Mediagazer: Journalism Professor Sues Columbia, Claiming Misuse of Endowment Funds (Christine Haughney/New York Times)

9:40 AM ET, March 20, 2013

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Journalism Professor Sues Columbia, Claiming Misuse of Endowment Funds — A tenured professor at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and co-director of that school's business program filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the university of misdirecting $4.5 million in funds over the last decade.

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Mitch Dudek / Chicago Sun Times:

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

ReadWrite Editor-In-Chief Dan Lyons, A.K.A. Fake Steve Jobs, Is Leaving For Hubspot — Dan Lyons, the editor-in-chief at tech blog ReadWrite, is leaving for a position at marketing software company Hubspot. We heard the news from knowledgeable sources, and the part about Lyons' departure …

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

2012 data puts Daily Mail top for total print and web readers — New data released by the National Readership Survey and comScore places the Daily Mail top of UK national newspapers for combined readership in 2012 — Copyright: By Alex.muller on Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons licence.

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Nicole LaPorte / Fast Company:

How Digital Agent Sarah Penna Makes Hollywood And YouTube Click — The cofounder of digital agency Big Frame (half of a YouTube power couple with her husband MysteryGuitarMan) is leading Tinseltown's march from pictures to pixels. — I first heard about Sarah Penna when I met with YouTube brass …

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