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11:25 AM ET, September 14, 2012

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Study: Smaller news websites depend more on social media for traffic than larger sites  —  In any local market, the dozens or hundreds of available news websites make up a news ecosystem.  —  In any real-life nature ecosystem — think of the food chain diagram you learned in 5th grade — the many species develop their own roles.
Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
‘Village Voice’ editor Tony Ortega quits the paper; it's Maura Johnston's last day, too  —  Tony Ortega, editor of The Village Voice, just announced on the weekly's news blog Runnin' Scared that he's leaving the paper.  “Next week will be my last as editor of the Voice,” Ortega wrote.
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
Time Inc.'s CEO Aims to Unify Print and Online Fiefdoms  —  Time Inc. Chief Executive Officer Laura Lang, hired last year to revive the struggling magazine publisher, is forging a plan to unify its long-sparring online and print fiefdoms.  —  Lang wants to give customers the ability …
Julie Moos / Poynter:
USA Today's new design debuts in print today  —  USA Today's new design debuts today with a front page note from new publisher Larry Kramer, who joined the paper in May.  All eyes are on the dot.  “USA TODAY's new logo — a large circle in colors corresponding to the sections …
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
‘USA Today’ Redesigns
Reuters:
NYTimes offers lump-sum pay or lower annuity option to ex-staff  —  (Reuters) - The New York Times Co said it informed some former employees that it will offer pensioners the option to receive a one-time lump sum payment or start a lower monthly annuity now, in a bid to reduce its pension liabilities.
Discussion: Thomson IR and @sdkstl
Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Twitter surrenders Occupy protester's tweets  —  (Reuters) - Twitter handed over tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York criminal judge on Friday after months of fighting a subpoena from prosecutors.  —  The company surrendered the micro-blogging posts …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘The Wall Street Journal’ pushes its glossy magazine to monthly (almost)  —  The Wall Street Journal's glossy luxury title, WSJ., may soon be losing its editor, Deborah Needleman, who—as we reported yesterday—has been offered a job editing rival magazine T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, WWD Media Headlines and WWD
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Chicago Tribune combines local editions as Journatic suspension continues  —  The Chicago Tribune has cut the number of its local editions by “about half” since suspending work with journalism-outsourcing company Journatic, Lynne Marek reports.  “For instance, coverage of Evanston formerly appeared …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Wall Street Journal removes two Jonah Lehrer essays from archives  —  Jonah Lehrer “inappropriately reused passages from articles he wrote for the Boston Globe in two essays that he later wrote for the Journal's Review section,” The Wall Street Journal reported in a correction Thursday.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Arif Durrani / Brand Republic:
News Int's chief unveils ‘groundbreaking’ print to digital ad conversion  —  News International's chief executive, Tom Mockridge, has revealed The Times, the Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers are preparing to implement a “groundbreaking” automated system that will convert prints ads into digital iterations.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Hachette to raise ebook prices for libraries by 220%  —  In March, Random House increased the wholesale prices of the ebooks it offers to libraries by as much as 300 percent.  Now Hachette, which only offers backlist ebooks (no new books) to libraries, is increasing its prices as well.
Discussion: Digital Book World
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Romney's Team Turns On The Press  —  A frustrating week in Boston.  “The polls are close, and so the media starts cheering on their guy,” says one adviser.  —  DULLES, Va. — As Mitt Romney finishes his second week of dismal news coverage — with slipping polls and a combustible international crisis driving …
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Erik Wemple:
Fact-checkers say no to Romney ‘apology’ claims
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Obama-rooting reporters  —  In these days of media conspiracy …
Discussion: Examiner and Mediaite
John Koblin / Deadspin:
Bake-Off At Sports Illustrated!  Jon Wertheim, Chris Stone Battle To Take Over Weekly Magazine  —  Who's in charge at Sports Illustrated?  Earlier this summer, longtime editor Terry McDonell told his staff that he was dialing back on some of his responsibilities.
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
 
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Stuart Kemp / Hollywood Reporter:
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Pamela Erens / Los Angeles Review of Books:
Is The Atlantic Making Us Stupid?
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
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Discussion: Gawker
Erik Wemple:
Group petitions Sun-Times over sexist questions
Discussion: Change.org
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
Washington Post Co. Names SurveyMonkey CEO to Board
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
BuzzFeed Makes Its First Acquisition To Tackle A Big Revenue Opportunity
Discussion: Betabeat and TechCrunch
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Friendster founder launches social-news app, but will it fly?
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Jim Romenesko:
Survey: U.S. publishers optimistic about future of newspapers
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Brooks Barnes / Media Decoder:
Disney Unexpectedly Reveals Movie Write-Down and Sluggish Ad Revenue
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Phone-hacking: Hugh Grant and others file high court claims
Discussion: Bloomberg and Deadline.com
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
See The Sun's Front-Page Apology For Cover-Up In Death Of 96 Soccer Fans
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
CBS News, Showtime To Launch ‘60 Minutes of Sports’ Newsmagazine