Mediagazer: Jake Tapper: ‘Independence Is Essential’ For New CNN Show (Michael Calderone/The Huffington Post)

11:30 AM ET, March 14, 2013

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Chris Hayes to Take Over 8 P.M. Slot on MSNBC — Chris Hayes will take over the 8 p.m. time slot on MSNBC in the next month, the channel is expected to announce on Thursday morning, the day after the current host of that hour, Ed Schultz, said he was moving from the weekdays to the weekends.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Google Reader, please don't go — I need you to do my job — When I learned Wednesday night that Google Reader is shutting down, I literally broke into a sweat. Like many journalists, I've come to rely on the 242 RSS subscriptions I manage through Google Reader.

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Om Malik / GigaOM:

Google Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects — You would think that Chris Wetherell, an early creator of Google Reader (and part of the team that eventually made it happen) would be feeling sorry for himself — after all Google had decided to euthanize a product he …

Discussion: Building Feedly, Marco.org, Fast Company, ZDNet, BBC, The Dish, GeekWire and Softpedia News

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Google To Close Google Reader On July 1

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Biden's office forces reporter to delete photos, apologizes — A staffer for Vice President Joe Biden demanded that a reporter delete photos he'd taken at an event in Rockville, Md., Tuesday. The vice president's office later apologized to University of Maryland J-school Dean Lucy Dalglish …

Discussion: Politico, CNS Maryland, Mediaite and @jayrosen_nyu

Press Gazette:

Cameron urges Parliament to back Royal Charter: 'There is no point producing a system the press won't take part in' — David Cameron said that press owners would have refused to sign up to the system of press regulation backed by statute called for by Labour and the Lib Dems.

Discussion: Guardian

Andrew Woodcock / Press Association:
Leveson press reform proposal discussions break down

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Spinoff of Time Inc. Rattles Employees — It was an elite reception at a glittery Manhattan setting: prominent media figures like Gayle King and Lesley Stahl gathered on the 10th floor of the Time Warner Center on Monday night to toast Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook executive who recently released a book about her life.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Media Decoder, Bloomberg and USA Today

David Corn / Mother Jones:

Meet Scott Prouty, the 47 Percent Video Source — For months, he and I shared a big secret and repeatedly discussed whether he should go public or stay hidden. — “Scott Prouty.” — The fellow on the other end of the phone call pronounced his name with hesitation.

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Paul Salopek's slow-journalism walk around the world earns nonprofit status from the IRS — You may remember Paul Salopek from our story about him in December. Paul, a two-time Pulitzer winner and a longtime foreign correspondent, was here last year as a visiting Nieman Fellow …

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Redbox Instant ready to open its doors to the public — Redbox Instant by Verizon may be ready to launch its public beta test as early as Thursday, GigaOM has learned from an industry insider. The joint-venture between Verizon and Redbox launched its private beta test in December …

Discussion: Motley Fool

Josh Dickey / Variety:

$2 Million for ‘Veronica Mars’ Breaks Kickstarter Records, Gets Greenlight … Here's a Hollywood success story sure to kickstart a crowd of copycats: The “Veronica Mars” movie is getting made, thanks to a Kickstarter campaign that within hours of launching Wednesday became the fastest …

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Jake Tapper: ‘Independence Is Essential’ For New CNN Show — NEW YORK — As white smoke signaled the selection of a new pope Wednesday, Jake Tapper's executive producer informed him they'd have to blow up the day's show to focus on the big news from the Vatican. — Well, not an actual show.

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Antone Gonsalves / ReadWrite:

Pay-As-You-Read E-Bookselling Won't Make It Off The Shelves — Entrepreneurs have often used technology to bring us services we didn't even know we needed. Who would have thought a billion people would be willing to share their lives on Facebook and hundreds of millions more would change the news industry by microblogging on Twitter?

Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:
Print-on-demand: A way to turn digital products into print revenue without the risk?

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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

Herring Plans to Launch New Conservative News Network — Fox News may soon have some company on the cable news dial. — The San Diego family behind niche cable channel WealthTV is partnering with the Washington Times to launch a 24-hour conservative-leaning cable news network.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Washington Times, PR Newswire and Deadline.com

Anette Novak / INMA:

By helping others become competent communicators, legacy media make themselves stronger — Strengthening community competence and awareness is not only a good deed. It is a great business opportunity. And a relationship builder. No bond is stronger than the one you bind while learning together.

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …

Tim Carmody / The Verge:

Inside the New York Times' web redesign — A guided hands-on with the NYT's first design overhaul since 2006, set to go live this fall — On Tuesday, The New York Times announced a complete overhaul of its web presence on all platforms, going live on desktops and tablets this fall.

Discussion: Martin Belam and New York Magazine