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5:40 PM ET, August 6, 2013

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David Remnick / New Yorker:

Donald Graham's Choice — “The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of ‘Black Beauty,’ ” A. J. Liebling wrote. “Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner …

David Carr / New York Times:

The Washington Post Reaches the End of the Graham Era — In late 2012, Donald E. Graham, the chairman and chief executive of The Washington Post Company, met with the paper's publisher, Katharine Weymouth, to look at the paper's future for the next three years. Their assessment troubled them.

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Laura Bennett / New Republic:

Author of Bezos Book: 'He's Buying a Lot of Political Influence' — Businessweek senior writer Brad Stone has written a book about Amazon—titled The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon—that will be released by Little, Brown in October. Stone spent several years reporting the book …

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Wonkblog, The Huffington Post, Mashable, Slate, Media Myth Alert, Business Insider, LA Biz Observed, @jyarow, Xconomy, @ehmccormick, BBC and The Week

Chris Hughes / New Republic:

What Jeff Bezos Is Thinking — His purchase of the Washington Post makes perfect sense — It turns out Silicon Valley does give a damn about Washington. With Jeff Bezos's purchase of the Washington Post and the efforts of Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us, the Internet's enormous riches are showing …

Discussion: @tnr, @niemanlab, @franklinsquared, @jackshafer and GeekWire

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

Here's Why I Think Jeff Bezos Bought The Washington Post — Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider, so in the wake of news that he's buying the Washington Post, folks have been asking me two questions: — What's it like being owned or invested in by Jeff Bezos?

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
'This Isn't Rupert Murdoch': Bob Woodward Praises ‘Innovator’ Jeff Bezos, Predicts ‘Renaissance In Reporting’

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Wrap, Forbes and GigaOM

Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
If Anyone Can Save the Washington Post, It's Jeff Bezos

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Washington Post:
The Grahams: A family synonymous with The Post and with Washington

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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Why the Sale of the Washington Post Seems So Significant

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff to Co-Anchor ‘NewsHour’ — The PBS “NewsHour,” which was co-anchored for decades by the two men who created it, will soon be co-anchored by two women. — PBS announced on Tuesday that Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff would take over the nightly newscast in September …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

‘New York’ magazine and ‘The New Yorker’ buck downward newsstand circulation trend with stronger digital sales — ‘New York,’ ‘New Yorker,’ ... New York's hometown weeklies are bucking one of the bleaker trends of the magazine industry, which as a whole faced a roughly 10-percent drop …

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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Magazine Newsstand Sales Down, Digital Subscriptions Up

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Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:

Disney Earnings Flat as Film Studio Weighs Down ESPN, Theme Parks — Disney reported little change in its third quarter earnings, as the strong performance of ESPN and the company's theme parks division were stymied by the wearker performance of the company's film studio.

Discussion: Forbes, Page-Turner, Variety and Wall Street Journal

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Google's new search feature makes it easier to find seminal articles on big topics — When big news breaks, readers clamor for updates — but they also yearn for context. For example, when word got out Monday afternoon that Jeff Bezos had spent $250 million to become the new owner of The Washington Post …

Discussion: Poynter, TechCrunch, support.google.com, GigaOM, VatorNews, @randyabramson and Search Engine Land

Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

Comcast Developing Anti-Piracy Alternative to ‘Six Strikes’ (Exclusive) — Cable operator pitching TV industry on plan to convert illegal downloads to legal transaction opportunities — Comcast Corp. is developing a new approach to fighting piracy in the U.S., and wants other major content companies and distributors on board.

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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Rupert Murdoch pays tribute to ‘loyal and distinguished’ Richard Caseby as former Sun managing editor leaves News UK — News UK has confirmed that Sun managing editor Richard Caseby is leaving after 24 years with News UK and News International. — News Corporation executive chairman Rupert …

Discussion: @edgecliffe and Guardian

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Guardian rejects press watchdog as ‘own goal’ threatening independence — New regulator will lack support of press intrusion victims and allow dominance by biggest papers, says CEO Andrew Miller — The publisher of the Guardian has rejected a new press self-regulator as proposed by the industry …

David Taintor / Adweek:

Quartz Lets Readers Comment on Specific Paragraphs — Quartz is taking reader comments to the margins. — Atlantic Media's 10-month-old business publication on Tuesday introduced a new feature that lets readers weigh in on—and publish comments right next to—individual paragraphs within articles rather …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk, GigaOM, Talking Biz News, The Next Web, @mims and eMedia Vitals

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Andrew Morse Expected to Leave Bloomberg TV for CNN — Bloomberg LP head of U.S. television Andrew Morse is planning to leave the financial news channel for CNN, TVNewser has learned. — At CNN Morse is expected be in a high-level role related to newsgathering, though his exact title isn't yet clear.

Discussion: Lost Remote and FishbowlNY