Mediagazer: Cooking site Food52 raises $2M to expand publishing, mobile and shopping initiatives (Laura Hazard Owen/paidContent)

4:55 AM ET, March 29, 2013

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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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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

“First do no harm”: My interview with Amazon and Goodreads on the future of Goodreads — Amazon announced Thursday afternoon that it has acquired the popular book-related social networking site Goodreads for an undisclosed sum. I spoke with Goodreads CEO Otis Chandler and Amazon's VP …

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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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Christopher Heine / Adweek:

Business Insider's Slideshows Are Now Ads, Too — Business Insider has become known all-too-well for making its site sticky with a constant procession of topical or newsy slideshows. — Well, the New York-based digital publisher this week started to monetize the idea with a sponsored gallery ad unit …

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.

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Cooking site Food52 raises $2M to expand publishing, mobile and shopping initiatives — Food52, the crowdsourced cooking website cofounded by former New York Times food writer Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, has raised $2 million in Series A funding, the company announced on its blog Wednesday.

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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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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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Fred Wilson / A VC:

A Roaming Network For Subscription Music Services — Back in the early days of the ATM machine, you could only transact on ATMs operated by your bank. If you were a Chase customer, you needed to find a Chase ATM to take cash out. That, of course, was a pain and the banks recognized it and formed roaming networks.

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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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