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Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:
New York Times Readies Pay Wall — Paper Will Charge for Bundled Digital Service, Allow Some Free Access — The New York Times is preparing to introduce multiple subscription packages for access to the paper's website and other digital content, kicking off the biggest test to date …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
NY Times will build its digital empire on (metered) quality journalism
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paidContent, TechCrunch, @felixsalmon and The Atlantic Online, more at Techmeme »
Guardian:
The story behind the Palestine papers — How 1,600 confidential Palestinian records of negotiations with Israel from 1999 to 2010 came to be leaked to al-Jazeera — The revelations from the heart of the Israel-Palestine peace process are the product of the biggest documentary leak …
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Aljazeera, Politics Daily, Guardian and Clusterstock
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Despite Distinctions, Los Angeles Times Loses Standing at Home — LOS ANGELES — Big city newspapers all across the country have suffered one indignity after another in the last few years. But few of them have been as hard hit — or gotten as much grief for it — as The Los Angeles Times.
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LA Observed
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
CQ Press to Introduce Specialized Data Service — The race to build the biggest, most comprehensive and specialized cache of at-your-fingertips information and analysis on the business of Washington has added one more combatant. — CQ Press is creating a service called First Street …
Susan Crawford blog:
FCC conditions on Comcast/NBCU — Here's a quick briefing on the FCC's order [warning: large PDF] approving the Comcast/NBCU merger. — Now that Comcast is deeply invested in content as well as distribution, there's a substantial risk that it will wield its power to favor its own programming.
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Maxim Will Give Brand Licensing Another Try — Lad mag's first foray into field failed, but company sees new opportunity — Maxim, which epitomized brand extensions gone amok by slapping its name on everything from sheets to hair dye, is getting back into the licensing business.
David Carr / New York Times:
MTV's Naked Calculation Gone Bad — What if one day you went to work and there was a meeting to discuss whether the project you were working on crossed the line into child pornography? You'd probably think you had ended up in the wrong room. — And you'd be right.
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The Huffington Post and 5 Blogs Before Lunch
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
The Drama with Encyclopedia Dramatica — Encyclopedia Dramatica, one of the last bastions of Internet nastiness, appeared to have closed its doors for good today. But is it really dead? It's founder and owner says no. Rejoice, trolls! — For seven years, Encyclopedia Dramatica …
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Runnin' Scared
Tim Stelloh / New York Times:
Not Quite a Reporter, but Raking Muck and Reaping Wrath — Daniel Cavanagh was nervous. — He paced the living room of his duplex apartment collecting his things: a large digital camera, an iPhone, a black leather jacket. — “I'm about to get crushed,” he said, running his hands through his hair.
Marc Berman / Adweek:
Interview: CNN's Anderson Cooper Gets Talking — AdweekMedia TV critic interviews popular host — The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) conference begins this week in Miami, and the standout new entry, in terms of clearances, is Anderson Cooper.
Paul Armstrong / paidContent:
@Themediaisdying: The Brutal Truth From Two Years In The Twitterverse — The facts for the publishing industry are clear - the vast majority of media outlets are declining in one or more ways. — Two years ago, I registered @themediaisdying - a Twitter account through which I tweet links illustrating …
Roger Ebert / Wall Street Journal:
Film Criticism Is Dying? Not Online — Thanks to the Internet, there is more and better writing about movies than ever before, says Roger Ebert — Buster Keaton, left, in ‘Speak Easily,’ 1932. Today's critics hail from Seoul, Cairo, Mumbai and Manila.
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Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
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State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
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Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
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Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
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Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
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