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12:25 AM ET, September 7, 2011

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Carol Bartz Out at Yahoo; CFO Tim Morse Named Interim CEO  —  According to sources at the company, Yahoo's Carol Bartz is no longer CEO of Yahoo.  CFO Tim Morse has been named interim CEO.  —  The situation around what is clearly an ouster is uncertain, but Bartz has had a very rocky tenure in her 32 months at the company.
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
Once Display's Ad Sales Leader, Trends Now Favor Yahoo Rivals  —  Barring some explosive revelation, Carol Bartz is out as CEO of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) because she couldn't show any way up.  During the Q2 earnings call, Bartz had to admit that at a time when others were seeing improvements …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Editorial Independence  —  There's confusion - way too much confusion - about my status at TechCrunch and TechCrunch's status at Aol after last week's announcement that I was launching a venture fund, partially backed by Aol.  —  The multiple conflicting statements made by Aol on Thursday …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
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.
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
War at AOL as Arrington and Huffington Declare Independence
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:   TECHCRUNCH: If AOL Fires Mike Arrington, We're Screwed
Noreen Malone / New York Magazine:
Slate's Jack Shafer Is Headed to Reuters [Updated]  —  Shafer  —  Jack Shafer, Slate's very recently laid-off media critic, is moving to Reuters, according to a source familiar with the matter.  The deep-pocketed news service — which under the digital leadership of Chrystia Freeland …
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Dylan Byers / Adweek:
Jack Shafer Joins Reuters
Discussion: Poynter
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Google Goes Big With Its Hulu Bid  —  Hulu's corporate owners are currently mulling bids from three would-be buyers: Amazon, Yahoo, and the Dish Network.  —  And then there's Google.  The search giant has also made an offer for the video site, but it seems to be playing a different sport …
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Felix Salmon's brain, Drudged: Meet Counterparties, a personal linkblog with Reuters branding  —  What would a “Buzzfeed for finance” look like?  —  Felix Salmon and Ryan McCarthy are figuring it out — via Counterparties, the site they launched this afternoon.
Discussion: Felix Salmon, Talking Biz News and Soup
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Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:
Felix Salmon's New Blog Will Teach You to Read Like Felix Salmon
Discussion: AdAge and The Corsair
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Conde Nast Spins Out Reddit, Without Letting Go  —  Five years after buying Reddit, Conde Nast is giving the social news site a gentle shove out the door.  —  The publisher isn't pushing Reddit very far away, though.  It is spinning out the company as a standalone operation, but will retain full ownership of it, for now.
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
NYT's Abramson names leadership team  —  “This is a start, explaining some changed roles,” Jill Abramson writes on her first day as Times executive editor.  “Some leaders will continue in the same roles, because they've made themselves irreplaceable, at least to  —  us rookies in our first year.
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Phone hacking: Evidence to MPs gives James Murdoch room for manoeuvre  —  Colin Myler and Tom Crone did not deal a fatal blow  —  Colin Myler and Tom Crone may have come to the select committee with pistols loaded, but they did not fire the fatal shot at James Murdoch.
Discussion: Press Gazette, Crikey and Adweek
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Stephanie Trong / New York Magazine:
Tavi Gevinson Explains Her New Website, Rookie  —  Tavi Gevinson.  —  Last night, 15-year-old wunderkind blogger Tavi Gevinson launched her much-anticipated new website, Rookie (rookiemag.com).  Originally conceived as a joint venture with Jane Pratt and Say Media, the site …
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Tech reporter Nick Wingfield quits WSJ for NYT  —  “Nick has been a strong competitor and we are very happy to have him on our side to chronicle the many changes in the technology industry and how it affects our lives,” says a memo to the Times Business Day staff.  It continues: … From: Darlin, Damon
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Guardian:
News International to cut 110 jobs  —  Sun and Times publisher also reveals that almost half of former News of the World staff have taken voluntary redundancy  —  News International is to cut 110 jobs across its workforce as the company revealed that almost half of the former News …
Dylan Byers / Adweek:
Can Politico Win Again?  —  Ben Smith has a problem.  —  If there is such a thing as the prototypical political news blogger, then he's it.  Smith didn't quite invent the form, but over the six years he's been blogging—first for The New York Observer, then the New York Daily News …
Discussion: Poynter and Monday Note
Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:
Suggestions (but not standards) for live tweeting  —  “Do you know of any standards for content of live tweets?” a commenter asked on my blog recently.  —  “I have students live tweet meetings and speeches.  Would love some specific guidelines for what makes a good tweet,” asked Michele Day …
Erik Hayden / The Atlantic Wire:
Choire Sicha: What I Read  —  How do people deal with the torrent of information pouring down on us all?  What sources can't they live without?  We regularly reach out to prominent figures in media, entertainment, politics, the arts and the literary world, to hear their answers.
Discussion: Snarkmarket
 
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Keach Hagey / On Media's Blog:
Jonathan Chait to New York; Timothy Noah to New Republic
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Patrick Smith / TheMediaBriefing:
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
The Daily Muse Wants To Bridge The Gap Between Glamour And The NYTimes
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Longtime Yahoo Front Page Editor Liz Lufkin Out
Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck:
Bay Citizen Blazes Local Nonprofit News Trail
John Koblin / WWD:
Steven Meisel Shoots Nearly Identical Portfolio for W, Italian Vogue
Discussion: The New York Observer
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
WSJ reporter joining NY Times biz desk to be corporate media reporter
Anna Tarkov / Knight Digital Media Center …:
Patch by the numbers  —  Amid much hoopla and skepticism about Patch …
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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
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Discussion: The New York Observer
MediaPost:
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
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Media Week:
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Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
Naming Names on the Internet
Discussion: Erik Wemple and TechCrunch
Kenneth Rapoza / Forbes:
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blogs.journalism.co.uk:
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