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A Tech Blogger Who Leaps Over the Line — When Michael Arrington, the editor of the popular Web site TechCrunch, told his bosses at AOL that he was forming a venture capital company to finance some of the technology start-ups that his site wrote about, they did not fire him or ask for his resignation.
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TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over — This is a post I never thought I'd have to write. Unfortunately, I do. And the worst part about it is that it should be Michael Arrington writing this post, not me. — But he can't. — TechCrunch is on the precipice.
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Google Kills Its Fast Flip News Reading Experiment — To news executives who argue it is destructive, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has tended to highlight five things to the contrary - (1) its First Click Free scheme, (2) its Fast Flip reading tool, (3) Living Stories, (4) OnePass, and (5) …
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ZDNet, Mashable!, Guardian and eMedia Vitals

Naming Names on the Internet — PARIS — Three years ago, after the suicide of a popular actress who had been bullied via the Internet, South Korea introduced a radical policy aimed at stamping out online hate. It required contributors to Web portals and other popular sites to use their real names, rather than pseudonyms.
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Andy Coulson will not face inquiry into NI payments, confirms watchdog — Parliamentary standards commissioner's decision follows Electoral Commission ruling out investigation into Tory party — Andy Coulson will not face an official investigation into allegations that he failed …
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News International To Sell Wapping HQ — News International, publisher of the Sun and the Times, is to sell Wapping, the headquarters of its UK operations for 25 years. — The move was announced in an email to all News International staff on Monday lunchtime.
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Guardian, Adweek and Media Week


Tech Savvy & Richer India Turns Daily News Sites Into World Leaders — Subscribe to Forbes Get a Free Trial Issue … Having a few extra million people with a laptop at home has helped India's two biggest dailies build more online traffic to its news site than every U.S. paper except The New York Times.

Politico's Way — To cover American politics, Politico deploys an editorial staff of 150. This is more than any news organization in the United States for the same beat. It all started five years ago: a niche website launched by three seasoned political reporters who sharpened their claws in mainstream medias.
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Adweek, Guardian and The Politico

The LA Times on the role of its SEO chief - ‘the key is feedback’ — The Los Angeles Times has reported some pretty impressive traffic figures recently - in fact LATimes.com managing editor Jimmy Orr says it is the only major newspaper website in the US to be increasing in traffic.

Andy Carvin: the man who tweets revolutions — NPR's media strategist has become a leading player in the breaking news business — Andy Carvin insists that the introduction on his Google Plus profile - “I tweet revolutions” - is a joke, but nevertheless that's what he's famous for.


In Brazil, Arianna Huffington Says Social Media Good For Journalism — Subscribe to Forbes Get a Free Trial Issue … News organizations might abhor sites like the The Huffington Post or The Drudge Report, but the First Lady of online news, Arianna Huffington, told a gathering of Brazilians …


Tavi Launches Magazine with Help from Friends at This American Life and The Awl — Tavi Gevinson's online magazine for teens, Rookie, launched today. Although it publishes daily, Rookie will have monthly themes to create the cohesiveness of a magazine issue, according to managing editor Emily Condon.