Mediagazer: The continuing digital transformation of the New York Times (Arthur Sulzberger/Charlie Beckett)

3:40 PM ET, November 5, 2011

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Andy Rooney dead at 92 — Andy Rooney, the “60 Minutes” commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays - a unique genre he is credited with inventing - died Friday night in a hospital in New York City of complications following minor surgery.

Julie Moos / Poynter:

‘60 Minutes’ mainstay Andy Rooney dies at 92, a month after retirement — Andrew Aitken Rooney started working at CBS in 1949 as a writer. He left the network briefly in the early 1970s but returned in '73. He first appeared on “60 Minutes” in 1977 and became a regular in 1978 …

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Arthur Sulzberger / Charlie Beckett:

The continuing digital transformation of the New York Times — The chairman of the New York Times Arthur Sulzberger gave a talk at Polis LSE on the continuing digital transformation of the New York Times on November 1st. — Here is the text. — New York Times' interactivity — Good afternoon everyone.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

If YouTube Is Doing $1.6 Billion a Year, Why Does It Need Hollywood? — Google refuses to hand out any details about YouTube's financial performance, but Wall Street keeps on guesstimating. Here's a new one: The world's biggest video site will generate $1.6 billion in revenue this year, says Barclays Capital Anthony DiClemente.

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Kindle lending: Book publishers still not getting it — The big six book publishers are already behind the eight ball when it comes to the digital disruption of their business: Amazon, for example, is not only helping writers distribute their books without needing a publisher at all …

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David Kaplan / paidContent:

@ pcE11: CBS' Lanzone: If You Want Our Content, You'll Have To Pay—A Lot — CBS (NYSE: CBS) has taken what Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, calls “a pragmatic path” in terms of distributing streamed videos of its programming and library. In a conversation with our Staci D. Kramer …

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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:

TVGuide.com-paidContent Survey Shows Big Spike In Online, Time-Shifted TV — Consumers are watching more TV today than ever before, but that increased consumption is rapidly changing with the times. According to a new survey from TVGuide.com and paidContent, a good part of the growth in TV usage …

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Exclusive: majority of YouTube views from non-English audience — Talk about a truly global audience: Sixty percent of all video views on YouTube come from users who select a language other than English as the site's display language, a Google spokesperson told us on Thursday afternoon.

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Committee to Protect Journalists:

Israel arrests journalists aboard flotilla — Israeli forces arrested an unidentified number of journalists today after a group of soldiers boarded two humanitarian aid ships sailing toward Gaza and forced them to redirect to the Israeli port of Ashdod, according to news reports.

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Brian Steinberg / AdAge:

How Much Does an NBC Turnaround Even Matter Any More? — Tuning In: By the Time Comcast Gets Things Right, Broadcast's Prime Roost Won't Be the Same — Imagine switching your TV set to NBC and finding nothing there but static. Would you be surprised? More important, would you care?

Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:

Howard T. Owens Named President of National Geographic Channels — Former Reveille executive to replace Steve Schiffman — National Geographic Channels U.S. has named former Reveille chief Howard T. Owens its president, replacing Steve Schiffman, it was announced late Friday.

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Layoffs at the ‘Daily News’: Police desk, City Hall, federal courts and photo department hit so far — Layoffs have come to the Daily News. — Since this morning, staffers to be laid off have been getting called into a conference room to meet with senior vice president of human-resources Jeff Zomper.

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Will Richmond / VideoNuze:

Google To Go Over-the-Top and Compete With Pay-TV Operators? Don't Bet On Success. — Is Google planning to go over-the-top and compete with pay-TV operators for subscribers? That's the tantalizing possibility the WSJ is reporting this morning, though its article is long on speculation …

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