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5:30 AM ET, September 27, 2012

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
NBC Unpacks Trove of Data From Olympics  —  ONE afternoon in early August, a 41-year-old working mother in Los Angeles didn't get much work done.  —  Instead, she watched the London Olympics on television.  She went to NBC's Web sites to stream the competitions, which that day included badminton …
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Executive Producer of ‘Today’ Says Ouster of Ann Curry Was His Call  —  Commenting publicly for the first time about the decision to remove Ann Curry from the “Today” show's co-anchor position after only a year on the job, Jim Bell, the show's executive producer, said Wednesday that it “was absolutely my call.”
Jim Romenesko:
Bryan College: Ordering student newspaper to kill story about prof's arrest ‘may have been a mistake’  —  Bryan College sent this statement from President Dr. Stephen Livesay about his decision to order the student newspaper to kill its story about a professor arrested for attempted child exploitation.
Discussion: Freedom of the Prez
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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
The Atlantic Tries Native Ads  —  Jay Lauf, The Atlantic's publisher, swears he doesn't hate banner ads.  The thing is, he thinks most are a waste of space for all involved.  —  “I would love to eliminate banners because I think most of them don't work,” said Lauf, who also has some experience as a journalist.
Discussion: Mashable!
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Tipping Point?  We're Watching More Web Video on TVs Than on PCs.  —  Getting Web video off your PC and onto your plasma screen used to be a niche activity.  No more: Consumer-tracking service NPD says TV sets are now the most popular way to watch streaming video.
Discussion: NYT Bits, PC Magazine and The Verge
Alexander Abad-Santos / The Atlantic Wire:
Women Editors-in-Chief Make $15,000 Less Than Men  —  The only thing equal is the job title.  Even though there are stories of editors like Anna Wintour and Janice Min pocketing seven-figure salaries, Folio magazine's annual compensation survey found that on average, male editors-in-chief …
Discussion: Folio
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Quartz's practice of ‘linking out’ renews attention to aggregation debate  —  CJR's Hazel Sheffield took a look at the new publication Quartz and didn't like a few things: links take you away from the site, there's no commenting, infographics aren't interactive and It didn't have enough original content when she looked at it.
Discussion: MIT and CJR
NBC News:
US documents reportedly refer to Assange, WikiLeaks as ‘enemy’  —  The U.S. Defense Department has formally declared WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange an enemy on par with al-Qaida, according to documents that an Australian newspaper said Wednesday it had obtained under freedom of information laws.
Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald
Bill Mickey / Folio:
M. Scott Havens Tapped as President of The Atlantic  —  The Atlantic has named M. Scott Havens as president effective today.  The move puts a dedicated executive into the top spot for the brand and allows Justin Smith, who has held the dual role of president of Atlantic Media Company and The Atlantic …
Discussion: MinOnline, FishbowlNY and MediaPost
Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
Italy Becomes Latest Jewel in Huffington Post's Crown  —  PARIS — Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy who left office last year in the depths of the economic crisis, resurfaced this week in a new place: the Italian-language Web site of The Huffington Post.
Cahal Milmo / The Independent:
American court orders BBC to hand over Yasser Arafat documentary footage  —  The BBC has been ordered by an American court to surrender unused footage filmed for a documentary about former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to American victims of suicide bombings in Israel.
Discussion: Truthdig
BBC:
Phone-hacking: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson in 2013 trial  —  Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are among those who appeared at the Old Bailey in London  —  Former News International boss Rebekah Brooks and ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson have learned their trial …
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William Turvill / PressGazette:
The accused: At least 46 journalists arrested by UK police in the last 16 months
 
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