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1:05 PM ET, September 19, 2012

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David Corn / Mother Jones:
WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser  —  On Monday and Tuesday Mother Jones published exclusive video that captured Mitt Romney speaking to donors at a May 17 fundraiser, which was held at the home of private equity mogul Mark Leder.  Responding to a question about the …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Huffington Post offers job to James Carter IV after he facilitates leak of Romney video to competitor  —  James Carter IV made contact with the source of Mitt Romney's “47 percent” video on Twitter, then courted him relentlessly.  As Josh Lederman relays: … We all know what happened next.
Dylan Byers / Politico:   Huffington Post, Mother Jones duel for video credit
Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
With Romney Videos, Mother Jones Keeps Readers Coming Back
Erik Wemple:
Romney and Obama: Open your fundraisers
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Newsweek Daily Beast Names Hill Holliday's Baba Shetty Its New CEO  —  Succeeds Stephen Colvin, Who Led Daily Beast Since Before Newsweek Merger  —  The Newsweek Daily Beast Company is naming Baba Shetty its new CEO, succeeding Stephen Colvin, who had president CEO at The Daily Beast since 2009 …
Discussion: Betabeat, The Wrap and @edmundlee
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Following NewsBeast departure, Stephen Colvin joins Lerer Ventures  —  News broke in Ad Age this morning that Stephen Colvin has left his post as C.E.O. of the Newsweek Daily Beast Company and been replaced by advertising executive Baba Shetty.  —  And now we know where Colvin is going …
David Carr / New York Times:
Media Chiefs Form Venture to E-Publish  —  Two powerful entertainment moguls, Scott Rudin, the film and theater producer, and Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, are joining together to enter the turbulent world of book publishing.  —  Mr. Rudin and Frances Coady …
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
What's Next for GOOD Magazine?  A Social Network.  —  GOOD Worldwide will today launch a new social activism site Good.is.  —  Famous for its printed magazine, GOOD has now turned its focus to a community site that allows members to publicly post stories and activities and to follow each other and their interests.
Discussion: TechCrunch, @caitlindewey and Mashable!
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Charlie Warzel / Adweek:
Good Relaunches, Opens Up About Layoffs  —  Good founder Ben Goldhirsh shocked media types and set in motion a slew of terrible headline puns ("Bad!  Major Editorial Layoffs Hit Good") when the company laid off the majority of its editorial staff with very little explanation last June.
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and @craigsilverman, Thanks:@cwarzel
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
The Guardian has a new chief digital officer  —  Guardian News & Media may be re-casting its whole self as “digital-first”, but it still has digital-specific leadership.  On Wednesday, the news publisher announced the creation of its first chief digital officer role, a post which appears …
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Stephen Colbert spends 3 minutes mocking USA Today's new logo  —  On Tuesday night's show, Stephen Colbert told Comedy Central viewers that his fears over USA Today's “dramatic” redesign were “for nothing.”  Highlights from the segment:  — “In a digital era where print media is struggling …
Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
News Corp shareholders in US want to sue over phone hacking scandal  —  Shareholders in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp are asking a US court for permission to sue the firm's board for failing to stop the phone hacking scandal.  The shareholders asked Delaware judge John Noble on Wednesday …
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Report: WSJ published Romney adviser op-eds without disclosing ties  —  The Wall Street Journal has published op-eds from several writers who serve as advisers to Mitt Romney's campaign without disclosing their ties to the presidential race, according to liberal media watchdog organization Media Matters.
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Jon Stewart-Bill O'Reilly debate sells out  —  The upcoming debate between Fox News's Bill O'Reilly and Comedy Central's Jon Stewart is sold out — but scalpers are offering tickets for hundreds of dollars on resale websites.  —  The duo's “The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium,” …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Vimeo, DailyMotion Court Filmmakers In YouTube's Shadow  —  It's a good time to be an independent filmmaker on the web.  Hoping to differentiate themselves from YouTube and carve off some of its market share, two of the biggest online video sites are cozying up to creators …
Associated Press:
Riot police guard French weekly after it spoofs Prophet Muhammad  —  PARIS — Riot police took up positions Wednesday outside the Paris offices of a satirical French weekly that published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday that ridicule a video that prompted a wave of protests in some Muslim countries.
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Apple, publishers offer EU e-book antitrust settlement  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc and four major publishers have offered to let retailers such as Amazon.Com Inc sell e-books at a discount, in a bid to end an EU antitrust investigation, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
Discussion: TechCrunch
 
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Eva Galperin / TechCrunch:
Why Google Shouldn't Have Censored The Anti-Islamic Video
Discussion: Hillicon Valley
David Kravets / Wired:
Feds Charge Activist with 13 Felonies for Rogue Downloading of Academic Articles
Discussion: Betabeat
Jim Romenesko:
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Jim Romenesko:
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Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
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Discussion: PandoDaily and blog.findings.com
Denise Jewell Gee / Buffalo News:
Sarasota editor named Buffalo News editor