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Adweek:
In 2 Years Nearly All TV Content Will Be Online On mobile too, predict network execs By D.M. Levine — Executives from Disney, Turner, and Comcast were in unanimous agreement that we are only two years away from 75 percent of TV content being available online and on mobile devices.
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MediaPost, NetNewsCheck Latest and MarketingVox News & Trends
Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Backs Away From Aiding Media — WASHINGTON—Two years ago, the FCC and FTC launched reviews of the media industry with an eye toward changes in laws or tax code that could help struggling traditional media companies. Since then, the federal government's interest in helping the newspaper industry appears to be waning.
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The New York Observer, News for Digital Journalists, Crikey and Tech Daily Dose
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Jill Abramson: 'I'm a battle-scarred veteran' — The first woman editor of the New York Times tells why she got the job, how she'll handle the crucial transition to digital - and why her tattoo is so important to her — Jill Abramson is congratulated by staff, including outgoing editor Bill Keller (centre).
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CJR, LA Observed, Media Research Center and The Atlantic Wire
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Familiar TV Anchors Move On, Hoping to Profit on Their Own — It's enough breaking news to make even an anchorman's head spin. — Television is undergoing a sea change this season as a dozen famous television anchors and celebrities — whose shows are watched by more than 40 million viewers every day …
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TVNewser, Chickaboomer, Company Town and Media Buyer Planner
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Bill Simmons on Grantland Launch: 'We're Not Going to Chase Page Views' — On Wednesday at precisely noon ET, longtime ESPN columnist and crazy successful podcaster Bill Simmons will throw the switch on Grantland.com, a hotly anticipated and already controversial new website he's built for his Bristol overlords.
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FishbowlNY, The Wire, Grantland and The New York Observer
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Will Leitch / New York Magazine:
Tommy Craggs, Tom Scocca Talk Deadspin, Grantland, and Pink Gorillas
Tommy Craggs, Tom Scocca Talk Deadspin, Grantland, and Pink Gorillas
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Deadspin
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Genachowski Plans to Delete Fairness Doctrine From Code of Federal Regs — FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has told Congress he supports striking the so-called ‘fairness doctrine’ and a couple of its corollaries from the Code of Federal Regulations. — That came in a letter responding …
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rbr.com, TVNewser, Hillicon Valley and Free Press
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AOL's Newsroom Is Now Bigger Than The New York Times's — Here's a startling statistic about the enormous bet AOL is making on content: — AOL's newsroom is now bigger than the New York Times'. — Come again? — AOL's news and content operation now has three main parts: Huffington Post …
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The Wire and Future Journalism Project
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A New Voice of America for the Age of Twitter — WASHINGTON — When Walter Isaacson championed Voice of America's decision to shut down its shortwave radio broadcasts to China — and shift those funds to the Internet, cellphones and other forms of digital media — he viewed it as the sensible updating …
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On Media's Blog
Joe Flint / Company Town:
News Corp. general counsel Lon Jacobs to leave media giant [Updated] — Lawrence “Lon” Jacobs, the general counsel of media giant News Corp. and a close confidant to Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, is leaving the company. — Jacobs, 56, has been with News Corp. for 15 years …
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TVWeek.com
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After Report of Disappearance, Questions About Syrian-American Blogger — 7:17 p.m. Update: After this post about the author of the blog A Gay Girl in Damascus was published, Andy Carvin, an NPR journalist and expert at debunking Internet rumors, pointed out that none of the reports of the arrest …
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House Hunters, data edition: Meet Curbwise, the Omaha World-Herald's real-estate news app — The Omaha World-Herald wasn't looking for blockbuster traffic and wave upon wave of pageviews with the launch of Curbwise. Rather, they were looking for a sustained audience, which would justify …
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NetNewsCheck Latest
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Solving the App Development Conundrum for Small Magazines — Even a small magazine can make a powerful impression with a well-designed mobile presence. In some ways, digital platforms can level the playing field for small publishers wanting to attract readers' attention with innovative content and presentations.
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NetNewsCheck Latest
Washington Post:
New York Post columnist spares none when politicians fall from grace — A warning to any and all New York politicians considering an extramarital dalliance, virtual or otherwise. When you eventually hold your de rigueur regret session at a packed Manhattan news conference …
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mediabistro.com and The Awl
Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Inbox Influence reveals your connections' connections — The Internet was supposed to usher in a new era of transparency. Groups like the Sunlight Foundation, the Center for Responsive Politics, OpenCongress, and even the government's own Data.gov provide oceans of data for the curious, concerned citizen.
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Future of Journalism and Hit & Run
Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Rogue Pogue: Times Gadget Guru Has Magic Staying Power — In a May 26 video for the New York Times, David Pogue, the paper's unmistakably cherub-cheeked, middle-aged tech writer—one of the most widely read in the country, if not the world—rushed into a room wearing a doctor's uniform …
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