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2:55 PM ET, October 7, 2013

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Reed Albergotti / Digits:

Facebook to expand TV data report initiative to networks in eight countries — Facebook Adds TV Partners Overseas — The rivalry between Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. over social conversations around television shows is moving overseas. — Facebook Monday will disclose plans …

Discussion: AdExchanger, The Next Web, VatorNews, @vanitakohlik, Talking Biz News, TechCrunch, Business Insider and GigaOM

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Nielsen and Twitter Unveil Social TV Metrics, Showing How Little Tweets Line Up with Ratings — Nielsen and Twitter have released their first rankings of TV shows, designed to show the reach of TV-related conversation on Twitter. — And one thing is immediately clear …

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Can Twitter Save TV? (And Can TV Save Twitter?)

Discussion: @forbes

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Can Jim Impoco Save Newsweek? — Jim Impoco, the new editor-in-chief of Newsweek, is either the bravest man in journalism - or the most self-destructive. Now owned by International Business Times Media, the notoriously embattled publication has changed hands four times in three years.

Discussion: FishbowlNY and @jayrosen_nyu

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

The New Yorker Names Jonathan Shainin Online News Editor — Jonathan Shainin has been named news editor of Newyorker.com. Shainin comes to The New Yorker from The Caravan, where he served as senior editor since 2010. This will be Shainin's second stint with The New Yorker …

Discussion: @joepompeo

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

The Quartz Way — Quartz, a web-only business publication, just turned one year old. On both editorial and business dimensions, Quartz features all components of a modern media venture. Is this a formula for the long run? To answer the question, in the first of two articles, we take a closer look at the editorial product.

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New York Times:

Publisher of Philadelphia Inquirer Fires Editor — The editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, William K. Marimow, was fired on Monday, according to a brief e-mail sent to staff members by the newspaper's publisher. — A Pulitzer Prize winner and former investigative journalist …

Discussion: Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Philly.com, Gawker, Erik Wemple, Politico and @chaughney

Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

Reuters CEO Andrew Rashbass talks about Reuters Next at staff meeting — Reuters CEO Andrew Rashbass Speaks to Staff During Town Hall Meeting — ReutersReuters Chief Executive Officer Andrew Rashbass addressed Reuters staff during an hour-long town hall meeting at the New York Reuters building this morning.

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Kevin Sack / New York Times:

A Bombing Suspect, and the Rush to Judgment — ATLANTA — I have perhaps never been so furious with an editor. Those who know me well recognize that this is quite an assertion. It was late in the afternoon of July 30, 1996, and as a national correspondent in the Atlanta bureau …

Discussion: @nytimes, @damiencave, @bydanielvictor, @ksacknyt, @ellenbarrynyt and Retro Report

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Michael Rooney Departs Dow Jones, Trevor Fellows Joins as Head of Global Ad Sales — Michael Rooney, chief revenue officer of Dow Jones since 2007, is leaving the company. According to a memo from Lex Fenwick, Dow Jones' CEO and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Rooney is departing to …

Discussion: MinOnline, @edmundlee, @rupertmurdoch and @rajunarisetti

David Carr / New York Times:

Using Twitter to Move the Markets — Last week, while everyone was wondering what Twitter is worth after the unveiling of its I.P.O., I spent some time on a little different math. How much could a single post on Twitter be worth? — How about $1 billion? Or maybe $6 billion?

Discussion: @johncabell, @stevenlevy, @johnwaggoner, @philiped, @jswatz and @carr2n

Mike Shields / Adweek:

Thrillist Is Launching a Tech Publication — At a time when men define themselves by their phones as much as they do their cars, Thrillist Media Group sees an opening for a new Web publication to help young guys shop for tech. Launching on Oct. 23, Supercompressor will take a broader lifestyle approach …

Discussion: @rafat, @digitalshields, @laureni, @tknuewer, @nostrich and @benjlerer

T.C. Sottek / The Verge:

Fox News debuts bizarre, giant tablets in its outrageous new newsroom — If you can't make the news better, make it bigger — Fox News has just unveiled a breathtakingly ridiculous newsroom, complete with novelty-sized Windows-based touchscreens, a Twitter wall, and a wannabe Minority Report style display …