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Vernon Loeb / Washington Post:
Petraeus ghostwriter ‘clueless’ to affair — My wife says I'm the most clueless person in America. — I never anticipated the extramarital affair between David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, the woman I'd worked with for 16 months on a book about Petraeus's year commanding the war in Afghanistan.
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Forbes, The Atlantic Wire, Mediaite, BuzzFeed, Garcia Media, City Desk, FishbowlDC, Poynter, LA Observed, Speakeasy, Daily Download, Pressing Issues and The Huffington Post
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Confirmed: ABC Denver misnames Petraeus book: “All up in my snatch” — Oh my. — A reader just sent me something that I didn't believe. Then he sent me a photo. Then he sent me a video. Then I found a comment on ABC Denver's Web site from another viewer who saw the same thing.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Michael Hastings on a mission — Last night, Michael Hastings went on CNN and accused Gen. David Petraeus of “manipulating” the White House, accused former U.S. Gen. Mark Kimmitt of lying to the American people, and accused CNN's own Barbara Starr of being “a spokesperson for the Pentagon.”
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Lesson from Petraeus: Your emails, and Gmail, aren't that private — FBI investigators stumbled across Gen. David Petraeus' affair with Paula Broadwell by tracking harassing emails she allegedly sent to another woman, Jill Kelley. It's not clear whether those emails were sent from a Gmail account …
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Forbes, The New Yorker Blog, Wired, Poynter, @csoghoian, WorldViews, Hit & Run, FP Passport and Betabeat
Rupal Parekh / AdAge:
Whoops: Petraeus Given Starring Role in Newest ‘Call of Duty’
Discussion:
Media Money …, Associated Press and Speakeasy
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
The Media's Five Stages of David Petraeus Grief
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Guardian and The Daily Dish
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Marcus Brauchli to step down as editor of The Washington Post — The Washington Post announced Tuesday that Martin Baron, the editor of the Boston Globe, will become its new executive editor, replacing Marcus Brauchli, who is resigning to take a new position within the company.
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Poynter, Media Nation, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Boston Globe, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone, @andrewphelps, @craigsilverman, @myersnews, CJR and WBUR
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Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
New Top Editor at Washington Post: Marcus Brauchli to Be Replaced by Marty Baron — The Washington Post, facing steep financial challenges and striving to find profitability as readers abandon print papers for digital formats, changed its newsroom leadership Tuesday.
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mediabistro.com, Poynter, The Wrap, FishbowlNY, FishbowlDC, NetNewsCheck Latest, Capital New York and The Daily Beast
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Baron: ‘No road map’ yet for the Post — Marty Baron, who has just been named executive editor of the Washington Post, says he has “no road map” for the paper's digital future, but promises to position it for success. — “I don't have a road map. I want to spend time talking to the staff.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Brauchli leaving: Another WaPo rumor that turns out to be true
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City Desk and The Newspaper Guild
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
BBC news chief pleads with staff not to Tweet about ‘our problems’ — Fran Unsworth, the new temporary head of BBC News, has appealed to staff not to Tweet about “our problems” as she tries to sort out the mess of the Newsnight scandal. Referring to the “tumultuous and very sad events of the past few days” …
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mediabistro.com, Daily Dot, Poynter, Telegraph and BBC
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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Newspaper Guild Approves New York Times Contract — The Newspaper Guild has approved a contract with The New York Times this afternoon, ending months bumpy negotiations between Guild members and management. — But the mood in the newsroom was one of resignation rather than elation.
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Newspaper Guild of New York:
Times contract: More dollars, stable pension, secure medical — The Guild and Times management have completed work on a memorandum of agreement that sets forth the terms of a new contract that Guild members will be asked to vote on next week. — The agreement, reached with the aid …
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New York Magazine, The Huffington Post and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Andrew Leonard / Salon:
Gallup is very upset at Nate Silver — The polling firm complains operations like FiveThirtyEight could spoil polling for everyone — Did Gallup just blame Nate Silver for ruining the art and science of polling? — You don't have to read too far between the lines of a statement …
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Mediaite, Business Insider, Election 2012 and Techdirt
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
First female editor named at Broadcasting & Cable — Melissa Grego, currently executive editor, has been named editor in chief of Broadcasting & Cable, replacing Ben Grossman, who stepped aside as editor-in-chief of Broadcasting & Cable and will join Twitter as head of global operations, Twitter Media.
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NetNewsCheck Latest
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Twitter Hires ‘Broadcasting & Cable’ Editor Ben Grossman To Lead Media Operations
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Lost Remote and Broadcasting & Cable
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Inside Forbes: Journalists Need to Understand the Ad Business, Not Sulk and Go Home — I can get very frustrated with editors and reporters who prefer to live in their own little world. When it happens, I do my best to remember I used to be one of them — until their stubbornness makes me incredulous all over again.
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AdAge and Big News Network.com
The Patriot-News:
Sara Ganim, who won Pulitzer Prize for Sandusky coverage, accepts job with CNN — Sara Ganim, The Patriot-News crime reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, has accepted a position as a correspondent with CNN. — Ganim started with CNN this week.
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Poynter, Hollywood Reporter, @sganim, The Huffington Post, TVNewser and The Newspaper Guild
David Holmes / PandoDaily:
News app editor Lauren Rabaino brings a startup mentality to the Seattle Times — How do you save a 120-year newspaper from extinction? If you're the Seattle Times, you create a startup right in the middle of your newsroom. — That's essentially how its news applications team operates …
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