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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times — Why did Nate Silver decide to leave The New York Times and accept an offer from ESPN? — That's the cause of great speculation in media circles at the moment. As has been noted elsewhere, there's no question that The Times …
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Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Nate Silver's Blog to Be Its Own ESPN Franchise
Nate Silver's Blog to Be Its Own ESPN Franchise
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Tessa Cheek / The Colorado Independent:
The Story after the Story: Remembering Armando Montaño a Year Later — Mando in full form in DC on a trip to the Newseum, which he jokingly referred to as his future wedding location. — A YEAR AGO this week, I found myself in Shove Chapel on Colorado College's campus where …
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Yahoo Loses Its Media Head, as Mickie Rosen Ankles From Company — According to sources, Yahoo's media head Mickie Rosen is leaving the Silicon Valley Internet giant. — Rosen, who reported to COO Henrique De Castro, is one of the highest-ranking execs to depart the company in recent months.
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
After installing Marissa Mayer at Yahoo, activist investor Dan Loeb exits with a tidy profit — Loeb shook up Yahoo leadership and juiced the stock before selling his stake and heading for the door — Dan Loeb, the activist investor who led the charge to oust former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson …
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Al Jazeera America Names ABC News' Kate O'Brian President — Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director for international operations, has been named as an interim CEO of the forthcoming channel. — A month ahead of Al Jazeera America's planned launch, the forthcoming international news channel is finally lining up its top executives.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
David Shuster Joining Al Jazeera America: Source
David Shuster Joining Al Jazeera America: Source
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David Kravets / Wired:
Local Newscast Uses DMCA to Erase Air Crash Reporting Blunder — Local San Francisco television news station KTVU has embarked on a novel use of copyright law to cover up embarrassing footage. It has been issuing takedown notices to YouTube for videos showing its anchor literally reading fake names …
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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
KTVU-TV meets with AAJA following slip-up — Asian American Journalists Association — Leaders from the Asian American Journalists Association and KTVU-TV met Friday to talk about what led to the station's infamous slip-up. — Earlier this month, the station incorrectly named the pilots of Asiana Flight 214.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Dominic Mohan severs staff ties with Rupert Murdoch — Former Sun editor is no longer on the payroll and could be in line for severance package of more than £2m — Dominic Mohan, who was recently moved from his role as editor of the Sun, has left the staff of News Corporation …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Sun editor pleads not guilty to charges over alleged payments
Sun editor pleads not guilty to charges over alleged payments
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Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Netflix Q2 2013 earnings show solid growth in revenue, a bit light on subscribers — Netflix said today that the web's top video-rental service generated revenue of $ 1.07 billion, and added 630,000 new domestic streaming subscribers during the company's second quarter.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post to launch new tech blog — Timothy B. Lee will lead the blog, which is to be called The Switch. Brian Fung and Andrea Peterson will join as reporters. The blog appears to be modeled a bit on Wonkbook, which Lee joined recently. Tech reporters Hayley Tsukayama, Cecilia Kang and Craig Timberg will also contribute.
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scpr.org:
Univision cancels popular ‘Piolín’ radio show — Univision has cancelled Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo's syndicated morning radio show, “Piolín por la Mañana.” — A Univision spokeswoman confirmed to KPCC that the show has been pulled, but the company would not give a reason for the cancellation.
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
SI's Peter King Launches MMQB Site — Sports Illustrated's best NFL mind has launched his own site, The MMQB (named after his wildly popular MMQB column on SI.com). Joining King are a few other big names, like Greg Bedard, Jenny Vrentas and Robert Klemko.
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