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12:20 PM ET, September 16, 2013

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David Carr / New York Times:
Storytelling Ads May Be Journalism's New Peril  —  When the guy who ruined the Internet with banner ads tells you that a new kind of advertising might destroy journalism, it tends to get your attention.  —  That's not entirely fair.  Joe McCambley, founder of The Wonderfactory …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Rdio to announce ad-supported free tier in partnership with radio operator Cumulus  —  Online Music Service Rdio in Deal With Cumulus  —  As radio broadcasters go digital and online music services try to stand out in a crowded market, both are finding ways to scratch each other's backs.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Netflix Uses Pirate Sites to Determine What Shows to Buy  —  Video streaming giant Netflix sees itself as one of the most prominent competitors to the many pirate sites that offer video content without owners' permission.  —  However, these pirate sites also offer Netflix valuable information …
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Politico Plans for New York Are Drawing Some Doubt  —  Until last week, Capital New York was an obscure Web publication that covered New York City culture and politics with a handful of staff members.  It produced long, thoughtful pieces on topics like the Metropolitan Opera and the finances …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
CNN Wins First Primetime Emmys with ‘Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown’  —  CNN's “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown” took home two Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards last night.  This is the first time CNN has been awarded a primetime Emmy.  (The network has won several News & Documentary Emmy awards).
Discussion: Deadline.com and CNN
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Anya Kamenetz / Fast Company:
Upworthy is doubling its staff after $8 million Series A funding round  —  Upworthy, a content aggregator focused on emotionally hard-hitting “stuff that matters,” has announced an $8 million Series A funding round led by Spark Capital (early investors in Tumblr and Twitter) …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Warby Parker sponsors Atavist e-single, offering free reads on the web for a month  —  Trendy eyeglasses maker Warby Parker is sponsoring an e-single at long-form nonfiction web publisher The Atavist, offering free reads for a month.  —  Here's a cool twist in payment models for long-form content …
Discussion: @tcarmody
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Tumblr Inks Firehose Deal With DataSift To Tumble Further Into The World Of Big Media Advertising  —  When Yahoo acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion earlier this year, Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer and CFO Ken Goldman both pointed out that advertising on the site (and revenues from those ads) …
Carlo Rotella / New York Times:
Educators are cautious of reliance on tech as schools adopt tablets from News Corp's Amplify  —  No Child Left Untableted  —  Sally Hurd Smith, a veteran teacher, held up her brand-new tablet computer and shook it as she said, “I don't want this thing to take over my classroom.”
Brian Patrick Eha / Entrepreneur:
New York Times to Invest in Startups Through Its Own Incubator  —  The New York Times Co. is going to invest in early-stage media startups through its incubator, timeSpace.  —  An experimental program within the newspaper company, timeSpace provided for three startups to spend …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
BBC to review performance of news and current affairs output  —  Newsnight and Panorama among flagship programmes to be scrutinised as part of major review by BBC Trust  —  The performance of the BBC's flagship news programmes, including Newsnight and Panorama, are to be scrutinised as part of a major review by the BBC Trust.
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Quartz Names Advertising and Strategy VP  —  Quartz, the business centric site from The Atlantic, has named Joy Robins its vice president of advertising and strategy.  She comes to the site after five months at NBC Universal, where she served as senior director of digital ad sales.
 
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Sun online's disastrous paywall start as traffic plunges by 62%
Discussion: @davelee and @psmith
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Beastie Boys Can't Escape 'Paul's Boutique' Sampling Lawsuit
Discussion: @jeffjohnroberts
Marie Gilot / Knight Foundation:
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Jeane Macintosh / New York Post:
Tina Brown enlisted Newsweek and Daily Beast staffers to create web content for her non-profit
Discussion: @silvermanjacob
Bloomberg:
Clark Hoyt Appointed Independent Senior Editor at Bloomberg LP
Discussion: New York Post