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Bill Carter / New York Times:
ABC News Chief Is Said to Be Resigning — David Westin, the longtime president of ABC News, is said to have told several top staff members that he will resign on Tuesday. — The decision, one of the staff members said on Monday night, relates to a long-running conflict between Mr. Westin …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Westin Out At ABC News Just Months After Massive Job Cuts; The E-Mails — ABC (NYSE: DIS) News President David Westin won't be around to manage the long-term effects of slashing a quarter of the news division's jobs amidst a major overhaul. Westin sent a late Labor Day staff e-mail …
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Company Town and DailyFinance
Michael Wolff / Newser:
What Did Rupert Murdoch (and Son James) Know, and When Did They Know It? — Follow him on Twitter @MichaelWolffNYC — Don Van Natta Jr., the lead reporter on the New York Times' Sunday Magazine story about the phone hacking scandal that's engulfed some of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers in London, is a Times enforcer.
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Press Gazette, The Wire, The First Post and Guardian
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Vikram Dodd / Guardian:
Phone-hacking investigation may be reopened — As pressure on police intensifies, Met assistant commissioner John Yates says new allegations will be examined — Scotland Yard was tonight edging closer to reopening its criminal investigation into the phone hacking of public figures by the News of the World.
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The Staggers, BBC and New York Times
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Links: Not Just the Currency of the Web, but the Soul — Author Nicholas Carr wrote a controversial post recently about the use of hyperlinks in online content, in which he argued that links were a distraction for readers, and were likely to lead to less comprehension rather than more.
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Washington Times struggles amid divisions of family, ideology, finances — Last fall in South Korea, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, presided over a mass wedding in the tens of thousands, blessing marriages he had personally arranged — all couples in white gowns, kimonos and black suits.
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Romenesko and On Media's Blog
Howard Kurtz:
Appeasing the Google Gods — I can no longer file a story in our computer system without filling out a box, a small gray square that may well determine the future of serious journalism. — The box is supposed to contain words and phrases that will help me reel you in.
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Romenesko
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
The Atlantic Will Follow Paid iPad Edition With New ‘Atlantic Premium’ — The Atlantic is the latest to mine for gold in the iPad App Store with single issues for sale at $4.99—but that's just one part of a grander digital scheme. In coming weeks, the magazine publisher plans …
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WebNewser and Editors Weblog
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
What Big Brands Are Spending on Google — From BP's Boost in June to AT&T's Massive IPhone Outlay, Internal Doc Reveals What Marketers Drop on Search — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Before BP could stem the oil gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, it unleashed $100 million in ad spending …
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
The new Hollywood Reporter: ‘Team Janice’ and ... Everyone Else — The outward changes at the new Hollywood Reporter have led to an estrangement inside the newsroom - between Janice Min and the staff she has brought in, and the veteran journalists who take orders from the newbies and are otherwise ignored.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The Attack Of Branded Content: Who Will Control TV On The Web? (TCTV) — I've got to admit, the concept of “branded content” on the Web makes me cringe. It is generally used to refer to Web videos created and packaged specifically for an advertiser. Maybe I am old-fashioned …
Elizabeth Olson / New York Times:
Marketing Fanciful Items in the Lands of Make Believe — INTRIGUED by the willingness of millions of consumers to pay real money for things that do not exist, some large companies are testing whether they can raise awareness of their brands — and sell more actual goods — by creating and offering their own pretend merchandise.
Adrianne Jeffries / ReadWriteWeb:
Feeling Burned By the Press, Craigslist Hunkers Down — The powers behind craigslist.org appear to have decided that withdrawal is the best strategy to deal with recent controversy around the “adult services” section of the site. — Last week, craigslist shut down “adult services,” which normally features paid advertisments for sex.
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