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Julie Moos / Poynter:
New York Times suspends paywall for Hurricane Sandy — New York Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy confirmed by email that the news organization is suspending its paywall starting this afternoon, so that readers can get information about Hurricane Sandy. — “The gateway has been removed from the entire site and all apps.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN bans ‘Frankenstorm’ term for Hurricane Sandy
CNN bans ‘Frankenstorm’ term for Hurricane Sandy
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Mediaite, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Media Decoder:
Times Reaches Tentative Deal With Newspaper Guild — The New York Times said Sunday night that it had reached a tentative agreement with the Newspaper Guild, setting the stage for a new labor contract after more than 18 months of negotiations. — In a message to the staff, the executive editor …
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The Huffington Post, Poynter, New York Magazine and Politico
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Jim Romenesko:
New York Times and union reach ‘conceptual agreement’ on 5-year contract — Newspaper Guild of New York president Bill O'Meara sends this email: The Guild and The Times have reached conceptual agreement on a new five-year contract. The tentative compromise reached late today with the aid …
John Jannarone / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. Unit Interested in Penguin Group — HarperCollins' parent News Corp . has expressed interest in buying Penguin Group, potentially undercutting merger discussions between book publishers Penguin and Random House, said a person familiar with the situation.
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The Sunday Times, Guardian, NY Daily News, Media Decoder, Deadline.com, Melville House Books and Telegraph
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
An Opinion to Consider Before You Vote — WHEN Jill Abramson, the executive editor, answered questions from readers this month on the Times Web site, she gave an unequivocal answer to a question about Times editorials. — “As executive editor, I have no involvement with editorials,” she said.
Discussion:
Poynter, The Daily Caller and Pressing Issues
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
New York Times endorses Obama ‘enthusiastically’
New York Times endorses Obama ‘enthusiastically’
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New York Times, @jcstearns, The Raw Story, @jayrosen_nyu, @palafo, Pressing Issues and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Paul Krugman:
The War on Objectivity — Brad DeLong points me to this National Review attack on Nate Silver, which I think of as illustrating an important aspect of what's really happening in America. — For those new to this, Nate is a sports statistician turned political statistician …
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The Daily Caller, @carr2n and @dangillmor
Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
NBC Sports Acquires U.S. Rights to Premier League Soccer — NBCUniversal, via the NBC Sports Group, has acquired the exclusive U.S. media rights to the Premier League — the world's top soccer league — through a multi-year agreement that begins with the 2013-14 season, both parties announced Sunday.
Discussion:
Deadline.com and Broadcasting & Cable
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
The World Is Not Enough: Google and the Future of Augmented Reality — The new Google FieldTrip app probes the question: What digital information do you want to see overlaid on the physical world? — It is The Future. You wake up at dawn and fumble on the bedstand for your (Google) Glass.
Discussion:
GigaOM, Wired and @alexismadrigal
Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
Arrest of '70s Rock Star Widens Sexual Abuse Case Tied to BBC — LONDON — The sexual abuse scandal surrounding the late television host Jimmy Savile widened Sunday after the British police arrested a former pop star in connection with the case. — Metropolitan Police arrested Paul Gadd …
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BBC, New York Magazine, Telegraph and Wall Street Journal
Evgeny Morozov / Slate:
Disintermediation: We aren't seeing fewer gatekeepers. We're seeing more. — Intermediaries online are more powerful, and more subtle, than ever before. — “Disintermediation” is often heralded as the defining feature of the digital age. Thanks to innovative new technologies …
Ron Rosenbaum / Arts & Culture:
Lewis Lapham's Antidote to the Age of BuzzFeed — With his erudite Quarterly, the legendary Harper's editor aims for an antidote to digital-age ignorance — Lewis Lapham, the legendary former editor of Harper's, who, beginning in the 1970s, helped change the face of American nonfiction …