Mediagazer: In online TV first, Netflix wins Emmy for drama directing (Joan E. Solsman/CNET)

8:20 AM ET, September 23, 2013

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Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:

Update to Gawker's Kinja platform allows readers to summarize and discuss anything on the web — Disruptions: Gawker Wants to Encourage More Voices Online, but With Less Yelling — There are corners of the Internet that contain some of the most slimy and vitriolic stuff you could imagine …

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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

In online TV first, Netflix wins Emmy for drama directing — David Fincher wins an Emmy for directing Netflix's “House of Cards,” and the Internet TV provider breaks ground — again — for online only programming. — Netflix won its first Emmy award — the kind doled out at the flashy …

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Emmys Highlight a Changing TV Industry

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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

The unfortunate fact is that online journalism can't survive without a wealthy benefactor or cat GIFs — It's always been true to some extent, but it is even more true now — serious online journalism requires something else to subsidize it, whether it's a rich benefactor or cat GIFs and slideshows.

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David Carr / New York Times:

Wintour's Reign Extends Beyond Vogue — Anna Wintour created a bit of an international incident in 2010, when she cut short her visit to Milan Fashion Week. Designers scrambled, fashion journalists pondered its deeper meaning and local officials took grave offense.

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Jacob Harris / Source:

The Times Regrets the Programmer Error — Jake Harris opens a serious barrel of monkeys about when and how to issue corrections for data journalism — In this case study — It hasn't happened yet, but there will be a day when the New York Times or another major newspaper will run …

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Wall Street Journal:

Twitter Pitches Itself to TV Networks — Ahead of IPO, Social-Media Site Rolls Out Wider Range of Ad Products — Ahead of its stock market debut, Twitter Inc. is hoping for a breakout role on TV this fall: moneymaker. — As television networks crank up their marketing machines to promote …

Jennifer Van Grove / CNET:
A look at Mass Relevance, a startup TV networks rely on to surface pithy tweets

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Michael Calia / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp Earnings: Split-Off Company Posts Profit

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Ben Child / Guardian:

WikiLeaks posts The Fifth Estate script and labels film ‘irresponsible’ — Alongside ‘mature’ screenplay for Bill Condon's film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, WikiLeaks has posted a lengthy essay seeking to undermine its accuracy — WikiLeaks has posted what it claims is a …

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Samantha Henig / The 6th Floor:

Comments on Comments — In this week's Riff, Michael Erard recounts the history of Web site comments and explains how their technical origins has shaped the actual commentary we've come to expect as usual today. When it comes to the comments sections of newspapers, he writes that they …

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Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Random House launches Flipboard magazines for Margaret Atwood and George R.R. Martin — This is cool: Random House has partnered with Flipboard to create curated magazines for two of its bestselling authors, Margaret Atwood and Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin.

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Caysey Welton / Folio:

Why Publishers Should Embrace the FTC's Native Advertising Workshop — Despite what the pundits say, there is no reason to be skeptical... Yet. — Lately almost everyone in publishing has been talking about native advertising. Right? Well, the Federal Trade Commission wants to join in on the conversation, too.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Fred Ryan to step down at POLITICO, ACC — Frederick J. Ryan, the founding CEO and president of POLITICO and president and COO of Allbritton Communications Company, announced late Sunday night that he would be stepping down to “pursue other career options.”

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Mitchell Prothero / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

AP freelancer says report of rebel chemical weapons use not hers — BEIRUT — A freelance contributor to the Associated Press whose byline appeared on a controversial story that alleged Syrian rebels had gassed themselves in an accident told McClatchy on Saturday that she did not write …

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