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7:55 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 …
Discussion: Melville House Books and Wired
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.
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 …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
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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.
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.
Discussion: Food52 and PandoDaily
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.
Discussion: hypebot
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 …
Discussion: PANPA
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 …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
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.
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 …
Discussion: Poynter, TVNewser, Politico and @jcstearns
 
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
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Keith Weir / Reuters:
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Discussion: Poynter, AllThingsD and The Big Lead
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Two years in: Reflections on the New York Times paywall
Edmund Lee / Businessweek:
AOL Waits for a Huffington Post Payoff
Discussion: @natives
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Storify starts to monetize with VIP, a premium plan for live-blogging, custom sources and more
Discussion: Storify, Mashable and TechCrunch
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Court approves Journal Register bankruptcy sale
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