Mediagazer: Pandora Opens Box of Targeted Political Advertising (Dan Hirschhorn/AdAge)

6:00 AM ET, November 20, 2011

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John P. Mello Jr. / PC World:

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Dan Hirschhorn / AdAge:

Pandora Opens Box of Targeted Political Advertising — Targeting Congressional Districts With Audio Ad Breaks and Display Ads — The latest catchy “Foster the People” tune may soon have a different introduction on Pandora: vote for this guy. — The streaming music service announced Friday …

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Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:

A rant for the ages against the corporate media — Following the most recent round of layoffs at GateHouse Media, one newly unemployed journalist decided he'd had enough. James Craven, who worked for GateHouse's Norwich Bulletin in Connecticut, wrote a blog post headlined “Goodbye Norwich” …

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Duncan Geere / Wired.com:

200+ Labels Withdraw Their Music From Spotify: Are Its Fortunes Unravelling? — Following a study that claims that streaming music is damaging to record sales, a distributor representing more than 200 labels has withdrawn its entire catalogue from Spotify, Napster, Simfy and Rdio.

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New Scientist:

Occupy vs Tea Party: what their Twitter networks reveal — According to some political commentators, Occupy Wall Street is the left's answer to the Tea Party - driven by a similar anger towards elites. But the social networks of people tweeting about the two movements suggest that they have rather different dynamics.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Wenner Media Digital Boss Michael Bloom Leaves After Six Months — Wenner Media's chief digital officer is out after six months. — Michael Bloom joined the publisher, which owns Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, and Men's Journal, in May. On Friday afternoon, he sent out a memo announcing his departure.

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Netflix to resurrect Arrested Development in 2013 as part of content play — In a serious content play, Netflix has announced that it is bringing the wildly popular show Arrested Development back exclusively on its platform. — The exclusivity is the key here, as it shows that Netflix …

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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:

Murdoch Sells $62 Million in News Corp. Shares — News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch sold nonvoting shares in News Corp worth $61.7 million this week, according to a securities filing late Friday. — The sale, of about 3.6 million shares, represents about 1.1% …

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Rob Davis / Voice of San Diego:

New U-T Boss: ‘You Change Now or You Die’ — Hotelier Doug Manchester's behavior in the board room is well-documented: He's brash, bold, confrontational. But across the region Thursday, one question hovered over the announcement that Manchester is the new owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune …

Steve Smith / MediaPost:

“FT” Web App Delivers 1 Million Users — ‘FT’ Web App Delivers 1 Million Users 2 hours ago — The Financial Times' big bet against Apple's in-app subscription model has paid off, to the tune of 1 million users served since its June launch. FT pulled its native iOS app from the Apple App Store shortly …

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Meg James / Company Town:

Key NBC executive Marc Graboff to leave the network — Marc Graboff, president of NBC's West Coast business operations and the TV network's longtime consigliere, is leaving the company, according to people familiar with the situation. — The move was not a complete surprise …