Mediagazer: Nikki Finke Claims to Be Leaving Deadline, Announces NikkiFinke.com (Sara Morrison/The Wrap)

9:10 AM ET, October 25, 2013

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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.

Craig Douglas / Boston Business Journal:

Judge orders NY Times to set aside all Globe proceeds until class action is resolved — The New York Times Co.'s celebration after selling The New England Media Group to John Henry was likely short-lived yesterday, as a Worcester judge has ordered the Gray Lady to set aside all proceeds …

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Poynter, Boston Herald, Wall Street Journal, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, @chaughney, JIMROMENESKO.COM, investors.nytco.com, Media Nation and NetNewsCheck Latest

Sara Morrison / The Wrap:

Nikki Finke Claims to Be Leaving Deadline, Announces NikkiFinke.com — Nikki Finke says she is set to leave the website she founded and start over again at NikkiFinke.com, announcing it on Twitter on Thursday. — “I am building out NikkiFinke.com and will unveil it right after the new year,” she tweeted.

Discussion: Gawker, BuzzFeed, The Atlantic Wire, Vulture, @thewrap and LA Observed

Tim Wu / New Yorker:

Is Ad Avoidance a Problem? — Back in the twentieth century, people were roughly equal in their power to avoid advertising. Only desert hermits and commune dwellers could truly live ad-free. But today, many people cheerfully claim to be total ad-avoiders, and it has become possible …

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 …

Discussion: Mirror.co.uk, Index on Censorship, The Voice of Russia, News, Daily Mail, Kirk LaPointe's …, Press Gazette, HoldTheFrontPage, The Drum and Press Gazette

Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Press announces timetable for ‘toughest regulator in the world’

Discussion: Press Gazette

ITV:
Press apply to High Court over rejected regulation plans

Discussion: @lisaocarroll, Newspaper Society, Daily Express, HoldTheFrontPage and BBC

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

NSA chief: Stop reporters ‘selling’ spy documents — The head of the embattled National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander, is accusing journalists of “selling” his agency's documents and is calling for an end to the steady stream of public disclosures of secrets snatched by former contractor Edward Snowden.

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times and New York Magazine

Brian Fung / The Switch:

Inside former NSA chief Michael Hayden's ‘interview’ with an Amtrak live-tweeter — He should've taken the quiet car. — But that's not what Michael Hayden did on Thursday afternoon as he boarded Acela No. 2170, bound for New York. — Instead, the former NSA director nestled …

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Matthew Flamm / Crain's New York Business:

I'm the reporter Fox News conned — There are six steps to perpetrating a classic con, according to the 1923 book Confessions of a Confidence Man. My favorite—the one that best summarizes how in 2008 Fox News duped me in order to discredit my reporting—is the third in the list, known as the “Build-up.”

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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Former News Int chief exec Tom Mockridge said News of the World hacking scandal costs could rise to £1bn — The final cost of the News of the World hacking scandal could rise to £1bn, according to a private assessment made by former News International chief executive Tom Mockridge.

Discussion: Exaro and @domponsford

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

YouTube Takes on The News — Much like the Google News homepage, YouTube's news channel aggregates video news content from some of the biggest - and smallest - broadcasters on earth. Also, like Google News, the channel does not actually produce its own journalism.

Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

The Decline of Wikipedia — The sixth most widely used website in the world is not run anything like the others in the top 10. It is not operated by a sophisticated corporation but by a leaderless collection of volunteers who generally work under pseudonyms and habitually bicker with each other.

Discussion: Gigaom, The Next Web, SlashGear, @bryanappleyard, Techdirt, The Raw Story and Business Insider

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Publishers Confront Digital at Conference: ‘Magazines Are the Original Native Ads’ — Real Competition Isn't Each Other but ‘Other Sources of Distraction’ — Joe Ripp, the newly installed CEO at Time Inc., has spent the first eight weeks on the job firing up his troops for the company's spinoff from Time Warner next year.

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Twitter sets $17-$20 price range for IPO, will offer 70 million shares, trading could begin Nov. 6 — Update: The New York Times has confirmed that Twitter's investor roadshow begins on Monday and the IPO is expected to be on November 6. — Twitter has set its IPO price range at $17 to $20 …

Discussion: DealBook, CNET, Forbes, BuzzFeed, @pkafka, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider and TechCrunch

Karl Bode / DSLreports:

Source: Comcast Launching HBO Broadband Bundle Aimed at Netflix — An insider familiar with Comcast's promotional plans tells DSLreports that the company is preparing a new broadband and HBO streaming bundle aimed squarely at Netflix. The new promotion will be called “Internet Plus,” …

Discussion: Engadget, Digital Trends, SlashGear, The Verge and Gigaom

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

Discussion: Journalism.org, @niemanlab and Forbes

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Longtime Times Editor Named Politico Executive — Richard L. 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.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @jyarow, The Wrap, FishbowlDC, Poynter and @nprinskeep