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7:10 AM ET, October 20, 2011

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Michael Malone / B&C:
‘Occupy’ Needs the Media, and Vice Versa  —  It's a rainy, windy, and miserable day down in New York, meaning it's not much fun down at Zuccotti Park.  When New York had rain last week, WNYW morning anchor John Huddy had a brilliant idea, handing out a bunch of umbrellas branded …
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Bucky Turco / ANIMAL:
Huffington Post Writer Naomi Wolf Arrested in Front of Huffington Post Event
Discussion: Gothamist
Lisa van der Pool / Boston Business Journal:
BostonGlobe.com subscription model launches Wednesday … will launch the paid subscription model of BostonGlobe.com, after a several weeks-long free trial period, the daily newspaper said on Tuesday.  —  BostonGlobe.com is an online version of the Boston Globe's newspaper …
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Jon Slattery / jonslattery.blogspot.com:
BBC staff magazine Ariel to close after 75 years  —  The BBC is closing the print version of Ariel, its staff magazine, which has been published for 75 years.  —  It is part of the latest round of cuts which will see the BBC's communications division shed 30 posts.
Discussion: Press Gazette, Guardian and BBC Ariel
Roger Ebert / Chicago Sun Times:
Help!  Our journalists of the future  —  An old friend and distinguished colleague of mine writes:  —  “These are verbatim quotes — repeat, VERBATIM quotes — from radio newscast scripts turned in by students in my Broadcast and Film Writing classes.  The students were assigned to do a morning after …
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Pamela Moreland / Online Journalism Review:
Don't just blame the player - blame the game, too  —  By Pamela Moreland: I would have hired former Politico.com reporter Kendra Marr.  —  Why?  Because her resume and my resume are so alike.  —  Same journalism undergrad and grad school.  Same love of journalism.  We both worked in the San Francisco Bay Area region.
Discussion: Poynter and Ren La Forme
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Caruso named Smithsonian editor-in-chief  —  Romenesko+ Misc.  —  Michael Caruso, who is currently deputy editor of WSJ. magazine, succeeds Carey Winfrey, who retired last month.  Caruso has served as editor-in-chief at Details, Men's Journal and Los Angeles.  He's also worked at Portfolio and the Village Voice.
Discussion: Adweek
Phil Mui / Google Analytics Blog:
Introducing Flow Visualization: visualizing visitor flow  —  Many of you have shared with us difficulties you've experienced when using traditional path analysis tools.  For instance, many of these tools don't sensibly group related visitor paths and pages, and segmentation analysis can be difficult.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
MSNBC Primetime Shake-up.  Ed Schultz Moves to 8pm; Lawrence O'Donnell Back to 10pm  —  Ed Schultz, whose “The Ed Show” on MSNBC began the year at 6pmET, before moving to 10pm, is now going to lead off MSNBC's primetime at 8pm.  “The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell” will move back to its original 10pmET timeslot.
Carolyn Kellogg / Jacket Copy:
Simon & Schuster gives its authors sales data access  —  Writers who publish with Simon & Schuster were introduced Wednesday to its new author portal, which provides access to sales information about their books and a central set of tools for connecting with readers.
David Robinson / Kennebec Journal:
NPR correspondent honored with Lovejoy Award  —  WATERVILLE — Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, a renowned foreign correspondent for NPR, was honored as the 59th recipient of the Lovejoy Award from Colby College during a ceremony Sunday night.  —  Given to recognize courageous journalism …
Richard Verrier / LA Times:
Hollywood unions, networks and studios mount anti-piracy offensive  —  Hollywood is launching one of its largest-ever get-out-the-vote campaigns.  —  A broad coalition of film studios, TV networks and entertainment industry labor groups has launched an education campaign to teach the public …
Discussion: Company Town
CNN:
CNN Worldwide to Open Newsgathering Bureau in São Paulo; Appoints Shasta Darlington as Correspondent  —  With Brazil's news importance on the global stage, CNN Worldwide is announcing today that it will open a permanent newsgathering hub in São Paulo.
Discussion: Poynter and FishbowlLA
The Independent:
James Murdoch ‘had to sign off hacking payouts over £250,000’  —  He has previously told MPs he was not aware of the details behind the Taylor deal  —  News International's lawyers needed the personal approval of James Murdoch to go beyond an official ceiling of about £250,000 …
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James Robinson / Guardian:
NI lawyer says he knew its ‘rogue reporter’ defence was wrong
Gordon MacMillan / Brand Republic:   Tom Watson buys News Corp shares and will attend the AGM
Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
Netflix adds Android app support for Honeycomb tablets  —  Netflix is releasing a new version of its Android app that will add support for Honeycomb tablets and expand availability beyond the U.S. With version 1.5 of the Netflix app, which is now available as a free download on the Android Market …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Reuters Chief Addresses Flap Over That Soros Story, Sort Of  —  Journalists at Reuters are scratching their heads today after receiving a puzzling memo from their editor in chief, Steve Adler.  Headlined “Editorial Update,” the memo appears to have been drafted in response …
Discussion: Poynter
Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:
How the Print-Digital Divide Endures at The New York Times  —  On Thursday, Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, announced that the paper sought to eliminate up to 20 newsroom positions through voluntary buyouts.  —  Unlike the round of 100 buyouts that occurred in 2009 …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
The Daily Is No. 1 On Apple's Newsstand  —  Apple's Newsstand app seems to be a boon for publishers, and no one's benefiting from it more than The Daily.  News Corp.'s eight-month-old iPad-only publication has been the No. 1 seller in the digital storefront since it launched last week …
Joe Strupp / Media Matters for America:
WSJ Top Editor: Future Fox Business Deal “Not Necessarily” A Sure Thing  —  The Wall Street Journal has not decided if it will form a partnership with Fox Business similar to the newspaper's current arrangement with CNBC when that deal ends next year, the Journal's top editor tells Media Matters.
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Philipp Grontzki / MarketWatch:
Dow Jones to launch online German version of WSJ
Discussion: paidContent
Rick Robinson / Street Fight:
Jim Brady Reflects on WaPo, ‘Blown Up’ TBD and the Do or Die Future of Local  —  Combine digital community journalism and the New York Jets?  Jim Brady might call that heaven.  The longtime leader in online journalism and hyperlocal endeavors (though he avoids the term hyperlocal) …
Discussion: Poynter
 
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Brad McCarty / The Next Web:
Federated Media lands WordPress.com's 25 million blogs in advertising deal
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Merrill Knox / TVNewser:
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Frances Manfredi Promoted to President of NBCU Cable, New Media Distribution
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Press regulation should be ‘all inclusive’, says Lord Judge
Discussion: Press Gazette
Jon Orlin / TechCrunch:
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
USA Today managing editor leaves to become Bar Association media relations director
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
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