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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Vivian Schiller to Leave NBC News for Twitter — In a bid to reinforce Twitter's mutually beneficial relationships with the news industry, the social networking giant on Thursday appointed Vivian Schiller to a newly created position, head of news and journalism partnerships.
Pew Research Journalism Project:
The Role of News on Facebook — Common yet Incidental — Overview — On Facebook, the largest social media platform, news is a common but incidental experience, according to an initiative of Pew Research Center in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Bumping into the news: New Pew data shows Facebook users find news there, but don't seek it out
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Journalism.org and Forbes
Erik Wemple:
Book: Fox News planted false information to discredit reporter, stifle bad news — Pity the journalist who wishes to write about Fox News. It can be very dangerous. — In his new book “Murdoch's World,” NPR media reporter David Folkenflik documents one of the perils as part of a chapter …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Fox News PR department leaked a false story to reporter, 'Murdoch's World' charges — Fox News' public-relations staff anonymously leaked a false story to a reporter, after which the news channel's PR department publicly denounced the reporter after he ran with it, a new book about Rupert Murdoch's media empire asserts.
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Time Warner Cable Reaches Agreement to Distribute Al Jazeera America — Time Warner Cable, one of the country's biggest cable operators, has agreed to carry Al Jazeera America, giving the Qatar-owned broadcaster exposure to millions more households as it seeks to build an audience in the United States.
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Jason Deans / Guardian:
Press regulation: seven global groups urge Queen not to sign ‘toxic’ charter — Letter claims royal charter would have a chilling effect on UK journalism and could lead to muzzling of press in other countries — Seven international newspaper industry trade bodies and media freedom organisations …
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Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Press announces timetable for ‘toughest regulator in the world’
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Donna Tam / CNET:
Amazon reports $17.09 billion in sales for Q3, meets expectations — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. — (Credit: James Martin/CNET) — Amazon just barely beat Wall Street's expectations Thursday when it reported a loss of $41 million, or 9 cents-per-share, in the third quarter and net sales of $17.09 billion.
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Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Twitter sets $17-$20 price range for IPO, will offer 70 million shares — Twitter has set its IPO price range at $17 to $20 and has said it will offer 70 million shares when it goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. The news came as the company filed an amended S-1 statement with the SEC today.
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BuzzFeed, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, CNET, Business Insider and @pkafka
Tanzina Vega / New York Times:
Ad-Sponsored Editorial Content Draws Regulator's Notice — THE practice of native advertising, or the use of editorial content for promotional or marketing purposes, is beginning to capture the attention of advertising regulators who are concerned that some content could be considered deceptive to consumers.
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@aschweig and @adamostrow
Michael Rondon / Folio:
RR Donnelley to Buy Consolidated Graphics for $620M — Company also reports $2.6B in revenues for Q3. — RR Donnelley, the Chicago-based printer and integrated communications provider, has agreed to acquire Consolidated Graphics, a general commercial printing company, for more than $600 million.
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
‘Fortune’ bulks up: Andy Serwer announces seven new hires at once — Fortune, the business magazine published by Time Inc., announced seven new editorial staff hires today. — “I am delighted to tell you about a great influx of new talent coming to Fortune,” wrote managing editor Andy Serwer …
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@jenwieczner, @megan and Talking Biz News
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Jim Dalrymple's Loop Magazine Reboots With Stunning Mobile Publishing Platform Glide — Five months ago, veteran Apple reporter Jim Dalrymple made a bet that people would want to pay two bucks to read articles about tech, music and more in a minimal iPad magazine.
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Folio, AppleInsider, The Loop and Daring Fireball
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Rick Berke to Leave The Times for Politico — Rick Berke, a longtime political correspondent and senior editor at The New York Times, was appointed executive editor of Politico on Thursday, in what Politico described as a testament to its influence and growth.
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Politico, Capital New York, The Huffington Post, Poynter, @jyarow, The Wrap, FishbowlDC and @nprinskeep
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Sued Over Pay, Condé Nast Ends Internship Program — For Lauren Indvik, a business editor and soon-to-be co-editor in chief at Fashionista, the 2008 internship at Vogue was worth every sacrifice. — The 15 pounds frantically lost in the weeks before the interview.
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Beth Healy / Boston Globe:
John Henry's purchase of Boston Globe is completed after Worcester judge lifts injunction — Boston businessman John Henry's purchase of the Boston Globe became official Thursday afternoon, ending 20 years of ownership by the New York Times Co. — Henry, the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
News Corp. to report first quarterly earnings as a new company on Nov. 11 — The new News Corp. will report its first quarterly earnings as a standalone publishing entity on Monday, Nov. 11, the company announced today. — The results will reflect the first quarter of the 2014 fiscal year.
Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
How news sites are boosting ‘stickiness’ with personalisation — A look at how and why news outlets are offering personalisation across digital platforms, as well as some of the lessons and challenges to consider
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@niemanlab
Merrill Knox / TVSpy:
Q3 Earnings: Meredith Local Media Group Revenue Up 3% — Total revenues for Meredith Corporation's Local Media Group grew +3% to $90 million in the third quarter of 2013. Non-political advertising revenues were up +3% to $64 million led by strong performance from KPHO in Phoenix, KCTV in Kansas City and KPTV in Portland, Ore.
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Erik Maza / WWD:
Media Execs Present United Front at Association of Magazine Media Conference — CHEERING SQUAD: The magazine industry convened Wednesday in New York for the annual conference held by its main trade group, the Association of Magazine Media, and made a show of unity to defend the vitality of print.
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Capital New York
Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
China Box Office Surges 35 Percent to $2.7 Billion in First Nine Months of 2013 — The figure is close to the full-year 2012 total of $2.8 billion as local Chinese films made big gains, but Hollywood and other imported foreign fare fell 5.2 percent. — China's box office take was $2.7 billion …
Alex Pham / Billboard:
YouTube preparing a $10/month premium on-demand music service, may come this year — YouTube Close to Launching Subscription Music Service (Breaking) — YouTube is preparing a premium on-demand music service — akin to a Spotify, but with video — to launch later this year, according to several sources familiar with the plans.
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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
TiVo Launches Out-Of-Home Streaming From Roamio DVRs To Its Mobile App — The day new TiVo owners have been waiting for is finally here! — One of the big selling points of the new TiVo Roamio family of DVRs was the ability to connect it to the company's mobile apps and be able to stream …
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The Verge, Geeky Gadgets, Associated Press, AllThingsD and Gigaom
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