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7:35 AM ET, October 9, 2012

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
At today's ‘New York Times’ staff walkout  —  Unionized New York Times staffers have been locked in a nasty contract battle with company management for the past 18 months now.  —  How much longer before the two sides reach an agreement?  —  “There's no reason it can't be settled by Friday …
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Matt Wells / Guardian:
New York Times staff walk out in protest - and return 10 minutes later  —  About 375 workers walk out in dispute over pay - but only those staff whose schedule ‘permits 10- or 15-minute break’  —  It was a very New York Times protest.  Meticulously planned, well staffed, if somewhat meandering in the execution.
Jim Romenesko:
New York Times union memo: 'It's time to raise our voices'  —  New York Times guild employees are taking a series of actions this week “to make sure that the company hears and understands our position” on contract negotiations.  —  “It is time to raise our voices,” says a memo to members.
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
CNN's creation of film unit is step in right direction  —  CNN has acquired the documentary “Girl Rising.”  (10x10)  —  At first glance, word that CNN plans to create a film unit to acquire and finance documentaries seems like more proof that the once-dominant cable news channel is struggling …
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
CNN Announces CNN Films; First Documentary Features Streep, Hathaway (Video)  —  CNN announced the creation of CNN Films, which will develop documentaries with top filmmakers and secure films to release theatrically and air on CNN and CNN International.  —  Creating and airing feature-length films …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Jimmy Savile: Lord Patten says behaviour can not be excused  —  The chairman of the BBC Trust said allegations of sexual abuse by Sir Jimmy Savile could not be excused as behaviour from a time when “attitudes were different”, and gave his backing to inquiries by police and the corporation.
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Maria Golovnina / Reuters:   Britain's BBC apologizes over sex abuse scandal
Jennifer O'Mahony / Telegraph:
Jimmy Savile: BBC Director General says ‘I will hold an inquiry’
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Esther Addley / Guardian:
Julian Assange to publish book about freedom and the future of the internet  —  Julian Assange's last foray into the publishing world ended in an acrimonious and highly costly dispute, after he withdrew from his million-pound contract and his publishers released a draft autobiography manuscript against his wishes.
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Robert Booth / Guardian:   Julian Assange supporters ordered to forfeit £93,500 bail money
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
One year in, ABC/Yahoo news partnership holds largest Web audience  —  The partnership between ABC News and Yahoo News is reaching the largest digital audience in America as it celebrates its first anniversary.  —  In October 2011, Yahoo and ABC announced they would share stories and Web video …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
New Times-Picayune competitor, Baton Rouge Advocate says it now has 10,000 subscribers in New Orleans  —  New subscribers to the Baton Rouge Advocate's New Orleans edition are reporting problems with receiving their papers.  “I really think they weren't prepared for the amount of subscribers that they got …
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Mark Oppenheimer:
Why a NYT journalist wrote a self-published e-book  —  This has been a big week.  For the first time, I self-published.  —  Not just e-published, but self-published.  The 12,000-word book I put up for sale on the web Wednesday — the first major profile of Dan Savage …
Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:
Stop attacking ‘web-first’ as if the world is going to stand still  —  The Hangover - a film from 2009 as well as a term which, coincidentally, can be used as a metaphor for the fact that we're still talking about the same things now  —  This week feels very much like 2009.
Brendan Nyhan / CJR:
Enabling the jobs report conspiracy theory  —  NEW HAMPSHIRE — Media ethics pop quiz: When conspiracy theories started circulating on Twitter claiming that Friday's jobs report had been politically manipulated, what should reporters have done? (a) Avoid covering a baseless and unsubstantiated charge …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Reader's Digest Is Alive And Growing In The Digital World  —  Hey, remember Reader's Digest?  It's a magazine that I remember seeing on lots of shelves when I was growing up.  Now Editor in Chief Liz Vaccariello tells me that the magazine has undergone a “digital transformation” …
 
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