Mediagazer: CNN Sets Off a Debate on Race and Technology (New York Times)

9:45 AM ET, November 13, 2011

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Erika Fry / CJR:

The Romenesko Saga — Some questions for Poynter about recent changes on its fabled site — Yesterday, Poynter's Julie Moos published a controversial post on the journalism institute's Romenesko+ blog, which she credited to my “sharp eye.” — Her post, which addressed “incomplete attribution” …

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Kelly McBride / Poynter:

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Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:

Sky News Deletes Tweet Of James Murdoch Arrest — UPDATE: The tweet that reported that James Murdoch has been arrested has now been deleted. — According to Sky News' Neal Mann, it's most likely the account was hacked. — Sky News reporter Mark White tweets

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New York Times:

CNN Sets Off a Debate on Race and Technology — For nearly two weeks, a debate ignited by a CNN documentary has raged on the Internet about the obstacles to success in Silicon Valley and whether the technology industry is as meritocratic and as color-blind as it aspires to be.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Kindle Fire: ‘Also, Barnes & Noble, We Will Have A Newsstand’ — Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) have sent out so many press releases about their respective upcoming tablets this week that I have begun to imagine both devices snapping back and forth at each other like squabbling children.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Kindle Fire Will Have Hulu Plus App, Too

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Eric Jackson / Tech and China:

The Business World Needs Fewer Journalists and More Opinions and Investigative Reporting — The other day in a post about Yahoo! (YHOO) I unloaded on some of the reporting that has gone on at large publications on the Yahoo “deal.” — I have to get a few other thoughts off my chest.

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Guardian:

The Saturday interview: Wendi Murdoch — In her first interview since saving her husband from a foam pie, Wendi Murdoch talks about raising Rupert's children, phone-hacking and that impressive right hook — Wendi Deng Murdoch cuts a dainty figure. Four months after she made headlines around …

Merrill Knox / TVNewser:

‘Now With Alex Wagner’ Debuts Monday on MSNBC — “Now with Alex Wagner,” the newest addition to the MSNBC daytime lineup, will debut on Monday, the network announced today. — Wagner's show will replace the 12pmET hour of “MSNBC Live” that has rotated fill-in anchors since Contessa Brewer's departure in August.

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Michael Shapiro / CJR:

The Newspaper That Almost Seized the Future — The San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's own daily, was poised to ride the digital whirlwind. What happened? — 1. ‘It Was Written’ — Randall Keith and I are talking about the past when his boss, Dave Butler, slides open a glass door …

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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Dozens of Jobs Cut at CNN; New York, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Miami, LA Staffers Pink-Slipped — Breaking: Layoff notices are being handed out across CNN/U.S. today. Photographers, editors and other staffers in Atlanta, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Miami are being let go.

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Michael Winter / USA Today:

Utah mayor unmasked as fictitious ‘good news’ reporter — A Utah mayor has been outed for using a pseudonym to write news articles about the city he governs, saying he wanted to highlight “good news” after cutbacks in coverage of local government, according to reports from the Beehive State.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Google Music's New Service Set to Launch, Without All the Music — Google, which tried to launch a music service earlier this year but couldn't get all of the big music labels on board, is ready to try it again. But it still doesn't have all of the big music labels on board.