Mediagazer: ‘War Correspondents’ In Mexico Address Mainstream Media Shortcomings, Use Twitter To Spread Information (Sara Inés Calderón/TechCrunch)

3:20 AM ET, February 26, 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.

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Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:

Now: The Long Nag — First some great news. Tomorrow will be three full weeks since the meter went into effect on the Dish. Too soon for any serious assessment, but soon enough for some analysis - and for the transparency we promised you. In February, through the meter, we have brought in $93,000 or so in subscriptions.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Three weeks in, it may be time for Andrew Sullivan to tweak The Dish's metered paywall — When Andrew Sullivan announced that he was taking his immensely popular blog, The Dish, independent and behind a metered paywall, he raised $333,000 in 24 hours. In the remainder of January, The Dish raised an additional $185,000.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Gizmodo Boss Joe Brown Goes (Back) to Wired — Wired, the Conde Nast tech title, continues an overhaul that began last fall: Joe Brown, the top editor at Gawker Media's Gizmodo tech site, is joining up. — Brown will be Wired's “New York editor,” a new role that will have him weighing …

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Sara Inés Calderón / TechCrunch:

‘War Correspondents’ In Mexico Address Mainstream Media Shortcomings, Use Twitter To Spread Information — In Mexico's drug-war-torn cities, a small number of Twitter users affected by narco violence are acting as war correspondents to the masses, providing a public-safety alert system of sorts …

Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Time Inc. and Meredith Prepare to Join Magazine Businesses — When Jack Griffin, the former president of the magazine company Meredith, took the reins at Time Inc., he threw a holiday party for his staff on the 34th floor of the Time & Life Building. For many employees at the famously hierarchal company …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

ABC's Handling Of Oscars' Online & Mobile Streaming May Set Precedent For Future “Event TV” Airings — If you listened to the online chatter about last night's Oscars telecast, you might come away with the impression that the show tanked. Well, maybe it hit a lot of sour notes in terms …

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

A Campaign to Underscore Risk of War Coverage — Friends of journalists who have died covering the violent Arab Spring uprisings are trying to put their grief to good use. They are putting together an online campaign called “A Day Without News?” to persuade the public to pay attention to the sacrifices journalists make.

CNN:
French journalist killed while covering Syrian civil war

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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

WSJ's Narisetti to join News Corp. executive ranks — Raju Narisetti, who currently oversees the Wall Street Journal's digital operations, is moving up into the executive ranks, according to an email sent out by Journal managing editor Gerard Baker to the staff. — Baker wrote:

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Erik Wemple:

Zeke Miller leaves BuzzFeed — The notion of Zeke Miller taking a break for anything doesn't make a lot of sense. He worked so constantly that when his editors demanded he take a few days off, he'd squeak out one, then return to the grind. Whether he was burying my RSS feed …

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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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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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Jimmy Savile exposé revealed ‘open civil war’ at Newsnight — Tom Giles, editor of Panorama, says his show's investigation into axed programme caused a ‘lot of unhappiness’ at the BBC — The BBC Panorama investigation into Newsnight's axed exposé of Jimmy Savile was met with …