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NYT Baghdad Bureau Email Address 'Compromised' (LA Observed)
Memo from Times news technology director Walt Baranger: The Baghdad Bureau email address nytiraqb@yahoo.com has been compromised and will no longer be used. ... Use extreme caution if you receive any emails purporting to be from Yahoo (either yahoo.com or yahoo-inc.com) and claiming that a password has recently been changed or that you need to confirm an email address.

Appreciation for the AP's Style Manual Guru (E&P)
Shawn Moynihan: I never had the chance to meet him, but it's no exaggeration to say that Rene Cappon, who died Sunday at the age of 83, was a big part of the reason I became a journalist. The book he crafted provides an invaluable resource that journalists for decades to come can look to in learning (or sharpening) their craft.

Wired Founder Starts Chocolate Company (Boing Boing)
Louis Rossetto, the founder of Wired, has started an organic chocolate manufacturing company in San Francisco with technologist Timothy Childs called Tcho. Childs, who is a longtime friend of Mr. Rossetto's, has been working with chocolate for the last five years.

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