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1:30 PM ET, February 25, 2013

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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.
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 …
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.
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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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.
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.
Discussion: @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 …
Discussion: Poynter and Guardian
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Policy Blog and Boing Boing
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Robert Gibbs Told Not To Acknowledge Drone Program Exists As White House Press Secretary
Discussion: Politico and The Verge
 
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