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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
A Struggling CNN Worldwide Is Said to Be Drawn to Jeffrey Zucker — In the days to come, when Time Warner appoints a new leader of CNN Worldwide for the first time in a decade, that person will face an identity crisis unlike any other in corporate America. — Though CNN over all is on track …
Jack Shafer:
Fake press releases are a public service — Yesterday, an enterprising clown used PRWeb to publish a fake press release about the purported purchasing of WiFi provider ICOA by Google for $400 million. The Associated Press, Business Insider, Forbes, Techcrunch and other websites ran stories …
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TechCrunch, Melville House Books, Blogging PRWeb, Business Insider, Gawker, Search Engine Land and CNNMoney.com
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Jill Abramson's dream epitaph: She kept The New York Times ‘straight’ — With a team of New York Times reporters aggressively investigating the BBC scandal in which their parent company's brand new C.E.O., ex-BBC chief Mark Thompson, has been implicated, you'd think there might be some awkwardness between Thompson and the newsroom.
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Bloomberg, Business Insider, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, Capital New York, @ryanchittum and @will_bunch
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Alex Weprin / FishbowlNY:
The New York Times Wants To Keep Nate Silver, ‘Expand On What He Does’
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mediabistro.com and AdAge
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NPR affiliate launches drone program — Missouri NPR affiliate KBIA has launched a “Drone Program” in the hopes of building drones to collect media, the station tells POLITICO. — “A lot of people are predicting that drone technology is going to really big when commercial and security applications are available.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
TMZ denies it is seeking a drone — TMZ, the Hollywood gossip site, is denying a report that it is seeking a drone from the Federal Aviation Administration in order to track celebrities. — The San Francisco Chronicle reported this weekend that the FAA “has been flooded with applications …
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Politico, TMZ.com, Forbes, Mediaite, @stefanjbecket, @michaelroston, @graubart, The Raw Story, Gawker and The Huffington Post
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
“Post-Industrial Journalism”: A new Columbia report examines the disrupted news universe — There's a big new report out from Columbia Journalism School this morning, entitled “Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present.” Its authors are a sort of Justice League of New York journalism schools …
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CJR and Columbia University …
Nieman Journalism Lab:
What kinds of local stories drive engagement? The results of an NPR Facebook experiment — Editor's note: In February, our friends at NPR Digital Services told you about an experiment they were trying to localize content on the network's Facebook page, which has a massive 2.5 million fans.
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
Why Washington Post journalist first wrote about her rape, 28 years later — Twenty eight years after being raped, The Washington Post's Melinda Henneberger decided to share her story publicly for the first time. — She did so after hearing one of the many politically-charged rape comments made this election season.
Peter Vigneron / Boston Magazine:
What Happened To The Phoenix? — Thirty years ago, the Phoenix was the essential paper for a new generation of readers: those interested in a smart, countercultural alternative to the offerings of the mainstream press. Its writers and editors, many of whom are now among the most distinguished …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
George Entwistle demanded larger payoff from BBC, Lord Patten reveals — BBC Trust chairman tells Commons committee that former director general wanted more than 12 months' salary to resign — Former director general George Entwistle demanded a larger payoff than the £450,000 …
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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Lord Patten: BBC needs ‘sufficient heft’ to take on Google and Apple
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Media News and Guardian
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Top BBC Figures Acknowledge ‘Errors’ in Reporting Scandals
Discussion:
Media Decoder and The Independent
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Publishers brace for authors to reclaim book rights in 2013 — The book publishing industry, already facing disruption from Amazon and e-books, will confront a new form of turbulence in 2013. Starting in January, publishers face the loss of their back lists as authors begin using …
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Dick Costolo says Twitter is a reinvention of the town square — but with TV — Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo gave a lecture earlier this week at his alma mater — the University of Michigan — where he talked to students from the Ford School of Public Policy about how the real …
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Charlie Warzel / Adweek:
Old Media, New Tricks — “You'll notice we've got lots of electronics around—most of which we've taken apart,” says New York Times R&D Lab creative technologist Alexis Lloyd, casually sidestepping two turquoise exercise balls. Walking toward Lloyd's desk, where she's working …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Ron Fournier to step down at National Journal — Ron Fournier will step down as editor-in-chief of National Journal, POLITICO has learned. — “Ron is going to move over to a role as editorial director of National Journal, where he will continue to oversee decisions and strategy …
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FishbowlDC
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Exec VP: Guest Who Slammed Network Apologized - But Not Publicly — UPDATED: Author Tom Ricks accused the network of “hyped” Benghazi coverage; Fox News' Michael Clemente says Ricks apologized but “doesn't have the strength of character to do that publicly.” Ricks disputes.
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mediabistro.com, TVNewser, Chickaboomer, Mediaite, Politico, The Raw Story, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post and Media Decoder
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Guardian:
Julian Assange expresses surprise over EU WikiLeaks decision — EU commission says credit card company blockade of whistleblowing website unlikely to have broken anti-trust rules — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has expressed surprise after the European commission said a block …
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Guardian:
China's People's Daily falls for Kim Jong-un ‘sexiest man alive’ spoof — Site welcomes report by The Onion, which says 'Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman's dream come true' — The online version of China's Communist party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Chinese Website Congratulates Kim Jong Un On Being Named The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive
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People's Daily Online, Beijing Cream, @timothys, Gawker, Fast Company, The Week, The FJP and @ari_shapiro
Jessica Wohl / Reuters:
Amazon says big weekend Kindle sales more than double 2011 level — (Reuters) - Cyber Monday was the biggest day ever for sales of Amazon.com Inc's Kindle electronic devices, the online retail giant said on Tuesday, without saying how many it actually sold.
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