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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.
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@vivianschiller, TVNewser, Gigaom, @twitterfornews, The Verge, @chloes, @vivianschiller, @claireatki, @nytfridge, @marksluckie, @felixsalmon, @raju, @edmundlee, Reuters, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, ValueWalk, The Wrap, TechCrunch, Politico, Digital Media Wire, @rosental, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @nycjim and Poynter
Matthew Flamm / Media & Entertainment:
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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@erikwemple, Gawker, @mflamm_reporter and @davidfolkenflik
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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.
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BuzzFeed, The Atlantic Wire, Vulture, Gawker, @thewrap and LA Observed
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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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.
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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 …
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 …
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DealBook, CNET, Forbes, BuzzFeed, @pkafka, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider and TechCrunch
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.
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SlashGear, @bryanappleyard, Techdirt, The Raw Story and Business Insider
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.
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.
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,” …
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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Poynter, Forbes, Mashable, @alansmurray, @alansmurray, @comcast, The Switch, ValueWalk, @lavrusik, WebProNews, paidContent, Reuters, The Next Web, TVNewser, @pewresearch, Knight Foundation, @mikeisaac, GeekWire, @pewinternet, @asmitch and Softpedia News
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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, @niemanlab and Forbes
TechCrunch:
This Is What Instagram Ads Look Like — Instagram has just released the first image of an Instagram ad. — Last month the company announced Sponsored Photos and Sponsored Videos would begin appearing in people's feeds from brands they don't follow, promising something beautiful and engaging.
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Instagram Blog, Yahoo! News, CNNMoney.com, Wired, Fast Company, Betabeat, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Engadget, CNET, The Next Web and AdAge
Josh Kron / New York Times:
Kenya Assails Coverage Of an Attack On a Mall — NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan journalists came under threat this week from the authorities over their coverage of last month's Westgate mall attack, after video suggesting possible looting by Kenyan forces was broadcast on national television.
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GlobalPost and Committee to Protect …
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 …
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.
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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.
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The Huffington Post, @jyarow, The Wrap, FishbowlDC, Poynter and @nprinskeep
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT's Rick Berke to join POLITICO as executive editor
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Capital New York, FishbowlNY, @peterbakernyt, @lheron, Erik Wemple, Talking Points Memo, @brianstelter and @nycjim
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