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7:05 PM ET, September 20, 2013

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Sara Morrison / The Wrap:

Daily Beast Will Continue Post-Tina Brown, Embrace Digital (Exclusive) — Barry Diller does not intend to shut the Daily Beast, but is looking to make the site much more digitally savvy going forward, TheWrap has learned. — According to a highly-placed insider, Diller still very much believes …

Discussion: Bloomberg, @jbenton, @niemanlab and @cschweitz

The Daily Beast:

The Daily Beast Roars On — With readership surging 22 percent, The Daily Beast's parent company says the site will continue ahead into 2014. — “The Daily Beast is not for sale and is not closing,” Rhona Murphy, interim CEO of The Daily Beast, told the staff today in an internal memo.

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

Murdoch Said to Object to AllThingsD Terms After 2007 Takeover — News Corp. (NWSA), which is severing ties with AllThingsD founders Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the end of the year, objected to the terms of the journalists' contract soon after the media company took over the operation in 2007 …

Discussion: Talking New Media, @jyarow and Talking Biz News

AllThingsD:

How Can You Miss Us if We Won't Go Away? — First things first: We're keeping the Steelcase hot-seat red chairs. Forever. In fact, we own quite a few now. — And we'll still be scooping and reviewing all things digital right here, at this Web address, for a few more months.

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David Holmes / PandoDaily:

Why AllThingsD's Twitter audience will follow Swisher, not the brand — Earlier today, Adam Penenberg summed up the Dow Jones / AllThingsD divorce by writing that News Corp keeps the house (the AllThingsD brand) while Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg get the kids (the ATD staff).

Quartz:
Walt Mossberg's 22-year mission to make computers easier to use

Discussion: Folio, @rafat, Adweek, Boing Boing, Deadline.com, Gawker, TechCrunch and Variety

Kevin J. Delaney / Quartz:
AllThingsD founders are in talks to value their new venture at up to $40 million

Discussion: PandoDaily, paidContent, CNET, @rafat, GigaOM, Talking Biz News, @suanzes, Dow Jones, @edwardroussel and @wblau

Reuters:

Nielsen wins U.S. approval for Arbitron deal, with conditions — (Reuters) - Television ratings giant Nielsen Holdings NV won U.S. antitrust approval on Friday to buy Arbitron Inc, a company which dominates radio ratings measurement. — The Federal Trade Commission said in a statement late …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline.com, Wall Street Journal and Federal Trade Commission

Elizabeth Mendes / Gallup:

In U.S., Trust in Media Recovers Slightly From All-Time Low — More Americans say media are too liberal than too conservative — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in the accuracy of the mass media has improved slightly after falling to an all-time low last year.

Discussion: Poynter, FishbowlNY, TVNewser, TVSpy, Online NewsHour and Erik Wemple

Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:

Gawker's John Cook talks traffic, Rob Ford and ethics — It was a cross-border bombshell: Last May, John Cook, the editor of New York-based Gawker, reported that he had seen a video that appeared to show Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. In the tumult that followed …

Discussion: Poynter, @simonhoupt, Kirk LaPointe's … and FishbowlNY

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

‘Snowfall’ Miss on Ads — On Wednesday evening, the New York Times rolled out a new long-form narrative style on its website, as it explores more ways to engage readers. It managed to be both an innovative piece of journalism - and a failed advertising opportunity.

Discussion: 10,000 Words, Nieman Journalism Lab, @niemanlab and eMedia Vitals

Roger Yu / USA Today:

Sinclair emerges as a major broadcasting player — The low-profile broadcaster owns more TV stations than anyone else. But a change in federal rules could put a cap on its rapid expansion. — CONNECT — During an analyst conference call in August, David Smith, CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group …

Discussion: TVSpy

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Music labels can press Vimeo on copyright claims — judge denies “safe harbor” — The long-running fight over who is responsible for removing copyrighted content on video sites took a new twist as a New York federal judge refused to throw out a case against Vimeo, a popular site that lets users share clips.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Plagiarism Today, SPIN and Softpedia News

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Rollie Chance, Wrongly Suspected Navy Yard Shooter: I Thought ‘This Must Be A Joke’ — WASHINGTON — No one knows what it's like to be a dead mass murderer. But for about 20 minutes on Monday, Rollie Chance got about as close to that experience as you can get.