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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Journal Register can't afford for legacy costs to derail Digital First progress — Journal Register filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday. Hey, aren't these the same folks who have been touting as breakthroughs each step along the way of their fast-track digital transition?
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GigaOM, The Latest Word, Reuters, The Newspaper Guild, Guardian, Nieman Journalism Lab and Digital First
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Ryan Chittum / CJR:
Journal Register, future-of-news star, is bankrupt again — Yesterday, John Paton announced that Journal Register Company is filing for bankruptcy for the second time in three years. That's something of a surprise to people who's read his announcements of soaring digital revenues and profits credulously.
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Newspaper Death Watch, Radio & Television …, Gannett Blog and Poynter
Matt DeRienzo / Connecticut Newsroom:
What bankruptcy means for Journal Register Company newsrooms — First of all, let me couch this by saying that I'm speaking only for myself, and that I continue to appreciate the fact I work for a company that allows and encourages employees to think for themselves, speak their minds and debate company strategy in public view.
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Media Nation and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
Live blog: Amazon's fall Kindle event — We're here in Los Angeles for Amazon's press conference. The company is expected to announce a new Kindle Fire and Kindle e-reader today, and we'll have all the details for you live from Santa Monica. At 10:30 a.m. PT on Thursday, Amazon is holding a press conference in Los Angeles.
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TechCrunch, AllThingsD, The Verge, Forbes, GalleyCat, Poynter, Home Media Magazine, The Wrap, ZDNet, CNET, MacRumors, Pocket-lint, WebProNews, Kindle Review, @fmanjoo and NYT Bits
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite: Four Years in the Making — Amazon executives gush about their new e-reader as the Kindle they always wanted to make. — While the latest Kindle Touch came out last year, the technology behind the Kindle Paperwhite's new lit screen is four years in the making.
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TechCrunch, Forbes, TechCrunch, Reuters, Pocket-lint, The Verge and Engadget
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Amazon Confirms The Launch Of New, Episodic Publishing Format — Kindle Serials
Amazon Confirms The Launch Of New, Episodic Publishing Format — Kindle Serials
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The Next Web, AllThingsD, @gartenberg and Techland
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Tom Brokaw Rushed to Charlotte Hospital — NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw was taken by ambulance to a Charlotte hospital this morning after an appearance on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.” — Brokaw, 72, who stepped down as anchor of “Nightly News” after the 2004 election …
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FishbowlDC, Mediaite, Deadline.com and The Huffington Post
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Meena Hart Duerson / NY Daily News:
Tom Brokaw discharged from hospital ‘in good health’; Anchor says he ‘mistakenly took’ Ambien and ‘all is well’
Tom Brokaw discharged from hospital ‘in good health’; Anchor says he ‘mistakenly took’ Ambien and ‘all is well’
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@tombrokaw and @producermatthew
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Breaking: Judge approves e-book price-fixing settlement — In a surprise move, a federal court abruptly approved a settlement between the Department of Justice and three publishers that will resolve a controversy over e-book pricing. In an opinion filed Thursday in Manhattan …
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Media Decoder, Publishers Weekly, CNET and Bloomberg
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
AP Defends Decision To Fact-Check Bill Clinton Using Monica Lewinsky — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Associated Press defended its invoking of the Monica Lewinsky scandal in a Thursday fact-check of former President Bill Clinton's speech, amid criticism of its relevance to a point Clinton was making about welfare.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
AP's Clinton fact-check cites Lewinsky — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Several fact-checking organizations and news outlets are providing a ‘fact-check’ of former President Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic convention last night, though the Associated Press has taken it one step further.
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New York Magazine, Poynter and ThinkProgress
CNN:
CNN International's Response to the Guardian — Here is CNN International's response to Glenn Greenwald's Guardian story about Amber Lyon's documentary. 1. False: CNN International did not air “its own documentary”. The Truth: It was never intended to air on CNN International.
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@ggreenwald, Inside Cable News and Guardian
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Glenn Greenwald:
Reply to response from CNNi — CNN International has posted a six-point response to my Guardian story from Tuesday on its refusal to broadcast a documentary featuring Amber Lyon showing the repression and violence used against protesters in Bahrain and its substantial financial relationships …
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@fieldproducer
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
News International attempts to block phone-hacking damages case — News International is trying to have a phone-hacking damages case involving Elle Macpherson's former adviser thrown out of court, 18 months after her claim was launched. Mary-Ellen Field, who acted as the model's financial adviser …
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Bloomberg
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Former Labour MP says News of the World contributed to loss of her baby
Former Labour MP says News of the World contributed to loss of her baby
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Press Gazette
Jim Romenesko:
‘Rigged appraisal system’ at Reuters gets veteran copy editor fired — Earlier this year, Reuters management gave Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) to 29 journalists that it believes are “laggards”; they face dismissal if bosses don't see enough improvement in 30 days.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
MSNBC President Phil Griffin On Convention Ratings Victory: ‘Nobody Thought We Could Do This’ — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — MSNBC president Phil Griffin is a happy man. On Wednesday afternoon, Griffin learned that MSNBC was the top-rated cable network for the opening night of the Democratic National Convention …
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James Poniewozik / Time:
What We're Learning from the Convention Ratings (Or Lack Thereof)
What We're Learning from the Convention Ratings (Or Lack Thereof)
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TVNewser, Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, Poynter, The Huffington Post, Politico, TVNewser, New York Magazine and Washington Post
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Newspapers bury Democrats' meltdown — Please rate the comparative news merits of these two events: Event One: This is a carefully planned and scheduled political speech. The public has known that it was coming a month before it happened. It includes no new announcements about policy.