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Guardian:
Al-Jazeera chief's surprise resignation raises fears for channel's independence — Wadah Khanfar stood down after eight years that consolidated the satellite network's reputation and his own position — Seated behind a vast desk, surrounded by TV screens, deep leather sofas and a wall …
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Poynter, Business Insider, mediabistro.com, The First Post and New York Magazine
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
After Disclosures by WikiLeaks, Al Jazeera Replaces Its Top News Director — CAIRO — Al Jazeera, the pan-Arab news network controlled by Qatar, named a member of the Qatari royal family on Tuesday to replace its top news director following disclosures from the group WikiLeaks indicating …
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Guardian, Yahoo! News, Fast Company, Foreign Policy, The New York Observer and ShortFormBlog, more at Techmeme »
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Study: Commenters on CNN.com may call you an idiot; on msnbc.com they tell you why you're an idiot — Tim Libert, a Web developer for NYU's journalism department, conducted a detailed study of about 2,400 article comments posted on six news sites to learn how commenters view the hacking group LulzSec.
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timlibert.me
John Koblin / WWD:
More, and Less, of Harper's Bazaar — MORE, AND LESS, OF HARPER'S BAZAAR: Now that Hearst has had its hand on Elle for four months, the publisher is ready to roll out some changes at one of its other fashion titles: Harper's Bazaar. WWD has learned that, in the coming months …
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Adweek and FishbowlNY
Ben Fenton / Financial Times:
Newspaper editors argue for self-regulation — Newspapers need to maintain a self-regulatory regime despite the excesses that led to the phone hacking scandal, members of a high-level panel said last night as they discussed whether the UK got the press it deserved.
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Erik Wemple
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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
10 ways journalists can use Twitter before, during and after reporting a story — There's no doubt that Twitter is a useful tool for news organizations. I see journalists use it throughout the day to find story ideas, share news and talk with one another, so I've long known …
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The News About The News and App Advice
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
BBC Overhauling Its Website For ‘Swipabiity’ — Expect to see more of this. The BBC is redesigning its website to take account of how users are now “swiping” using touchscreen devices. — The programme began under new future media director Ralph Rivera's regime on Wednesday …
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Pocket-lint, Guardian, the Econsultancy blog and The Next Web
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
On the Media: It's time for America to talk class — Income disparity isn't a headline-grabbing topic, but the nation needs to have a serious discussion about it. — In a week that saw the number of people in poverty hit a half-century high and President Obama propose a tax increase …
Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:
Sasha Frere-Jones Backs Away from Duties at The Daily — Sasha Frere-Jones, The Daily's bold-face culture editor and New Yorker pop music critic, has relinquished his full-time editing duties at the iPad tabloid, a source familiar with the operations told The Observer.
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FishbowlNY
Wall Street Journal:
TV Lures Ads but Viewers Drop Out — Here's a business riddle: More people are turning off their televisions. So why are advertisers spending ever-larger sums—at ever-steeper rates—to advertise on TV? — In many ways, the very fragmentation of modern media has made television all the more valuable.
Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:
Awl My Children: Spawn of Gawker Inspires and Advises Editorial Ideologues — During his first company-wide meeting two weeks ago, Nick Denton declared that Gawker Media is a technology company, not an editorial one, according to a report published on The Awl.
New York Post:
Talent drain saps health-conscious Rodale — Rodale, the family-run publishing empire that publishes Men's Health, Runner's World and a host of other titles, has just seen one of its top non-family executives, chief operating officer Ken Citron, exit. — The move comes two years …
Matthew Lynley / VentureBeat:
Digg delivers automatically curated news content with new Newsrooms — News aggregation site Digg unveiled Newsrooms today, a new section of the site that features automatically curated news content on specific topics like technology or politics. — Here's how it works …
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Digg Blog, TechCrunch, eMedia Vitals, Bits and CNET News
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
New Enterprise, Benchmark, Ron Conway And More Pour $10 Million Into Web Talk Radio Startup Stitcher — Last we heard, video had killed the radio star. But thanks to the Web, radio is finding new distribution channels and a new mobile home. When you think of Web radio, you might think of Pandora — and for good reason.
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VentureBeat, GigaOM, AllThingsD and Electronista, more at Techmeme »
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
News Corp. Said to Get U.S. Letter Seeking Information For Bribery Probe — News Corp. (NWS) was sent a letter by U.S. prosecutors investigating foreign bribery, requesting information on alleged payments employees made to U.K. police for tips, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Company Town, New York Magazine, Deadline.com and Guardian
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Greg Marx / CJR:
Passing Interference — As politicians find new ways to connect with voters, journalists need a fresh playbook — At the Poynter site last week, Jason Fry had a sharp post about a major change reshaping the sports journalism landscape. The endless MSM-vs.-bloggers feuds are fading …