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6:50 PM ET, September 4, 2012

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New Editor at Cosmopolitan: Joanna Coles Replaces Kate White  —  In January, Kate White the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, went to David Carey, the president of Hearst Magazines, and told him she was thinking about retiring after 14 years on the job.  Given the importance of the franchise to the company …
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Amy Wicks / WWD:
Anne Fulenwider to Head Marie Claire  —  Anne Fulenwider is the new editor in chief of Marie Claire, succeeding Joanna Coles, who will become editor in chief of Cosmopolitan.  Fulenwider previously served as executive editor at Marie Claire before taking the job as editor in chief of Brides in October 2011.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
For conventions, TV viewing down, social media up  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When it comes to following political conventions, Twitter may soon trump television.  TV viewership for last week's Republican National Convention dropped sharply from 2008, suggesting interest in this presidential race falls short of some past contests.
Discussion: Gawker, Poynter, CBS News and TVNewser
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John Aloysius Farrell / National Journal:
Why, Exactly, Are 15,000 Journalists in Charlotte?  —  Emily Ramshaw didn't hesitate when asked why she was on her way to North Carolina on Friday to cover the Democratic convention as a one-woman bureau for The Texas Tribune.  “You can cover the big speeches on TV,” Ramshaw said, but …
Discussion: Guardian
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Facts, Truth ... and May the Best Man Win  —  In “Gore Vidal's The Best Man,” now in an enjoyable and timely revival on Broadway (extended but scheduled to end this week), the lead character - a candidate for president in 1960 - poses a rhetorical question:  —  “Since when has the truth been a deterrent at this convention?”
Discussion: Poynter and Capital New York
Cord Jefferson / Gawker:
Harvard Crimson Editors Have Bigger Balls Than Your Media Boss  —  The privileged young people of Harvard College are not often recognized for their integrity and backbone.  They made a whole movie about how Zuckerberg stole Facebook from the terrible Winklevoss twins, for instance.
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
More than 1,000 people identified as victims of hacking  —  More than 1,000 people have been identified as likely victims of hacking, the police officer leading the investigation into the scandal said today.  Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Sue Akers, told the Home Affairs Select Committee …
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Jason Deans / Guardian:
Phone hacking investigations and prosecutions ‘could take three years’
Discussion: @lisaocarroll
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Pro-Assad hackers have taken over Al Jazeera's hompage to protest its coverage  —  Update: Friend of TNW Ahmed Naguib translated the text for us.  Here you go: Due to your stance regarding Syria (The people and the government), for your support to armed terrorist groups …
Discussion: Guardian, Reuters and Gizmodo
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
YouTube movie rentals are coming to connected TVs  —  YouTube is going to launch VOD-style movie rentals on TVs and connected devices later this year.  The Google-owned video service will add a premium component to its TV application on various Smart TV platforms, according to an announcement by YouTube hardware partner TPVision.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Warner Bros. Takes Another Crack at Flixster — And UltraViolet  —  Making movies is hard.  Making movie-recommendation services is a lot easier.  —  But Warner Bros. is trying to do both.  And the newest version of Flixster, the recommendation service it bought last year, is pretty interesting.
Discussion: The Wrap and TechCrunch
Stephanie Gaskell / Politico:
Syria: The search for Austin Tice  —  Czech diplomats are working on behalf of the United States to find the whereabouts of an American journalist and former U.S. Marine who went missing in Syria more than three weeks ago.  The State Department asked Czech diplomats, who are the “protecting power” …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Ben Protess / DealBook:
Dick Clark Productions Sold to Guggenheim Partners  —  Dick Clark Productions, the company that produces the Golden Globe awards show and the New Year's Eve broadcast hosted for nearly 40 years by its late founder, was sold Tuesday to Guggenheim Partners and a group of investors.
 
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