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Julie Moos / Poynter:
Ed Koch's grave marker is inscribed with journalist Daniel Pearl's last words — Former New York City mayor Ed Koch died Friday morning at the age of 88. He plans to be buried in Manhattan, the three-term mayor said in 2008. His headstone and a memorial bench, placed at Trinity Church Cemetery in 2009 …
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Revises Ed Koch Obit To Include AIDS — Ed Koch, Ed Koch Aids, Ed Koch Ny Times, Ed Koch Obituary, Ny Times Ed Koch, Media News — The New York Times revised its Friday obituary of former mayor Ed Koch after several observers noticed that it lacked any mention of his controversial record on AIDS.
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Poynter, New York Times, Gothamist and Gawker
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Ed Koch, the newspaper columnist
Ed Koch, the newspaper columnist
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New York Magazine, Gothamist and msnbc.com
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Capus, Head of NBC News, Is Departing — Updated Steve Capus, the president of NBC News for almost eight years, said Friday that he is leaving the network news division in the coming weeks. — “It has been a privilege to have spent two decades here, but it is now time to head in a new direction …
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TVNewser, Politico, The Wrap, Erik Wemple, mediabistro.com, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
President Steve Capus leaving NBC News — This just in: NBC News president Steve Capus is leaving the network. — POLITICO's Mike Allen passed on Capus's memo to staff; more details to follow:
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The Huffington Post, Guardian and Mediaite
Jim Romenesko:
Washington Post considers relocating its headquarters — Washington Post staffers received this memo this morning: — From: Katharine Weymouth — Reply-To: — I wanted to let everyone know that we are actively exploring relocating our headquarters. — This building has given us so much and has watched history unfold.
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Washington Post Co. explores the sale of its downtown headquarters — Executives from The Washington Post Co. are considering relocating the company from its 63-year-old headquarters in downtown Washington, exploring the sale of the building that saw the Post evolve into one of the country's top newspapers.
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mediabistro.com, Politico and Poynter
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt to Step Down — Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Glenn Britt will step down at the end of the year, said a person familiar with the matter. — “Glenn Britt is currently under contract with Time Warner Cable. If and when that changes we will announce it …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
News Corp's Will Lewis takes senior New York role — Executive who handled fallout from phone-hacking scandal to become chief creative officer of demerged publishing company — Will Lewis, one of the executives running News Corporation's controversial management and standards committee dealing …
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Media Week and The Wrap
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Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
‘New’ News Corp. Fills Executive Ranks
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
New Yorker to Launch New Online Verticals — The New Yorker, which has launched several new Web channels over the past year, is continuing its digital expansion with the launch of two new channels—one dedicated to Science and Technology and the other to Business—in the coming months.
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Associated Press:
US weighs tougher action over China cyberattacks — By By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press - 3 hours ago — WASHINGTON (AP) — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies haven't worked …
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CNET, Forbes, Betabeat and New York Times
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Report: Washington Post was hacked in 2012
Report: Washington Post was hacked in 2012
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Politico, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Huffington Post and Wall Street Journal
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
HBO Go Is Coming to Apple TV. Why Isn't Everything Coming to Apple TV? — As Bloomberg reports, sometime this year, Apple TV users will be able to watch HBO shows — if they're already subscribing to HBO via a pay-cable provider. — In other words, HBO will port its popular HBO Go app to Apple TV …
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Bloomberg:
Apple TV Said to Start Carrying HBO App Later This Year
Apple TV Said to Start Carrying HBO App Later This Year
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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
New Owner for Manhattan Newspaper Group — Publisher Purchases Group That Owns Titles Such as Our Town, West Side Spirit — Manhattan Newspaper Group, which counts the West Side Spirit, NYPress.com and Our Town among its collection of community publications, has been sold to Straus News …
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Erik Maza / WWD:
W Magazine to Reduce Frequency — DOWN TWO: It appears even healthy ad pages aren't enough to keep magazines from reducing frequency. Condé Nast said Thursday it was scaling back W magazine, which had been performing relatively well among advertisers, to 10 issues a year from a monthly.
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
New Way to Deliver a Drama: All 13 Episodes in One Sitting — Television producers have turned bingeing, hoarding and overeating into successful prime-time shows for years, but now they are having to turn their attention to another example of overindulgence — TV watching.
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Guardian, CNET, Deadline.com, Reliable Sources, Broadcasting & Cable and Los Angeles Times
Guardian:
Ex-NoW reporter blasts News Corp for role in jailing of detective — Tim Wood, whose evidence contributed to case against April Casburn, says publisher should not have revealed its sources — The former News of the World reporter whose evidence contributed to the jailing …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Daily paper guaranteed for two years in deal between Philly owners, Guild — The Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia and Interstate General Media have struck a tentative agreement that will keep the presses running daily in Philly for the next two years.
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Philly.com, Media Decoder, The Newspaper Guild … and The Newspaper Guild
Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:
Netflix CEO Says Won't Retreat From SEC on Facebook Posts — Netflix Inc. (NFLX) Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings said he will keep posting on Facebook as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission weighs whether to file a lawsuit over a disclosure he made on the social network.
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