Benghazi report  —  It's a challenge for CBS News — and an opportunity.  The network has to thoroughly investigate what went so terribly wrong with the ill-fated 60 Minutes segment on the deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Nation
Sarah Laskow / Columbia Journalism Review:
Wikileaks drums up coverage of a secretive trade agreement  —  Wikileaks drums up coverage of a secretive trade agreement  —  Last week, The New York Times got flack for its editorial on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement—a multinational, free-trade agreement that a group …
Timothy B. Lee / The Switch:
Blogger threatened with 10-year prison sentence for posting public official's phone number  —  The city of Boston has a problem with public scrutiny.  —  Last year, the city agreed to pay $170,000 to settle a lawsuit by a man who was arrested for using his cellphone to record the actions of Boston police officers in a public park.
Sara Deseran / San Francisco magazine:
What's Really Happening to the Chronicle's Food Section?  —  The paper's managing editor Audrey Cooper clears things up.  —  Audrey Cooper, the managing editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, came to the defense of the paper yesterday when the New York Times reported that the Chronicle's lauded …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of the surprisingly persistent appeal of newsprint  —  Tonnage.  The word speaks to a different age of news media when ink, bought by barrel, and newsprint, bought by the ton, ruled.  Newspapers — in print — still go out to some 40 million-plus Americans and as many as 1.4 billion worldwide.
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
A look inside the Wall Street Journal's video app toolbox  —  As the Wall Street Journal continues to experiment in online video and mobile journalism, Parminder Bahra, executive producer EMEA, shared some tips and tools at the Association of Online Publisher's ‘Driving Value through Video’ Forum yesterday.
Discussion: @taos
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
New FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Says He Represents the People, Not the Tech Industry (Interview)  —  When Tom Wheeler was named in May to lead the Federal Communications Commission, some consumer groups fretted that the former cable- and wireless-industry lobbyist would favor industry over individuals.
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
FBI Agent Insists He Wasn't First To Leak Info On Foiled Bomb Plot As He Heads To Jail  —  WASHINGTON — A former top FBI official was sentenced to over three years in prison on Thursday for disclosing national security information about a foiled bomb plot to an Associated Press reporter.
Discussion: Associated Press and @joepompeo
Mona Zhang / 10,000 Words:
Time Inc. CCO's Biggest Concerns for the Industry: Serious and Local Journalism  —  Norman Pearlstine has quite the resume.  Having worked at The Wall Street Journal, Smart Money, Time Inc. and Bloomberg, the man who started out as a staff reporter was recently named chief content officer …
Discussion: FishbowlNY, FishbowlNY and Lost Remote
Lauren Rabaino:
Refocusing the “story” away from individual articles to the overarching narrative  —  Seattle Times team brainstorming at GEN hackdays at Yahoo! in Sunnyvale, California.  —  Kill the article.  —  That was the theme of the Global Editors Network hackathon that I participated …
 
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Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:
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Michael Kozlowski / Good E-Reader:
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
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Helienne Lindvall / Guardian:
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Discussion: @msmirandasawyer
Bruce Cheadle / Canadian Press:
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DJ Pangburn / Motherboard:
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Jason Lynch / Quartz:
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Associated Press:
Library of Congress to preserve public broadcasting archive with recordings from 120 stations
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
Arianna Huffington Talks International Expansion
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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Upworthy: Clickbait With a Conscience
Discussion: @tomgara