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Anthony Ha / Adweek:
SAY Media Acquires Tech Blog ReadWriteWeb — SAY Media has acquired popular tech blog ReadWriteWeb. — Founded in 2003 by Richard MacManus, ReadWriteWeb became one of the most-respected news sites in the tech world, establishing a voice that's often more serious and in-depth than its competitors.
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Betabeat, paidContent and TechCrunch
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
Chuck Todd: NBC's new politics site is for armchair viewers, political junkies — NBC has just launched a new politics site that provides readers with a place to track political news, dig deeper into polls and make their own predictions about the outcome of the 2012 elections.
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Kristen Welker Named NBC White House Correspondent; Network Sets 2012 Politics Coverage — After several months of covering the beat, this morning NBC News has named Kristen Welker White House correspondent. The announcement comes as NBC announces their plans for covering the 2012 primaries …
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FishbowlDC
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
A web-first politics site for NBC News: Vivian Schiller on the launch of NBCPolitics.com — NBC News keeps its political reporting in lots of different places. There's Chuck Todd on Twitter, in the evening with Brian Williams and the Nightly News Crew, online at MSNBC's First Read …
Guardian:
Leveson inquiry: Colin Myler and Jon Chapman - live — Full coverage as the former News of the World editor and ex-News International director of legal affairs give evidence — 12.03pm: The inquiry breaks for five minutes while Sherborne takes legal instruction regarding the surveillance.
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Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:
Tom Crone denies knowing Webb was private investigator — Former News of the World legal manager claims he does not remember emails between himself and other executives referring to Webb as ‘silent shadow’ — Former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone has denied being aware that Derek Webb …
James Robinson / Guardian:
Phone hacking: lawyer knew ‘rogue reporter’ defence was untrue in 2008
Discussion:
Crikey, Press Gazette, Company Town, The Atlantic Wire, Guardian and The Huffington Post
Keach Hagey / Politico:
Christiane Amanpour proves to be wrong fit — The Arab Spring. The killing of Osama bin Laden. The WikiLeaks dump of U.S. embassy cables. — If there ever was a time to try injecting more international news into the tried-and-true, Washington-based Sunday public affairs talk show format, these last 18 months were it.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Amanpour Leaving ‘This Week’ for New ABC Role, CNN International Show — NEW YORK — Christiane Amanpour will soon step down as host of ABC's “This Week” to take on a new role at the network, where she'll host about six primetime specials a year and appear on ABC News programs …
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The Huffington Post, Poynter, Mediaite, FishbowlDC, Business Insider, TVNewser and The New York Observer
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Brian Stelter accidentally tweets tip about Amanpour leaving ‘This Week’ — Brian Stelter had an awkward Twitter moment this afternoon when he accidentally tweeted to his 97,000 followers that he had heard that Christiane Amanpour would be departing as host of ABC's “This Week.”
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Adweek, Chickaboomer, Gawker, Gawker, Mediaite, Broadcasting & Cable, Erik Wemple, The Atlantic Wire, Multichannel, Media Decoder, Future of Journalism and Inside Cable News
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
L.A. Times Rocked by More Turmoil: Top Editor Quits With Cuts Looming (Updated) — The Los Angeles Times was rocked by more turmoil Tuesday when editor Russ Stanton resigned in advance of another round of cutbacks. — Stanton, whose last day is Dec. 23, has presided over a tumultuous period …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times and LA Observed
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Christopher Goffard / Los Angeles Times:
Russ Stanton steps down as Times editor — Managing Editor Davan Maharaj will assume the top newsroom job. Stanton, 52, has led the news organization for four years, a period in which the paper won three Pulitzer Prizes, including the Public Service Award for exposing corruption in the city of Bell.
David Leigh / Guardian:
Leveson: Milly Dowler case is not the only reason for inquiry — Lord Justice Leveson says inquiry will investigate all aspects of tabloid misconduct, not just the hacking of Milly Dowler's phone — The judge running the Leveson inquiry into press behaviour dismissed claims on Wednesday …
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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Guardian faces Fleet Street backlash over changing story on Milly Dowler message deletions
Discussion:
Daily Mail and The Sun
Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
Media and Entertainment Companies Add Support to Proposed Antipiracy Legislation — Big media companies have ratcheted up the pressure on Washington to support legislation that would protect online content. — On Tuesday, dozens of entertainment, sports and media companies …
Discussion:
Hillicon Valley and Techdirt
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Gautham Nagesh / Hillicon Valley:
Dodd on piracy bill: ‘Hollywood is pro-Internet’
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline.com and VentureBeat
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Lamar Smith Proposes New Version Of SOPA, With Just A Few Changes
Discussion:
Home Media Magazine, Hillicon Valley, The Huffington Post, Betabeat, Multichannel, TorrentFreak, Gawker and TechCrunch
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
$1.5M Knight grant to NPR will fund digital training at 70 local stations — The Knight Foundation is giving NPR $1.5 million to bolster the digital skills of local member stations and fulfill visions of a national-local collaborative news network. — The grant announced today builds upon …
Molly Knefel / Salon:
Busted for Tweeting — Police escalation in New York as my brother and 17 other people are arrested for observing an occupation — Monday morning marked yet another Day of Action for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Eight cities on the West Coast attempted to shutdown ports.
Discussion:
Save the News
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Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:
Authors Guild Files for Class Certification in Google Case — The Google Book Settlement may be dead, but the litigation lives on. On December 12, attorneys for the Authors Guild filed a motion for class certification, hitting the deadline set forth by Judge Denny Chin at a September 15 status conference …
Discussion:
paidContent, Softpedia News, Melville House Books, Electronista, GalleyCat and TeleRead
Bloomberg:
Verizon ‘Very Serious’ About Making Bid for Netflix, Banker Says — Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), the second-largest U.S. phone company, is “very serious” about a bid to acquire online movie provider Netflix Inc. (NFLX), an investment banker said. — Verizon may kick off a bidding war …
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