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9:50 AM ET, October 9, 2013

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Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
Lionel Barber: FT.com to focus on ‘smart aggregation of content’  —  In a memo to staff, published by the Financial Times today, editor Lionel Barber outlined ‘the next steps’ in its approach to digital-first'  —  The editor of the Financial Times has shared “the next steps” …
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Financial Times to move to single global print edition  —  The Financial Times is to institute path-breaking changes to the production of its printed newspaper that appear to be the penultimate step towards becoming a digital-only publication.  —  A lengthy memo sent yesterday afternoon …
Nick Bilton / New York Times:
All Is Fair in Love and Twitter  —  Right in the center of South Park, a large, grassy oval near San Francisco's financial district, there is a rinky-dink playground with slides, ladders and firefighter poles, all dented and dinged, connected by gritty brown pylons.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK press on collision course with Parliament over regulation plan which would ‘fatally undermine freedom of expression’  —  The newspaper and magazine industry is on a collision course with the Government after condemning proposals on press regulation which could “fatally undermine freedom of expression”.
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Guardian:
Lord Justice Leveson faces standoff with MPs over press regulation  —  Judge's refusal to enter debate in Lords evidence sets him up for potential clash with Commons select committee on Wednesday  —  Lord Justice Leveson is facing a standoff with MPs after he repeatedly refused to be drawn …
Discussion: Press Gazette and @joshhalliday
Fraser Nelson / Spectator:
Sorry, Maria Miller. We still won't sign
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Journalists of the Jersey Shore: How a novice reporter built a news network from scratch  —  The first post went up sometime just before 2:34 p.m. on September 12.  —  Post by Jersey Shore Hurricane News.  —  Just a few minutes later, the first of 375 comments went up on the next post …
Discussion: @rdmersey and @jbenton
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The Week Gets Its Third Publisher in Three Years  —  The Week, the offline/online news aggregator, has a new publisher.  —  Tim Koorbusch, who had been running U.S. sales for Say Media for the last year, has replaced Michael Wolfe, who joined the company at the beginning of 2012.
Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
President Obama Shuns TV Reporters During Shutdown Press Conference  —  President Barack Obama blamed Republicans in Congress for putting the country on the brink of financial disaster in a Tuesday press conference about the government shutdown that clocked more than an hour …
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Politico:
No healthcare questions at Obama presser
Nick Hopkins / Guardian:
MI5 chief's criticism of Snowden and the Guardian is hardly unexpected  —  Sir Andrew Parker's position is understandable given what he does, but it isn't the only view - even within intelligence circles  —  Sir Andrew Parker made an important speech on Tuesday night.
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Newsgames: Future media or a trivial pursuit?  —  Interactives have become a regular feature of any large news organisation's digital output, but some outlets, particularly smaller ones, are taking this further, into games  —  Copyright: By Martin Lopatka on Flickr.  Some rights reserved
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Sports Illustrated Is Testing a New Type of Paywall  —  Sports Illustrated is testing a paywall that lets readers access its print articles early if they watch a 30-second video ad first.  —  The provider is Selectable Media, which has been testing consumers' willingness to watch video ads for free WiFi, music and games.
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
‘NewsHour’ Ex-Anchors to Cede Ownership  —  Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil have been closely linked with the “PBS NewsHour” since the show's beginnings in 1975, for many years as its co-anchors and, since 1981, as the show's owners and co-producers through MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.
Discussion: TVNewser
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Video Networks Alloy Digital, Break Media to Merge Into Defy Media  —  Combined Company Projected to Rake in $100 Million in Revenue  —  In the latest sign of consolidation in online video, two major online video networks and production companies, Alloy Digital and Break Media will merge to form Defy Media …
 
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Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
More gadgets, more reading: Survey suggests e-reader and tablet owners read more books
Discussion: Melville House Books
Lauren Kirchner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why journalists can still trust Tor
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Hearst UK reports tripled profits
Discussion: The Independent
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
‘The Daily Beast’ Lays Off Two Dozen Staffers
Evan Hill / Al Jazeera America:
In Egypt, an unhappy medium
 Earlier Picks: 
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Col Allan returns to the ‘Post’ newsroom, as promised
Press Gazette:
Sun showbiz editor Gordon Smart takes charge at Scottish edition ahead of independence vote
Discussion: Guardian and Guardian
Bob Cohn / The Atlantic Online:
Old-Media Values in New-Media Venues
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Fox, Sinclair and Local TV file suit against Aereo in Utah