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10:20 AM ET, October 31, 2011

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Disney Double Dips: Renews Netflix Deal for ABC Shows, Adds Amazon  —  Another example of why the Web video boom is (currently) a great boon to Big TV: Disney has announced not one but two deals to sell digital copies of its reruns.  —  Disney has re-upped a two-year-old deal with Netflix …
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
A Year of Tina Brown and Newsweek Still Needs a Savior  —  When the merger between Newsweek and The Daily Beast was announced almost a year ago, it seemed like it might, at least, have the makings of a good story: charming nonagenarian audio tycoon teams up with a media mogul and celebrity editor …
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
Conde Nast Traveler's iPad App Has a Size Problem  —  The inaugural iPad edition of Conde Nast Traveler has arrived at Apple's Newsstand — and it's hefty.  —  The issue is 784 megabytes — substantially bigger than even Wired's first issue, which attracted a fair number of comments …
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
‘Rock Center’ Books Jon Stewart, As It Places Two Segments Online  —  On the premiere of NBC's “Rock Center” tonight, host Brian Williams will sit down for a conversation with comedian and “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart.  Williams made the announcement during “Sunday Night Football” on NBC last night.
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Editors due to give evidence on privacy and injunctions  —  Editors of UK newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian and Sunday Times, are due to appear before the committee on privacy and injunctions this afternoon  —  The committee will ultimately make recommendations on the issue …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
CNN Is Said to Be Revamping Its Morning Lineup  —  CNN, which remodeled its afternoon and evening schedule earlier this year, is now on the verge of remaking its morning schedule.  —  The channel, a unit of Time Warner, is expected to announce as early as this week that Soledad O'Brien …
Marcus Vanderberg / FishbowlLA:
James Rainey Trading Media Column for Reporting  —  James Rainey wrote his last “On the Media” column for the Los Angeles Times Saturday, as the columnist will focus more on reporting on the media going forward.  —  LA Observed has the memo from the LAT announcing Rainey's new role at the newspaper:
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Cable Is Holding Web TV at Bay, Earnings Show  —  This time a year ago, the television industry was rife with worry about so-called cord-cutting — people dropping cable subscriptions in favor of watching TV over the Internet.  —  But for the most part, the cords remain intact, the latest crop of earnings reports indicate.
Susan Krashinsky / Globe and Mail:
Postmedia plans to charge for online articles  —  Canada's largest newspaper publisher is the latest in the industry to say the future can't be free.  —  Postmedia Network Canada Corp PNC.A-T , publisher of the National Post and other daily and community papers across the country …
Discussion: Guardian and Future of Journalism
David Carr / New York Times:
Backpage.com Confronts New Fight Over Online Sex Ads  —  What if the price of having a vital, well-financed string of newspapers included rare, but inevitable, sexual predation of minors?  —  Not a tough call, right?  But maybe more complicated than you think for the businesses involved.
Gordon MacMillan / The Wall Blog:
The Independent begins charging and launches £19.99 iPad app  —  by @gordonmacmillan, posted on 31 October, 2011 at 9:26 am, filed under Media Owners, Web and tagged Apple iPad, The Guardian, The Independent.  Bookmark the permalink.  Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

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Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

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