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Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Herald Tribune to Be Renamed The International New York Times — The New York Times Company said Monday it was planning to rename The International Herald Tribune, its 125-year-old newspaper based in Paris, and would also unveil a new Web site designed for international audiences.
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The New York Times Company, Poynter, NetNewsCheck Latest, Politico, paidContent and Prof Chris Daly's Blog
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Jeff Zeleny Exits New York Times for ABC News — New York Times political reporter Jeff Zeleny is leaving the newspaper for ABC News. — ABC News president Ben Sherwood announced the hire Monday morning in a note to staff. He said that last week, Times' executive editor Jill Abramson praised Zeleny as …
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TVNewser, GalleyCat, FishbowlDC, @dylanbyers, Politico, Broadcasting & Cable, Chickaboomer and The Huffington Post
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Barnes & Noble Weighs Its E-Reader Investment — Even for a company with a lot of bad news lately, the bulletin from Barnes & Noble this month had an ominous feel. — Barnes & Noble, the nation's largest book chain, warned that when it reports fiscal 2013 third-quarter results on Thursday …
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Steve Jordon / Omaha World-Herald:
Warren Buffett buys Tulsa World — Warren Buffett's newspaper group said Monday it would buy the Tulsa (Okla.) World daily newspaper. BH Media Group, a division of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is to purchase the newspaper for an undisclosed amount from the Lorton family of Tulsa, which has owned the World for four generations.
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Poynter, Politico, Winston-Salem Journal and Newson6.com
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Seattle Times will install paywall next month — The Seattle Times will begin a digital-subscription plan in March, Times Executive Editor David Boardman told readers in a column Sunday. The plan resembles The New York Times' paywall — print subscribers will have full access to the Times' site …
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David Boardman / The Seattle Times:
Digital subscriptions needed to support quality journalism
Digital subscriptions needed to support quality journalism
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NetNewsCheck Latest, Columbia Journalism Review and GeekWire
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Aereo expands TV on-the-go service to 3 more states, launches first big ad campaign — Aereo, a service that lets users watch live TV on their iPhones, tablets and computers, has expanded from New York City to 29 counties across New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
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CNET, VentureBeat, AdAge, Home Media Magazine, NetNewsCheck Latest and TechCrunch
Seth Godin / Seth's Blog:
Real-time news is neither — The closer you get to the event itself, the more it costs to find out what's going on. A week or a month or a year after the fact, the truth (or as close as we can get) is nearly free. Finding out that same truth mere seconds after it happens is costly indeed.
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@tesener, @adamwestbrook and @stkonrath
Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Why traditional publishers won't buy Globe — When the New York Times Co. bought the Boston Globe for $1.1 billion in 1993, many of the nation's newspaper publishing companies happily would have paid the same price for the same opportunity. — With the Globe now on track to be sold for a tenth …
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC condemns China's ‘deliberate’ jamming of World Service broadcasts — Statement by global news head Peter Horrocks cites ‘deliberate and co-ordinated’ blocking of shortwave frequencies in region — The BBC has “strongly condemned” the “deliberate and co-ordinated” jamming of the BBC World Service by authorities in China.
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BBC, Associated Press and @jeffjohnroberts
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Pearson says FT is not for sale as digital subscriptions overtake print — Media and education group to spend £150m on restructuring, including preparing Penguin for merger with Random House — Financial Times owner Pearson has declared the paper is not for sale …
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Reuters, paidContent, NetNewsCheck Latest, Talking Biz News, Media Week and @jackshafer
Samantha Murphy / Mashable:
Oscar Win Is a First for Kickstarter-Funded Film — For the first time ever, a Kickstarter-funded film has won an Oscar. How's that for the power of the Internet and crowdfunding? — Inocente — the story of a 15-year old girl from California who refuses to give up her dream of being an artist …
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Speakeasy, Colorlines, BBC, The Independent, Associated Press, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times and Daily Dot
Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley:
White House orders agencies to open access to research — The White House issued a directive on Friday that intends to make research and digital scientific data funded by the federal government more accessible to the public. — The directive instructs agencies with more than $100 million …
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Hit & Run, Policy Blog and Boing Boing
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