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8:45 AM ET, October 27, 2012

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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
‘Great Journalism’ That Has Unwanted Business Impact in China  —  Here's one memorable part of the coverage of the Chinese government's censorship Friday of The New York Times's Chinese-language Web site: the word “harmonized.”  —  The word crops up in a Washington Post story …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘Times’ foreign editor says readers in China are finding their way to the site despite government blockade  —  How long might the Chinese government keep up its blockade of The New York Times' main website and that of its Chinese-language offshoot, cn.nytimes.com?
Discussion: New York Times and Guardian
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The ‘Times’ hits its first hurdle in its quest to capture the Chinese market
Discussion: CNET, DealBook and New York Times
Rachel Lu / FP Passport:
Weibo reaction to Wen Jiabao's corruption
Ryan Chittum / CJR:
The paywall prevents a deeper downturn at the NYT  —  Digital subs keep a weak earnings report from turning into a disastrous one  —  New York Times Company shares plummeted Thursday as ad revenues were worse than expected, pushing down profits from a year ago.  —  That's the bad news.
Discussion: BtoB Magazine and Poynter
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Steve Ladurantaye / Globe and Mail:   Postmedia ramps up its paywall push
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of Rupert Murdoch, American publisher  —  State governments finally cracked down on Amazon's sales tax exemption, and Jeff Bezos found a workaround: same-day-delivery of retail ("The newsonomics of Amazon vs. Main Street").  European governments and the European Community …
Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:
In 2012 election, the meme factory hones its assembly line  —  From binders full of women to horses and bayonets, candidates find themselves navigating the first ‘Meme Election’  —  About 100 people had gathered for a generously-catered, open bar party in the West Village offices of Livestream …
Discussion: GigaOM
New York Times:
Spain's Troubles Catch Up With a Storied Newspaper  —  MADRID — El País established itself as the leading newspaper in Spain in the late 1970s, serving as a frontline witness to the formative period when Spain returned to democracy after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
New Megaupload To Launch On Police Raid Anniversary  —  With 50 million visitors per day at its peak, Megaupload was one of the largest websites on the Internet.  —  This abruptly ended January this year when the U.S. Government took down the file-hosting service and had several key employees arrested including founder Kim Dotcom.
Discussion: The Next Web and Softpedia News
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
ValoBox launches pay-by-the-piece ebooks with O'Reilly and Guardian  —  UK-based startup ValoBox is launching “pay-as-you-go” ebooks, letting readers pay for ebooks in chunks that they can read on the web.  —  The company is working with titles from O'Reilly in the US and Profile …
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:
Boxfish debuts innovative live TV guide on iPhone  —  We review a lot of TV discovery apps here at Lost Remote, and Boxfish has brought something new to the table: a TV guide app with real-time search and “live windows” to let you catch a glimpse of what's airing in real-time.
Tim Windsor / Zero Percent Idle:
How one geek just outdid the entire publishing industry  —  Most of my friends and colleagues in journalism or the magazine world have never heard of Marco Arment.  A few more may have actually used his offline article reader, Instapaper.  But I'd be willing to bet that almost none of them realize that …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Sony Reader launches virtual book club  —  Sony, which has struggled to gain a measurable share of the U.S. ebook market, is launching a virtual book club called the Sony Readers Book Club.  Each month the company will choose a book “to feature in a virtual Book Club gathering …
Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
Coming to a Battleground State Near You: MittZine  —  It's called a MittZine.  A magazine about, you guessed it, Mitt Romney.  And all 12 glossy pages of it will start appearing soon as an insert in newspapers in battleground states.  —  There are heartwarming tales from Mr. Romney's past.
Discussion: Pressing Issues
Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:
How the new Digg digs up its top stories — without your help, thank you very much  —  Trash (n): Discarded matter; refuse.  —  In our story, the word trash refers to two subjects: Digg.com itself, and the community of people who contributed to its rise and fall.
 
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Jake Harper / Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group:
Censored? Information goes missing from political ad files
Discussion: CJR and The Huffington Post
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
Current TV to Consider Offers From Potential Buyers
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Trinity Mirror shares drop 18% due to fear of costs over phone-hacking claims
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
Video Game Journalist Out Of A Job For Calling Out Dead-Eyed, Dorito-Hoarding Journalists
Bruce Einhorn / Business Week:
E-Books Finally Get Traction in Japan
Erik Maza / WWD:
Charles Townsend Offers Outlook for Condé Nast
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Fall TV Analysis: The No. 1 TV Network Is Now The DVR
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Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas:
Boycott on Google News leads to 5% loss in web traffic: Brazilian newspapers
Discussion: TechCrunch
Rob Williams / The Independent:
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to a year in jail for tax fraud
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast: NBCUniversal Broke Even on London Olympics, Expects Profits From Future Games
Merissa Marr / Wall Street Journal:
Redstone Daughter in Succession Mix
Discussion: Deadline.com and Los Angeles Times