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1:40 PM ET, September 23, 2013

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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.

Discussion: Capital New York, FishbowlNY, @chaughney, WWD Media Headlines, The Huffington Post, @ravisomaiya, @ckummer and @jayrosen_nyu

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 …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, AdExchanger and @ksablan

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Flipboard Raises $50 Million More on $800 Million Valuation — According to sources close to the situation, Flipboard has raised $50 million in new funding, in a round led by Rizvi Traverse Management and Goldman Sachs. — The new funding puts the valuation of the Silicon Valley startup …

Discussion: VentureBeat, VatorNews and Mashable

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
Random House launches Flipboard magazines for Margaret Atwood and George R.R. Martin

Discussion: Digital Book World

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

The Pageview's Days Are Numbered — We've all clicked on an enticing link only to find that it leads to a 100-page slide show. So we half-heartedly click through a couple of slides before closing the tab in frustration. — But the publisher doesn't mind. It got your pageview.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, @mccollumashley, @rajunarisetti, @joshsternberg, @kchapline and @djlitten

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.

Discussion: @margokingston1

Jack Shafer:
Of media typhoons and media tycoons

Discussion: @stevesi, @saletan, @abossone, @tcarmody, @ksablan, @malonebarry and @georgedearing

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 …

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 …

Discussion: @craigsilverman and @dangillmor

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.”

Discussion: Erik Wemple, The Wrap and @loisromano

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Twitter Unveils ‘Comprehensive’ Partnership With CBS For Its In-Stream Video Program Amplify — Twitter and CBS just announced what Glenn Brown, who leads Twitter's Amplify program, called “probably one of the most comprehensive partnerships that you will see coming out of Amplify.”

Discussion: GigaOM, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, @dougw, @adambain, Marketing Land and @mathewi

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 …

Discussion: Poynter

Lance Whitney / CNET:

iTunes Radio snags 11 million users — The new streaming radio service was introduced with iOS 7 last Wednesday but is available only in the US so far. — Apple's iTunes Radio has already picked up 11 million listeners since its launch last week, Apple announced Monday.

Discussion: MacStories

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

The Washington Post Unveils Visual News Product — Ever wish it was easier to get up to speed on the biggest stories of the day when you're on the go? The Washington Post has that need in mind with Topicly, a new reading feature for its site and mobile platforms debuting today.

Discussion: @elanazak and NetNewsCheck Latest