Mediagazer: Operation Elveden's staff almost doubles to 70 (Lisa O'Carroll/Guardian)

1:00 PM ET, July 17, 2012

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Google's Marissa Mayer Becomes Yahoo's Chief — Marissa Mayer, one of the top executives at Google, will be the next C.E.O. of Yahoo, making her one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley and corporate America. — The appointment of Ms. Mayer, who was employee No. 20 at Google …

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

The Marissa Mayer Yahoo Show, Brought to You by Daniel Loeb — The appointment of Marissa Mayer as CEO of Yahoo earlier today was a definitively splashy move by the board of the troubled Internet giant. — And a key impresario of the showy hiring of the high-profile Google exec?

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Ten Questions for New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (This Won't Hurt a Bit! Okay, Just a Little.) — Today will be Marissa Mayer's first day at Yahoo as its newest fearless leader. — Besides Yahoos sighing collectively at the prospect of yet another all-hands meeting to get a gander at their latest CEO …

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Steve Myers / Poynter:

AP doesn't let sources approve quotes beforehand — New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters pulled back the curtain on political reporting Monday, revealing that many reporters now allow sources with the presidential campaigns to approve the quotes that will appear in their stories.

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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Evolution of Reporters Into Stenographers Is Nearly Complete

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Bill Mitchell / Poynter:

New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan signs on for 4 years — The new public editor of the New York Times pitched the paper on two main roles in her application for the job: “smart aggregator” and “forum organizer.” — Margaret M. Sullivan, editor of the Buffalo News since 1999 …

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Dave Winer:

What is a Public Editor? — The NY Times, as far as I know, invented the idea of a public editor, so I suppose it's up to them to decide what one is. That would be fair. But life isn't fair. — A public editor should be, imho, the representative of The Public, on the payroll of a news organization.

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Guardian and Observer report losses of £44.2m — The Guardian and the Observer lost £44.2m last year as investment in digital publishing - including iPad, Facebook and Android apps - contributed to a deepening of losses at the national newspapers that could not be offset by double-digit growth in digital revenues.

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Barnes & Noble launches cloud-based reading platform Nook for Web — About a year after Amazon launched Kindle Cloud Reader, Barnes & Noble is getting into the cloud-based reading game with Nook for Web. — Users can sample books for free from any PC or Mac browser without logging in.

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Kristal Brent Zook / CJR:

Do they get that it's wrong? — Journalism students can be “truly baffled” when confronted for plagiarism — Perhaps Liane Membis, the Wall Street Journal intern fired recently for inventing quotes, started out with noble intentions. As Miss Black America-Connecticut last year …

J.K. Trotter / IvyGate:
Fired WSJ Intern Had Troubling Start at the Yale Daily News, Required Longest Correction in Years

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Brent Lang / The Wrap:

Larry King Coming to Hulu in Deal With Ora TV — Break out the suspenders, because legendary cable news talk show host Larry King is diving into the world of video streaming with a deal with Hulu that kicks off Tuesday. — Ora TV, the new digital TV network King launched this year …

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Daniel Frankel / GigaOM:

DirecTV CEO: “Viacom is forcing this bundle on you, not us” — Does DirecTV CEO Mike White really support a TV distribution model in which consumers get to make a la carte choices on the channels they receive? — With DirecTV's 20 million U.S. subscribers blacked out from Viacom's 26 …

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Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press: TV Channel Blackouts Stall Profits

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Paywall pioneer Augusta Chronicle simplifies its digital subscriptions — One of the nation's first newspapers to implement and master the intricacies of a digital paywall plan is radically simplifying it. — Effective immediately, The Augusta Chronicle will stop offering print-only subscriptions …

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Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The Associated Press introduces a new...print product for members — At a time when “digital first” is the slogan du jour in newspaper corner offices, the Associated Press is offering its subscribers a product — one that's meant to be printed out, ink-on-paper style.

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Operation Elveden's staff almost doubles to 70 — The number of Scotland Yard staff working on the investigation into suspected payments by journalists to police and other public servants has almost doubled in the last five months. Scotland Yard has confirmed there are now 70 officers …