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1:25 PM ET, November 30, 2011

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Julie Moos / Poynter:
Warren Buffett buys his hometown paper, the Omaha World-Herald  —  Billionaire Warren Buffett warned investors two years ago that newspapers faced “the possibility of nearly unending losses” and not to buy them.  Today, his company has purchased his hometown paper, the Omaha World-Herald.
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Omaha World-Herald:
Buffett to buy The World-Herald  —  The Berkshire Hathaway company has agreed to purchase The Omaha World-Herald Co. from its employee shareholders and the Peter Kiewit Foundation.  The transaction is expected to close in late December, pending approval of The World-Herald's shareholders …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, Gawker and CNBC
Sarah Marshall / journalism.co.uk:
Guardian's Facebook app delivering 1m extra hits a day  —  The Guardian's Facebook app is generating almost a million extra page impressions per day, according to figures released by the news outlet and by Facebook.  —  Two months on from its launch at Facebook's f8 conference in London …
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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
How news orgs are reaching millions through Facebook's new apps
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Warner Said to Pick New Head of Time Inc. Magazine Unit  —  Time Warner Inc. has selected the head of a digital advertising firm to run its Time Inc. magazine unit, according to people with knowledge of the hiring.  —  The company is expected to announce later Wednesday that Laura Lang …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Digitas CEO Laura Lang To Head Time Inc.  —  Nine months after he fired Jack Griffin, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes has finally filled the most prominent empty chair at the media company, appointing Laura Lang, CEO of Digitas since 2008, as CEO of Time Inc. Once again …
Discussion: AdAge, Adweek and The New York Observer
Henry McDonald / Guardian:
‘Paisley family targeted for phone hacking’  —  Northern Ireland MP says he met police from Operation Weeting who are investigating whether he and his father were hacked  —  One of Northern Ireland's best-known political families believes they were a victim of phone hacking …
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Telegraph:
Leveson Inquiry: ‘News International tried to destroy my life,’ hacking lawyer claims
Discussion: Press Association and Reuters
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Alastair Campbell: phone hacking may have revealed Cherie Blair's pregnancy
Discussion: Guardian
Guardian:
Woman arrested in hacking investigation  —  Operation Weeting detectives have arrested a 31-year-old woman in connection with phone hacking at News International  —  Detectives investigating phone hacking at News International have arrested a 31-year-old woman.
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Martinbrunt / @skymartinbrunt:   Bethany Usher, 31, now lectures in journalism at Teeside University. Worked at News of the World 2006 to 2007 in Manchester
Matt Rosoff / MattyDread:
On slideshows...  I'm flattered MG Siegler would take the time to single out one of my slideshows for SAI as being interesting enough to read, but annoying when formatted as a slide show.  —  So.  A few ideas to think about.  —  Bad slideshows are horrible, agreed.
Discussion: @erickschonfeld and parislemon
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MG Siegler / parislemon:
ANNOYING: The Article As A Slideshow
Discussion: Business Insider and @mattrosoff
Ruth Fowler / Huffington Post UK:
LAPD Made Sure The Whole World Ain't Watching  —  As both a journalist who occasionally freelances for the mainstream media, and an Occupier, I find myself in a conflicted position regarding reporting on Occupy LA.
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
Pulitzers shift to all-digital format, breaking news category now ‘real-time’  —  The Pulitzer Prizes are doing away with paper for next year's awards.  All entries must be submitted digitally.  The Pulitzer Board is also changing the local breaking news award to emphasize real-time reporting.
Discussion: J-source.ca
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Magazines Pull Back on Tablet Bells and Whistles  —  When the iPad launched, magazines rushed to shovel expensive rich-media features into their tablet editions.  But now that they have to create editions for the new Kindle Fire and Nook Color and their ilk, some are downplaying the need for often-expensive enhancements.
Reuters:
ESPN's Skipper talks NBA, Penn State scandal  —  Sports fans will set aside their outrage over two college sex abuse scandals along with frustration over labor unrest in the NBA, and keep watching games, ESPN's incoming president told Reuters on Monday.
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Jim Romenesko:
‘Mounting Nittany’ sex column on hold as Penn State deals with Sandusky case
Discussion: College Media Matters and Deadspin
Bloomberg:
Silver Lake Bids $16.60 a Share for Yahoo Stake  —  A group of investors led by private- equity firm Silver Lake offered to buy a minority stake in Yahoo! Inc (YHOO). for about $16.60 a share, according to people with knowledge of the matter.  —  That was lower than an offer …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sources: Why Ed Andrews left the National Journal  —  On November 21, we reported that Ed Andrews, the former New York Times economics correspondent, abruptly departed his job as deputy magazine editor at the National Journal.  —  Sources familiar with the situation told POLITICO that Andrews …
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Former ‘CBS Evening News’ Producer Dick Meyer Tapped to lead BBC News, America  —  The BBC has tapped former CBS news producer and executive Dick Meyer as its executive producer of BBC News, America.  Meyer was most recently executive editor of NPR, and before that led CBSNews.com.
Discussion: TVWeek.com and Poynter
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Conde Nast Finds a Spot for Wagenheim as New Teen Vogue Publisher  —  Displaced Teen Vogue Publisher May Go to Details  —  Conde Nast is creating an opening for Jason Wagenheim atop Teen Vogue, according to people familiar with the situation, resolving a situation created when it abandoned a brief effort to have him lead Glamour.
David Kaplan / paidContent:
About.com Rolls Out Lifestyle Content On Flipboard  —  As the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.-owned About Group continues its turnaround efforts in the face of weak display and cost-per-click ad sales, the flagship guide site is hoping that its placement within the social reader app Flipboard …
Discussion: mnilive.com
 
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Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:
BBC World News channel taken off air in Pakistan
Discussion: BBC and Journalism.co.uk
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
After a Brief Reversal, MSNBC Pulls Ahead of CNN
Jim Hopkins / Gannett Blog:
Bulletin: First-quarter furloughs just announced; unpaid time off will be fifth big round since '09
Discussion: rbr.com
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
US To Pay $2.5M In Photo Editor Robert Stevens' Anthrax Death
Discussion: ProPublica and Seattle Times
Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
Chris Bryant: BSkyB used details from phone hacking to aid lobbying
Discussion: Guardian and Telegraph
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Stephen Colbert On CNN iReporters: ‘This Bold Move Will Help You Get Rid Of Your Remaining Viewers’
Discussion: Poynter and TVNewser
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Microsoft Eyes Entry Into Scripted Television
Discussion: TVWeek.com
Bloomberg:
Lions Gate Said to Be in Merger Talks With ‘Twilight’ Film Producer Summit
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Brazenly Lies and the Media Lets Him Slide
Discussion: CJR
 

 
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