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Craig Silverman / CJR:
The Story of the Gaddafi Story — How news of the Libyan leader's demise spread on Twitter — Earlier this morning news began to spread that something major was happening in Libya. At first it seemed that a convoy, likely belonging to those loyal to former leader Moammar Gaddfi, was under attack in/near Sirte.
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Bob Andelman / Poynter:
AFP, AP transmit graphic photos of dead Gadhafi — Graphic images of a reportedly-dead Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are being transmitted by the AP, AFP and possibly other wire services. … The AP images come from video screengrabs provided by Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, says Paul Colford, director of media relations.
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TVNewser
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Times Company Reports a Profit — The New York Times Company continued to attract paying subscribers to its flagship Web site in the third quarter, bolstering a new revenue stream that has helped offset a decline in advertising revenue. — The company, which reported its earnings …
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
NYTCo's Robinson: Paywall Hasn't Dented Pageviews—Much — The weak economy and the About Group's declines have eaten away at revenue gains that the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) won with last year's ad recovery. But CEO Janet Robinson said that there hasn't been much negative impact …
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NetNewsCheck Latest, CJR, Media & Entertainment and Future of Journalism
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New York funds to vote against Murdochs, over Bloomberg objections — New York City's giant pension funds have voted to oppose the board of directors at a shareholders meeting of the troubled media giant News Corp. tomorrow, a move against a feared local media company that was opposed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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New York Magazine, Gawker and Bloomberg
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
‘Leveson inquiry no threat to free press’ - PM
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Media Matters for America and Media Decoder
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks's payout - will News Corp investors be told about it?
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Mixed Media, Company Town and Birmingham Mail
Keith Boykin / The Huffington Post:
Everything The Media Told You About Occupy Wall Street Is Wrong — After 10 days out of town, I finally made it to Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday and had a chance to see for myself what's going on. My conclusion: almost everything the media told me about the protest is wrong.
Discussion:
Future of Journalism, AdAge and mediabistro.com
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Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
‘n+1’ starts $2,000 Kickstarter campaign to publish an Occupy Wall Street magazine of its own; raises it in an hour
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Future of Journalism, Speakeasy, CNET News, Forbes, Runnin' Scared, Splice Today, The New Yorker Blog, Gawker, The New York Observer and Media News
Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
USA Today toys with a side business: selling commercial access to its data — One year ago, USA Today opened up its massive database of articles, reviews, census figures, and sports salaries to the public. The newspaper provided open and well-documented APIs to software developers …
Julie Moos / Poynter:
NPR host will remain with ‘Opera’ show after becoming spokesperson for ‘Occupy DC’ — Lisa Simeone, host of “World of Opera” since 2002, does not understand why NPR is raising questions about her involvement with the Washington, D.C., arm of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. She tells the Sun's David Zurawik:
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Neda Semnani / Roll Call:
Heard on the Hill: Breaking the Code of Ethics
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Erik Wemple, Fox News, DCist, Time, Adweek, The Awl, On Media's Blog and The Daily Caller
Matt Kinsman / Folio:
Andy Goodenough Out as CEO of Summit Business Media — Summit CFO/COO Tom Flynn will serve as interim CEO. — Andy Goodenough has resigned as CEO of Summit Business Media “to pursue other interests.” Summit CFO/COO Tom Flynn will serve as interim CEO while a search for a replacement is conducted.
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MinOnline
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Times and Sunday Times cut 150 editorial posts — Casual staff worst hit by News International announcement, and compulsory redundancies not ruled out at the Times — The Times and Sunday Times are to cut at least 150 editorial posts, out of their combined full- and part-time workforce …
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Journalism.co.uk, Press Gazette, Crikey, Globe and Mail and Media Week
Mark Kleinman / Kleinman:
Exclusive: Kingdom Eyes Twitter Stake — The ultra-wealthy Saudi investor who owns stakes in Citigroup and News Corporation is examining a swoop on the internet industry that would involve acquiring hundreds of millions of dollars-worth of shares in Twitter, I have learned.
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Forbes, The Next Web, The Wall Blog and Future of Journalism
Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:
Google+ features are coming to more Google products, starting today with Reader — Today, Google is bringing Google+ social features into Google Reader. — The move gives us a glimpse into what the company has planned for its Plus-themed products and, in fact, the future of all Google web tools.
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Official Google Reader Blog, CNET News, ReadWriteWeb, Google Operating System and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Curtis Brainard / CJR:
The Scientist Lives — LabX Media Group signs intent to purchase — A potential buyer has emerged to save The Scientist from early retirement. — A week after it was reported that the life-science magazine's twenty-fifth anniversary issue would be its last, LabX Media Group announced …
Deggans / St. Petersburg Times:
St. Petersburg Times reveals it has cut staff by 6 percent in recent weeks — Executives at the St. Petersburg Times have revealed the extent of the job reductions at the company, saying that the staff was reduced by about 6 percent in recent weeks. The bulk of reductions should be completed by now …
Erik Sass / MediaPost:
‘Popular Science’ Receives First ABC Consolidated Media Report — The Audit Bureau of Circulations has released its first Consolidated Media Report, a customizable report for U.S. and Canadian consumer magazines to present their total brand with a range of print, digital and mobile products.
Discussion:
Publishing Executive … and Folio
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
The Economist Mistakenly Gave Away Free Digital Subscriptions — The Economist will next week revoke premium digital subscriptions from some users after realising it had been accidentally servicing them for free. — “Unfortunately, we have been providing you with full digital access in error …
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Folio, Talking Biz News and Canadian Magazines
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Declining Ratings Could Put Judge Andrew Napolitano's Fox News Future In Jeopardy — Back in May, Judge Andrew Napolitano seemed almost a shoo-in to take over Fox News Channel's 5PM time, slot vacated by Glenn Beck. Beck himself stated, on air, that he'd like to hand over the reins …
Robin Wauters:
After Three Years @TechCrunch, Some Lessons Learned — Today marks my 3-year anniversary of working for TechCrunch. I promised a post about it on Twitter, so here goes. — Three years ago, I wrote my first two blog posts for TechCrunch, as a part-timer back then (but actually working full-time).
Sean Connolly / Online News Association:
Herman, Keefe, Summers elected to 2012 Online News Association Board — Members of the Online News Association, the world's largest membership organization of digital journalists, elected three new members to its Board of Directors and reelected three incumbents to two-year terms.
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NetNewsCheck Latest
Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
Two Daily Caller Reporters Fired, Managing Editor Quits, Employees Nervous — The last two weeks has put employees at The Daily Caller on edge. Two reporters were fired and the Managing Editor, Joe Kildea, has jumped ship. One reporter is gone because of a bad attitude; the other for being in a beat she wasn't qualified to cover.
Discussion:
Media Matters for America, FishbowlLA and FishbowlNY
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Department of Justice still wants New York Times reporter's sources — In a move that could unleash a major First Amendment battle, the Justice Department is asking a federal appeals court to force a New York Times reporter to testify about his confidential sources at the trial …
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