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2:10 PM ET, May 2, 2013

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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Al Jazeera America to open Detroit bureau  —  Al Jazeera America will open a Detroit bureau ahead of the channel's launch later this year, the network announced on Thursday.  —  The Detroit bureau for Al Jazeera America, which will replace Current TV, will focus on “telling the stories …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
The first 12 Al Jazeera America bureaus  —  Al Jazeera executives have been touring the country and rolling out announcements of new bureaus ahead of Al Jazeera America's launch later this year.  First it was a bureau in Chicago, today it is a bureau in Detroit.
Discussion: TVNewser
Erik Holm / MoneyBeat:
Warren Buffett Joins Twitter … Pigs aren't flying, lambs aren't lying down with lions, and hell isn't getting any cooler.  But Warren Buffett is joining Twitter. … Buffett, the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. who once admitted he didn't know how to check his voicemail …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Cablevision Picks Up Glenn Beck's Internet Channel  —  Glenn Beck's Internet channel TheBlaze has been picked up by the cable system operated by Cablevision, giving Mr. Beck television distribution in the New York metropolitan area for the first time since he left Fox News in 2011.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Getting Away With Murder  —  CPJ's 2013 Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free  —  Rocked by militants in the north and politically inspired aggression nationwide, Nigeria has become one of the worst nations in the world for deadly …
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Khalid Khattak / Wall Street Journal:   Report Finds Journalist Killings Go Unsolved
Ann Friedman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Branded but ‘independent’ media  —  The pros and cons of trying to do real journalism at a non-media company  —  Jessica Bennett worked for seven years at journalistic stalwarts like The Boston Globe, the Village Voice, and Newsweek.  But after years of sleeping on couches when she went …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Former Federated Media CEO Deanna Brown joins Byliner as president  —  E-singles startup Byliner has a new president: Deanna Brown, who was previously the CEO of Federated Media and before that held executive roles at Scripps, Yahoo and AOL.  She also founded Inside.com and Gaming Industry News and cofounded CondéNet.
Aswini Anburajan / BuzzFeed:
Where Did All The Search Traffic Go?  —  Traffic from Google to digital publishers dropped 30% over the past eight months.  —  Referrals from Facebook and Google to publishers on the BuzzFeed Network  —  Search traffic to publishers has taken a dive in the last eight months …
Ayako Mie / Japan Times:
Huffington Post looks to weave new Web in Japan  —  The Japanese version of the Huffington Post will offer a website that spurs more interaction between the media and the public and empower Generation Y, the children of the baby boomers, said Shigeki Matsuura, editor-in-chief of Huffington Post Japan …
Discussion: Beet.TV
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Condé Nast Introduces Web Series for Magazines  —  Last year, the latest innovation every magazine wanted to release was an iPad edition.  This year, it's online video content.  —  Condé Nast's Entertainment Group introduced 30 programs at its first presentation made during the Digital Content NewFronts.
Discussion: Variety
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
Vox Wants to Make Ads  —  Many publishers bemoan how badly produced the ads are on their sites.  Add Vox Media to the growing list of publishers looking to create them themselves.  —  The parent company of sports site SB Nation, tech site The Verge and gaming site Polygon has taken …
Discussion: TechCrunch
Jack Coyle / Associated Press:
YouTube Says The Battle With TV Is Already Over  —  Tele-what?  YouTube touts itself not as a TV alternative, but a new-generation video platform  —  NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube vs. TV?  YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over.  —  In a flashy presentation …
Discussion: AllThingsD and Softpedia News
George Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
BBC to Overhaul Bullying, Harassment Policy in Wake of Jimmy Savile Scandal  —  UPDATED: Director general Tony Hall said parts of the report make for “uncomfortable reading,” but the changes show a “commitment to change.”  —  LONDON - The BBC said Thursday that it would overhaul its bullying …
Agence France Presse:
Pay-TV giant BSkyB reports 7% increase in net profits  —  LONDON — British pay-TV firm BSkyB said Thursday that net profits rose seven percent in the first nine months of the group's financial year on the back of rising subscriber revenues, and despite the difficult economic climate.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Scripps Networks Reports Lower First-Quarter Earnings  —  Ad revenues up 11%  —  Scripps Networks Interactive reported lower earnings as a revenue increase was canceled out by higher expenses and an adverse tax charge.  —  First-quarter net income was $108 million, or $0.72 per share …
Glen Keogh / Mancunian Matters:
Guilty: Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall faces jail after admitting child sex abuse - with one victim aged NINE  —  Veteran North West broadcaster Stuart Hall faces jail after today pleading guilty to indecently assaulting 13 girls - the youngest aged just nine.
Ben Adler / Columbia Journalism Review:
Streams of consciousness  —  Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes.  What does that mean for journalism?  —  My first encounters with journalism were the same as most American males: through the sports pages.  Sometime in middle school …
 
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The Wrap:
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Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Variety
Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
The Movie Business Is A Total Drag — On Earnings
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Jack Shafer / Reuters:
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Jim Romenesko:
Carolyn Ryan is named New York Times political editor
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Weak Paramount slate contributes to Viacom's 18% drop in profit
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The New York Times launched a revamped mobile site today
Steve Annear / Boston Magazine:
Former Phoenix Reporters Launch Online Alt-Weekly
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Every page is your homepage: Reuters, untied to print metaphor, builds a modern river of news
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Financial Times:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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