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8:30 PM ET, October 1, 2013

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Is the government shut down? Quartz will tell you (and drive a little traffic in the process)
Discussion: @zseward
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post closes sale to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos  —  Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos formally took over as the owner of The Washington Post on Tuesday, officially ending 80 years of local control of the newspaper by the Graham family.
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Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
The future of the Washington Post Co. without its flagship newspaper  —  The sale of the Washington Post newspaper Tuesday marked an emotional milestone for its former parent company, whose future long ago stopped revolving around its flagship publication.  —  What comes next is as much a mystery …
Wall Street Journal:
Thomson Reuters to Review Business Units  —  Thomson Reuters Inc. plans a fresh review of the company's business units, in the latest sign the data provider is looking for ways to respond to weak demand from its financial services clients.  —  In a video emailed to staff on Tuesday …
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Greg Mitchell / The Nation:
‘NYT’ Fingers McClatchy for ‘Terror’ Leak—and Now McClatchy Hits Back
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Politico
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
Scribd, HarperCollins Launch $8.99 Subscription Book Service  —  Spotify and Netflix have brought subscription services to the music and movie space.  Could Scribd apply that model to the world of books?  —  For a small monthly fee, consumers are used to getting unlimited access to all types of content …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
George Will to Leave ABC News for Fox News  —  George Will, who has been a conservative presence on ABC News for more than three decades, is leaving for the Fox News Channel, the cable news network announced on Tuesday.  —  The news of Mr. Will's hiring was first reported by the conservative news site The Daily Caller.
Kara Brandeisky / ProPublica:
Northwestern's Journalism Program Offers Students Internships with Prestige, But No Paycheck  —  Northwestern University's journalism school boasts of its prowess in preparing students for prestigious careers — but it also serves as a pipeline for unpaid internships.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Daily Beast's John Avlon rallies troops as roughly 20 colleagues lose their jobs  —  On the first day of its new life without Newsweek, Daily Beast executive editor John Avlon rallied the troops with an afternoon memo full of good news, like a 36-percent year-over-year traffic gain and a nomination to Adweek's annual “Hot List” poll.
Discussion: Gawker and New York Magazine
Michael Rondon / Folio:
Publishers, AOL Partner on Subscription Service  —  Seven magazines, other services, offered at the new storefront.  —  Publishers have partnered with AOL on a new bundled-subscription offering the company rolled out Monday.  —  The service, Gathr, packages subscriptions to a variety of products and services at a discount.
Jack Marshall / Digiday:
The Limits of Twitter's TV Pitch  —  As it prepares to make its IPO filing public this week, Twitter is working hard to convince marketers, media owners and now investors that its links with television are worth their attention.  —  The company used its multiple Advertising Week appearances …
Wall Street Journal:
Phony Web Traffic Tricks Digital Ads  —  As Online Marketing Budgets Soar, Fraudsters Skim Millions with 'Botnets"  —  The website Songsrpeople.com looks a lot like other amateur-video sites.  It is wallpapered with clips featuring “the most insane amusement park ever” and “your girlfriend's six friends.”
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Another Key Hulu Executive Leaves  —  Hulu sales head JP Colaco, one of the video company's key remaining early hires, is leaving the company.  —  Andy Forssell, the website's acting CEO, announced the departure via a blog post yesterday, and said Colaco was leaving later this month to …
Discussion: AdAge, Hulu Blog and Variety
Angela Washeck / 10,000 Words:
The Texas Tribune Wants You to Help Fund Its Livestreaming Efforts  —  It's fair to say that before her marathon filibuster on the Texas Senate floor, not many citizens knew who Wendy Davis was.  —  But on the night of June 25, 2013, they learned.  And nonprofit news organization …
Discussion: TVSpy
Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix stock hits all-time high on forecast of strong global growth  —  Netflix Inc. stock soared to record levels Tuesday, apparently propelled by a new analyst report predicting surprising growth in the streaming video service's international subscribers.
 
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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Dan Nosowitz Leaving Popular Science For Ken Lerer's Animal-Themed Website
Jim Romenesko:
Gawker Media hits 97.5M uniques in September
Discussion: Gawker and @nicknotned
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Florida university disciplines student journalist who tried to report on suicide
Discussion: The Daily Pulp and @poynter
Mick Hume / Columbia Journalism Review:
Free speech threats in the US and UK
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
National Journal Goes Responsive, Shuns App
Discussion: FishbowlDC and NationalJournal.com
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Music video site VEVO launches in Germany
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Joel Connelly / seattlepi.com:
Kathy Best is new editor of Seattle Times
Discussion: Poynter and The Seattle Times
Aarti Virani / India Real Time:
South Asia's Growing Impact on U.S. Films, TV
Discussion: @theaerogram
Karthika Muthukumaraswamy / The Huffington Post:
A La Carte Journalism: Where People (and Reporters) Set the Agenda
Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …
Molly Young / New York Magazine:
A profile of Tumblr and David Karp after Yahoo
Greg Mitchell / The Nation:
Media Coverage of Shutdown Threat: A Journalistic ‘Disgrace’
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Sarah Bartlett Named New Dean of CUNY Graduate School of Journalism