Mediagazer: Jim VandeHei named president, CEO of POLITICO and Capital New York (Hadas Gold/Politico)

12:30 PM ET, October 14, 2013

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Simon Tisdall / Guardian:

International Herald Tribune prepares for name change with look back at past — Newspaper, which is to become International New York Times, symbolised experience of Americans abroad — Ernest Hemingway, author, exile, and Rimbaud-esque enfant terrible, fully understood the life-enhancing …

Serge Schmemann / New York Times:

The Life of a Newspaper — This is the last time you will be reading the International Herald Tribune; as of tomorrow, it is the International New York Times. But weep not: — This is not the first name change for what was popularly known in its early years as the “Paris Herald,” …

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

New York Times's Jill Abramson: ‘The First Amendment is first for a reason’ — The executive editor on the new challenges facing investigative journalism and the paper's international expansion programme — For a newspaper that has yet to put a great deal of marketing muscle behind …

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Jim VandeHei named president, CEO of POLITICO and Capital New York — POLITICO co-founder and executive editor Jim VandeHei will take over as president and CEO of POLITICO and Capital New York, Allbritton Communications Company chairman and CEO Robert Allbritton announced in a memo Sunday evening.

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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:

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Reuters:

Canadian gov't to push cable providers to unbundle channels — The Canadian government will soon require cable and satellite television providers to make it easier for customers to buy only the channels they want rather than pay for bundles, the country's industry minister said on Sunday.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

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David Carr / New York Times:

Philadelphia Newspaper's Owners at War — When a group of wealthy, politically connected local businessmen bought The Philadelphia Inquirer in April 2012, there were concerns that they would use its influence to further their own interests, ruining what was left of a once remarkable American newspaper.

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