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Otis Chandler / Goodreads:
Exciting News About Goodreads: We're Joining the Amazon Family! — When Elizabeth and I started Goodreads from my living room seven years ago, we set out to create a better way for people to find and share books they love. It's been a wild ride seeing how the company has grown and watching …
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Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Amazon Acquires Social Reading Site Goodreads, Which Gives The Company A Social Advantage Over Apple — Today, Amazon has announced the acquisition of social reading service, Goodreads. Specific terms of the deal weren't disclosed and it should close by the end of Q2.
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Dan Reimold / MediaShift:
Business Insider Just Told College Students Their Secrets of Success — Earlier this month, in a Manhattan hotel conference room, a student journalist admitted being nervous about an upcoming business reporting internship. “I'm going to be blunt,” she said. “I'm 20. I don't know about the Stock Exchange.
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Erik Wemple:
NYT's Keller talked with Columbia about journalism dean job — Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller says he got a call from the search firm that assisted in finding a replacement for Nicholas Lemann atop the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. “They asked if I was interested,” says Keller.
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
After Casting Wide Net, CNN Finds Co-Host for Morning Show — In his search for a new morning television host that lasted months, the new head of CNN, Jeffrey Zucker, considered dozens of names, some boldface and some unknown. It wasn't until he paired Christopher Cuomo …
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Wendy Davis / MediaPost News:
Backpage Wins Permanent Order Blocking Tennesse Sex-Trafficking Law — In a victory for Backpage.com, a federal judge in Tennessee has permanently barred the state from enforcing a 2012 law regulating online ads. That law, which was aimed at curbing the sex-trafficking of teens …
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Barbara Walters Retiring Next Year — Barbara Walters is set to retire from broadcasting in May 2014, a person familiar with her plans told The Huffington Post. — There will be a years' worth of specials about Walters' storied broadcasting career before then.
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Ann Friedman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Quotas get results — A chat with MSNBC's Chris Hayes on tapping sources more diverse than the usual pool of white dudes — Let's face it: The conversation about diversity in journalism is mostly boring hand-wringing. With each new byline count, it's easy to despair that gender …
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Edmund Lee / Businessweek:
AOL Waits for a Huffington Post Payoff — Two years after their merger, seated side by side in a corner conference room at AOL's (AOL) Manhattan headquarters on March 20, Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington say they couldn't be happier.
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Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Storify starts to monetize with VIP, a premium plan for live-blogging, custom sources and more — Storify is moving forward with plans to realize its business model. Today, the social media curator is announcing the launch of Storify VIP, its premium service designed for media organizations …
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Patrick Smith / TheMediaBriefing:
Behind the business model of MailOnline, the biggest newspaper site in the world — There is much talk of paywalls at the moment, but don't forget the other side of the payfence: there is a huge opportunity in ad-supported free media and MailOnline is showing the way forward.
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The Guardian:
Ian McClelland appointed Managing Director, Guardian Australia — The Guardian announced today that Ian McClelland has been appointed to the new role of Managing Director, Guardian Australia. — The Managing Director role is the latest appointment to the new Guardian Australia digital edition …
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