Mediagazer: Morris Communications merges print and online divisions during digital-first transition (Jeff Sonderman/Poynter)

7:35 PM ET, October 6, 2011

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Time:

News is never a 9 to 5 Job — News is never a 9 to 5 job. — Wednesday evening, with the news that Apple visionary Steve Jobs had passed away from pancreatic cancer, TIME managing editor Rick Stengel (center) decided to stop the presses on the issue the staff had just finished earlier that afternoon.

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John Markoff / New York Times:

Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56 — Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday.

Walt Mossberg / AllThingsD:

The Steve Jobs I Knew — That Steve Jobs was a genius, a giant influence on multiple industries and billions of lives, has been written many times since he retired as Apple's CEO in August. He was a historical figure on the scale of a Thomas Edison or a Henry Ford, and set the mold …

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Adrian Chen / Gawker:

Wikileaks Honors Steve Jobs with Fake HIV Report — There have been plenty of absurd tributes to Steve Jobs. But the most tone-deaf has got to be the one by Wikileaks, which last night tweeted a link to a faked copy of the former Apple CEO's positive “H.I.V. report.” RIP, Steve!

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Andy Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Jobs' Biography Sales Jump 42,000 Percent Upon Death

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Ex-Gizmodo editor: I wrote my apology letter to Steve Jobs three weeks ago

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
‘Time’, ‘Businessweek’ Plan Special Steve Jobs Coverage

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Amelia Hill / Guardian:

Sun editor: celebrity reporters operate just like political hacks — Dominic Mohan defends showbiz journalism at Leveson inquiry, while Daily Telegraph editor explains pressures facing papers — The Sun editor, Dominic Mohan, has defended celebrity journalism, likening …

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and media standards - live

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Amelia Hill / Guardian: Phone hacking ‘checks and balances failed’, says former NoW editor

James Robinson / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry could become tabloid witch-hunt, warns Sun veteran

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Is AOL Trimming Its Patch? Year-End Goal Now In Doubt — It's do-or-die time for Patch, AOL's network of hyperlocal news sites. — For all the attention the $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post has attracted, it's the success or failure of Patch, which has been burning off …

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Dylan Byers / Adweek:
Huffington Post to Launch Detroit and Miami Sites

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Morris Communications merges print and online divisions during digital-first transition — Morris Publishing Group is absorbing the company's once-independent digital division, Morris DigitalWorks. The move comes as the newspaper company makes a “digital first” transition and wants …

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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

WATCH: Olbermann Tears Into Media Over Occupy Wall Street — Keith Olbermann lambasted what he saw as the blinkered view of the media towards the Occupy Wall Street movement, and he read out what he said was the first official statement from the protesters — or, as Olbermann put it on his Wednesday show, the group's Special Comment.

MyFox New York:
Occupy Wall Street Arrests; Fox 5 Crew and Protesters Hit by Mace, Batons

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Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
Erin Burnett's New Show Getting Brutal Response After Her Mockery Of Occupy Wall Street

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

ESPN: ‘We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr.’ — ESPN has decided to end its relationship with country musician Hank Williams Jr., following comments the singer made on Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends,” earlier this week. Music from Williams Jr. has graced the opening to …

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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Jay Carney's Message To Reporters ‘Screamed At’ By Sources: Toughen Up — At Wednesday's White House daily briefing, Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry asked Press Secretary Jay Carney to respond to a report that a White House official had “screamed and cussed at” …

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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Weekly Standard: Is CBS News Silencing ‘Fast and Furious’ Reporter Sharyl Attkisson?

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Jobs asked Isaacson to write bio in 2004 because ‘I wanted my kids to know me’ — Walter Isaacson explains in a brief subscriber-only essay on Time.com how he came to write an authorized biography of technology icon Steve Jobs: … Isaacson also describes the last time he saw Jobs:

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Banaszynski to lead reporting efforts for American Public Media's Public Insight Network — Romenesko+ Misc. — An American Public Media release says that “with Jacqui Banaszynski as collaborations editor, Public Insight Network will expand its editorial team in order to produce stories …

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

The Reasons ABC Tied Up With Yahoo: Facebook, Twitter — WASHINGTON — Here at the Washington Ideas Forum, the heads of ABC, NBC, and CBS took to the stage for a panel moderated by our James Fallows. Alongside the discussions of international reportage and the politicization of news …

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John Koblin / WWD:

Michael Wolff to Stay at AdWeek — WOLFF AT THE DOOR?: After weeks of speculation, it appears Prometheus Chairman Jimmy Finkelstein has finally decided to keep Michael Wolff around. The question is whether Wolff wants to stay around at this point. — Throughout September …

The Wrap:

Another ‘Simpsons’ Season Would Likely Be Last, Executive Says (Update) — Follow @TimAMolloyFollow @sharonwaxman — Fox wants “The Simpsons” for one more season at most — and only if it can pay 25 to 30 percent less for it, an executive close to the show told TheWrap.

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Lauren Rabaino / 10,000 Words:

True Ties Petitions The New York Times For Transparency — A new campaign launched today from the Checks and Balances Project aimed at exposing the “true ties of ‘bought and biased’ pundits.” — The Checks and Balances Project is an organization that focuses on holding government officials …

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Politics Daily founder Henneberger joins Washington Post — Melinda Henneberger will write portraits of key political players and crucial campaign moments for the Washington Post. “She also will anchor a new blog on politics and culture that will highlight the voices of some of the country's …

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Examiner.com is caught ‘pulling a Daily Mail’ — Regular Romenesko+ readers know what that is. After noticing two Examiner.com writers' plagiarism, the Missoulian's Gwen Florio called the Philip Anschutz-owned news outfit's Denver office “where a woman named Lindsey repeatedly refused …

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John Plunkett / Guardian:

BBC cuts: nearly 2,000 jobs to go — More repeats on BBC2, fewer entertainment shows and smaller BBC3 and BBC4 as corporation seeks to save £670m — The BBC will axe nearly 2,000 jobs as it looks to save £670m a year in long-awaited cost-cutting plans announced on Thursday morning.