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1:40 PM ET, October 10, 2011

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Netflix Abandons Plan to Rent DVDs on Qwikster  —  Abandoning a break-up plan it announced last month, Netflix said Monday morning that it had decided to keep its DVD-by-mail and online streaming services together under one name and one Web site.  —  The company admitted that it had moved …
Ali Gharib / ThinkProgress:
Conservative Writer Admits ‘Infiltrating’ 99 Percent Movement To ‘Mock And Undermine’ It  —  Museum guards warn off demonstrators from entrance (AP)  —  An assistant editor with a right-wing magazine admitted in a column Saturday evening to posing as part of the 99 Percent Movement in D.C. “in order to mock and undermine” it.
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David Carr / New York Times:
A Protest's Ink-Stained Fingers
TBD:
Pepper-sprayed provocateur Patrick Howley: Does he really exist?
Discussion: New York Magazine and Guardian
Brooks Barnes / Media Decoder:
TV and Film, From Condé Nast  —  LOS ANGELES — Condé Nast is coming to Hollywood.  —  The magazine publisher's biggest titles, especially Vogue and Vanity Fair, have long been hardwired into the movie capital.  But Condé Nast as a company has been notably absent …
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Layoffs follow pay cut at Poynter's St. Petersburg Times  —  When he announced a recent 5 percent pay cut for staff and change in severance payments, St. Petersburg Times chairman and CEO Paul Tash said the cost-cutting “will likely include further job reductions,” and now it has.
Benjamin Wallace / New York Magazine:
Piers Morgan Isn't Sleeping Well  —  CNN's new Larry King made his name in the scandal-chasing, privacy-invading British tabloid gutter.  He's now ascended to cable-news royalty, though his past is casting a shadow over the coronation.  —  Piers Morgan used to have anxiety dreams about Rupert Murdoch.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
David Kaplan / paidContent:UK:
HuffPo Partners With Le Monde, LNEI On French Edition  —  The Huffington Post is planning a French edition—Le Huffington Post—with two established partners who will share equity: The Le Monde Group and Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendante.  It was not clear if the three will own an equal share.
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Patrick Smith / themediabriefing.com:   Huffington Post UK editor: 'We're not in competition with newspaper websites'
Julia Angwin / Wall Street Journal:
Court Order Seeks Email Data of WikiLeaks Volunteer Jacob Appelbaum  —  The U.S. government has obtained a controversial type of secret court order to force Google Inc. and small Internet provider Sonic.net Inc. to turn over information from the email accounts of WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Fox News and Hannity at the Top After 15 Years  —  ATLANTA — When the Fox News host Sean Hannity arrived at Centennial Olympic Park here on Thursday night, some of the hundreds of fans who had been waiting for him since sunset rushed to the rope line for handshakes and autographs.
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Bloomberg Bows Luxe Mag  —  Through its terminal business, Bloomberg LP has served as a tool for financiers to make money.  Now, it'll tell them how to spend it.  —  Bloomberg Markets, the monthly magazine sent free to terminal subscribers, will test Bloomberg Pursuits …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Independent website to launch paywall for non-UK readers  —  New York Times-style system of 20 free articles a month is part of push to bolster Independent's multimedia credentials  —  The Independent, which celebrated its 25th birthday on Friday, is to launch a paywall for non-UK readers …
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Discovery Brings In NBCU's JB Perrette To Run Digital  —  It's been over a year since Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) had a dedicated executive at the very top to oversee digital operations, but that will change, now that the cable network has hired NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) …
Discussion: Multichannel and The Wrap
Dylan Byers / Adweek:
British Invasion: ‘Guardian’ to Join Gawker, ‘Daily Mail’ in Soho U.K. paper's U.S. operation will take over ‘Onion’ offices By Dylan Byers  —  A month after Guardian News & Media launched the homepage for its expanded U.S. operation, guardiannews.com, the stateside digital team is already planning …
Jay Rosen / Quote and Comment:
FED UP WITH WEAK REPORTING ON OCCUPY WALL STREET, THIS GUY WENT DOWN THERE AND DID THE JOB HIMSELF  —  See Robert David Graham, Independent reporting of #OccupyWallStreet … Now compare to Erin Burnett, CNN.  ("What are they protesting?  No one seems to know.")
Discussion: Brooklyn Mutt
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Former NBC News Executive Ed Planer Dies  —  Ed Planer, who rose from the ranks of local TV news ultimately heading up NBC News's European operations, has died.  Ed Planer began his career in New Orleans in the 1950s, first as an anchor and later as news director at WDSU.
Discussion: TVSpy
Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
Guardian's iPad Newspaper Edition Will Cost £9.99 Per Month  —  Eighteen months after iPad launched and following a long gestation, The Guardian is finally on the verge of getting its iPad edition out the door.  —  Though it will be free for three months after launch thanks to a sponsorship …
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk
 
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Emily Witt / The New York Observer:
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Discussion: paidContent and Bookseller news
John Del Signore / Gothamist:
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Discussion: FishbowlNY
David Freedlander / PolitickerNY:
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Bertelsmann chief to stand down
Discussion: New York Times
Steven Church / Bloomberg:
Tribune Settles Tax Claim Related to 2007 Leveraged Buyout for $7 Million
Brent Lang / The Wrap:
NY Times Sells Baseline Data Product to Previous Owner
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Baltimore Sun Adds Metered Paywall
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Now a CNBC Anchor, Dealbook Editor Tweaks Title
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
NPR prepares for a new reality
Discussion: Poynter and ABCNEWS
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ofcom to investigate ITV over ‘IRA’ video game footage
Terry Macalister / Guardian:
News Corp investors urged to be cautious over re-election of Murdochs
Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald
Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
Yahoo Drops Out Of Hulu Bidding
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Between Journalist and Advocate: The Amanda Knox Case
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Noah Davis / Business Insider:
Demand Media Is Cutting Back On Its Massive Volume Of Writing