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1:25 PM ET, October 31, 2011

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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 …
Discussion: The Wrap and Poynter
James Robinson / Guardian:
Phone hacking: Milly Dowler police investigation may have been targeted  —  Lawyer for Surrey police tells Leveson inquiry there is evidence officers' phones were hacked  —  Several police officers who investigated the disappearance and murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler in 2002 …
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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
James Murdoch gets pay rise despite News Corp row  —  Fury over James Murdoch's chairmanship of BSkyB did not stop him accepting a £1,300 pay rise as the broadcaster took a £16m hit for its aborted takeover by News Corporation, where he is deputy chief operating officer.
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
Hearst Hires Former Conde Nast COO, Promotes Digital Exec  —  David Carey, President of Hearst Magazines, announced two executive hires on Monday in the company's U.S. magazine division, bringing on Debi Chirichella as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Grant Whitmore as Vice President, Digital Media.
Discussion: MediaPost
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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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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
NBC-Owned Stations Enhancing News Coverage, Hiring 130 People  —  NBCUniversal plans to enhance local news at its 10 owned television stations, hiring more than 130 people to cover more local news.  —  The company is making a “major investment” to ensure that its stations have …
Discussion: Lost Remote
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 …
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:
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 …
Kerry Benefield / Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:
The Onion's fake story no laughing matter for Santa Rosa institute  —  The equivalent of a media practical joke seemed funny at first to the head of a Santa Rosa parenting institute.  —  But it quickly turned into a nightmare.  —  The Onion, a 23-year-old satirical online and print publication …
Discussion: Poynter
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Something New From Nook, Coming in a Week  —  Barnes & Noble will be announcing ... something at a New York City press conference in a week.  —  About what?  The oblique invitation I just got in my inbox doesn't say a word, other than promising that it will be a “very special announcement.”
 
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Noah Davis / Business Insider:
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Viacom Mines Social Media Buzz for Movie Site
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Arab Spring Reshapes Market for TV News
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
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From Techmeme:

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

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The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

 
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