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9:55 AM ET, February 14, 2013

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Incoming BBC Boss Unveils First Personnel Decisions  —  UPDATED: Tony Hall expands Tim Davie's role as head of BBC Worldwide and names BBC News director Helen Boaden as head of BBC Radio.  —  Incoming BBC boss Tony Hall has made first major personnel decisions.
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Guardian:
Helen Boaden's memo to BBC staff  —  Outgoing director of news thanks her team before she moves over to take over top radio role  —  Today Tony Hall has announced the shape of his new top team and as you will know, I am moving to become director of radio at Easter.  I confess that it is a bitter sweet moment for me.
Tom Brooks-Pollock / Manchester Evening News:
Ex-Stalybridge and Hyde MP James Purnell lands top BBC role
Knight Foundation:
Knight Foundation regrets paying Lehrer speaking fee  —  On Tuesday, the Knight Foundation paid Jonah Lehrer to speak at a community foundation conference.  In retrospect, as a foundation that has long stood for quality journalism, paying a speaker's fee was inappropriate.
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
It Sure Doesn't Sound Like Jonah Lehrer Is Donating That $20K Speaking Fee To Charity
Fortune:
Time Warner in talks to part ways with Time Inc.  —  FORTUNE — Media giant Time Warner has begun discussions to separate itself from Time Inc., its $3.4 billion (in annual revenue) publishing division, according to three people familiar with the matter.  A serious buyer is in talks with the company, one of the sources says.
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Wall Street Journal:
Time, Meredith Explore Magazine-Spinoff Deal
Discussion: Reuters, @peterlauria3 and FishbowlNY
Simone Foxman / Quartz:
Why does Time Warner want to get rid of its most profitable magazine?
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Barnes & Noble warns investors to expect more bad Nook news  —  It's only been a couple of months since Barnes & Noble downgraded guidance for its Nook business.  Now the company is doing so again.  —  In a press release sent out after the market closed Wednesday, Barnes & Noble said it …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Vimeo Gets Its Own GIF App by Buying Echograph  —  Digital media question of the moment: What's your GIF strategy?  —  I don't know why the digital hive mind has fixated on GIFs and GIF-like animations in the last year, and I don't know how much longer they'll be interested in them.  But for now, they are.
Martin Peretz / Wall Street Journal:
The New New Republic  —  I don't recognize the magazine I used to own.  We were liberal but not narrowly partisan.  —  Like many readers of the New Republic, I didn't at first recognize the most recent issue of the magazine.  The stark white cover was unlike anything the New Republic ran during my 35 years as the owner.
Tom Pakinkis / Music Week:
Rightsholders should be paid for online radio plays, says Aussie court  —  Rightsholders should be paid additional fees for plays via online simulcasts - where a radio station is broadcast via the internet as well as on the airwaves, Australia's Federal Court has ruled.
Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Broadcasters blame zombie hack on easy passwords  —  (Reuters) - Poor password security allowed hackers to broadcast a bogus warning on TV networks that the United States was under attack by zombies, broadcasters said, and one expert in the technology said the emergency channel they broke into remained vulnerable.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Operation Elveden: Met police officer arrested over alleged leak  —  Officer held over suspected release of confidential information to press, although it is understood no money changed hands  —  A 51-year-old police officer was arrested on Thursday by detectives from Scotland Yeard's Operation Elveden …
Press Gazette:
Six former News of the World journalists arrested in phone-hacking probe are named  —  The six former News of the World journalists arrested today in a new police hacking probe have been named  —  According to Press Association they are understood to be Jules Stenson, Matt Nixson, Rav Singh …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Phone-hacking inquiry: Sun's Fabulous and northern features editors arrested
Discussion: Crikey and Softpedia News
Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Thomson Reuters revenue outlook disappoints  —  (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters' (TRI.TO) (TRI.N) revenue forecast for 2013 failed to impress Wall Street and the shares fell 3 percent, overshadowing bullish remarks from Chief Executive James Smith that his turnaround plan was gaining traction.
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Journalism under attack across the globe imperils press freedom
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Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
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Don Reisinger / CNET:
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Jonah Lehrer:
My Apology  —  I'd like to begin by thanking the Knight Foundation …
 

 
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