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9:15 AM ET, October 4, 2013

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Twitter files to raise $1B, company is not profitable, will trade under ticker TWTR  —  Twitter had revenue of $253 million in the first six months of 2013 but it was not profitable, according to its S-1 prospectus, which was made public late Thursday.  The company filed the official IPO …
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Gerry Shih / Reuters:
Twitter reveals rip-roaring growth, big losses ahead of IPO
Discussion: @mathewi
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Jim Impoco aims for ‘must-read’ status with new Newsweek  —  Jim Impoco became the latest editor of Newsweek just three weeks ago, after IBT Media bought the dying digital-only title from Barry Diller's IAC Interactive.  In that time he's hired nearly two dozen staffers …
Discussion: The New York Observer
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
In Leaked Video, Egyptian Army Officers Debate How to Sway News Media  —  CAIRO — A leaked video of senior Egyptian Army officers debating how to influence the news media during the months preceding the military takeover offers a rare glimpse of the anxiety within the institution at the prospect of civilian oversight.
Discussion: @mlcalderone
Guardian:
Mail on Sunday apology highlights tensions between Greig and Dacre  —  Geordie Greig issues rare apology after a reporter intruded on a memorial service for Ed Miliband's uncle  —  Geordie Greig has apologised to Ed Miliband after a Mail on Sunday reporter intruded on a memorial service for his uncle.
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BBC:
Profile: Paul Dacre, Daily Mail editor
Discussion: Channel 4 and Financial Times
Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
With the new Circa, news follows you  —  Today, mobile news startup Circa is launching a new version of its iPhone app, expanding to Android, and is subtly shifting course with its strategy.  Circa 2. still delivers news stories broken up into snippets, but it is adding a new focus …
Discussion: Wired, AppNewser and Mashable
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Kevin Anderson / Strange Attractor:
ProPublica, This American Life and acetaminophen: $750,000 to state the obvious  —  ProPublica and This American Life, both which I love, are making some waves for a story highlighting the risks of taking too much acetaminophen (known as paracetamol in the UK).
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Peter Osnos / The Atlantic Online:
These Journalists Spent Two Years and $750,000 Covering One Story
Lance Murray / Dallas Business Journal:
Gannett raises more than planned for $2.2B Belo acquisition  —  Gannett Co. Inc. raised more than planned in a debt offering to use in the acquisition of Dallas-based Belo Corp.  —  The Washington Business Journal reported that McLean, Va.-based Gannett sold $1.25 billion in senior notes to institutional investors.
Erik Wemple:
Is Politico's ‘Playbook’ a portable commodity?  —  Fourth in a multi-part series  —  Last month, Politico broke some news about itself.  It was purchasing Capital New York, a website that covers politics, culture and media in its namesake city.  When it came time to announce the decision …
Digital TV Europe:
Curzon Home Cinema launching on BT TV  —  Curzon Home Cinema, the cinema chain's on-demand service, has launched on BT TV, bringing independent and international movie titles to BT TV viewers on the same day as their cinema release.  —  The first major film to be released simultaneously …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Instagram Launches Ads, Promises, 'We'll Start Slow'  —  The honeymoon's over for Instagram users.  The long-promised introduction of advertising to the photo-based social network is upon us.  —  “In the next couple months, you may begin seeing an occasional ad in your Instagram feed …
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Business Insider's Blodget muses about a Buzzfeed merger but rejects it for now  —  ‘Should Buzzfeed And Business Insider Merge?’  —  Someone asked me a question on Quora:  —  “Should Buzzfeed and Business Insider merge?”  —  I can't remember my Quora password, so I figured I would just answer the question here.
Discussion: @taylorlorenz
Sara Gates / The Huffington Post:
Body Of French Journalist Caroline Corvalan Identified; Police Launch Murder Investigation  —  French police uncovered a ghastly scene last week when they found a dismembered and decaying human torso in a service shaft beneath a street in Paris.  On Oct. 2, after identifying the remains …
Discussion: ninemsn, Daily Mail and TheAustralian
Steve Earl / PR Week:
News Corp: a lot of life in print yet  —  Print media remains utterly viable and a cheap way to reach large audiences.  —  That might seem like the type of statement which was made in the middle of the last decade, with froth rising about the growth of social media and editorial eyebrows being raised about the rapid shift online.
Discussion: @rajunarisetti and @mathewi
 
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Lydia DePillis / Wonkblog:
One winner from the shutdown: Netflix?
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Hayley Ringle / Phoenix Business Journal:
Arizona Republic editors to reporters: Do your work at Starbucks or McDonald's
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Stephanie Meyers / Inc.:
Why Are E-Book Subscription Start-Ups So Hot?
Discussion: @therightsteph
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Discussion: New York Times
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Novel by Michael Hastings to Be Published Posthumously
Discussion: The Wrap and The Huffington Post
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David Taintor / Adweek:
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Discussion: @bkoo and @pkafka
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Rebecca Theim / Poynter:
A year after daily publication ceased in Alabama and New Orleans, media market is ‘fractured’
Discussion: @masscomm101
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
The Next Web to launch first digital magazine to use the new Prss publishing platform
Discussion: Prss PressDocs and The Next Web
Robert Feder:
Tribune Co. boss tells employees he won't cut ‘too close to the bone’
Discussion: @dansinker
Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
Ebooks gone global: Report suggests less resistance, more legal sales and importance of Apple