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Bill Keller / New York Times:
Is Glenn Greenwald the Future of News? — Much of the speculation about the future of news focuses on the business model: How will we generate the revenues to pay the people who gather and disseminate the news? But the disruptive power of the Internet raises other profound questions …
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Poynter, Media Nation, paidContent, Gawker, @nickkristof, @froomkin, PandoDaily, @consensus911, @emilybell, @johnwdean, @jswatz, @dankennedy_nu, @clarajeffery, @charliebeckett, @richarddeitsch, @yottapoint, @marklittlenews, @jbennet, @paulsonne, @ggreenwald, @markharrisnyc, @robbmontgomery, @bobbymacreports, @emptywheel, @jeffjarvis, @zunguzungu, Guardian, @jeffjarvis, @joshuafoust, @jerometaylor, @zeynep, @alansmurray, @barberlionel, @radleybalko, @jacobwe, @nytkeller, @davidsirota, @coreyrobin, @knowtheory, @jayrosen_nyu, @sunny_hundal, Talking New Media, @chmadar, @myraemacdonald, @tcarmody, @carr2n, @lilianasegura, @juliacarriew, @raniakhalek, @mathewi, BillMoyers.com and The Raw Story
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Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Keller vs Greenwald: Why Not Both?
Keller vs Greenwald: Why Not Both?
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Politico, @sullydish, @dgardner and @joshuafoust
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney Show Will Appear First on App for Tablets — LOS ANGELES — A cat in a pink cowboy hat is leading Disney's television operation deeper into the Wild West of mobile viewing, where it hopes to connect with the company's core audience. — Noting that tablet computers like the iPad are increasingly the …
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Electronista, AppNewser, bizjournals and The Verge
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
As Media Change, Fairness Stays Same — MOST of the time, Michael Powell writes the Gotham column for the news pages of The Times, in which his liberal politics — that's his own description — may be understood, though not made explicit. — But occasionally, the veteran reporter turns …
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@raju, @jswatz, @jayrosen_nyu, @dangillmor, @digiphile and @mathewi
David Carr / New York Times:
Gawker Kicks Open the Closet, but Its Disclosure Barely Reverberates — What if Gawker tried to out an anchor at Fox News and no one cared? — On Tuesday, Gawker, the news and gossip blog based in Manhattan, reached back to March for an item about the anchor, Shepard Smith …
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TVNewser, @jktrotter, @bdomenech, @gabrielmalor, @jwisser, @evanchill, @ericboehlert, @carr2n, @attardmon, @grahamdavida, @romenesko, @lachlan, @escarry, @paulcarr, @sdkstl, @jswatz and @benlillie
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Hayley Romer Promoted to Publisher of The Atlantic — The Atlantic is announcing a leadership change today. Hayley Romer has been promoted to vp and publisher, leading ad efforts across its print and digital platforms. — Romer has served as associate publisher since May 2012 …
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MinOnline, FishbowlDC and FishbowlNY
Jim Romenesko:
The Politico culture explained — “This place isn't for everyone,” Politico CEO Jim VandeHei tells his employees in a memo about the expanding news organization's culture. “People who thrive here are highly talented, self-motivated doers who are brimming with passion and a desire to win.”
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@johngapper, @brianstelter, @niemanlab, @moorehn, @justin_fenton, @romenesko and @claremalone
Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York:
Vice Media to get deeper into news with live coverage — Change is coming to Vice Media, the rapidly growing Williamsburg-based multimedia empire that began as an alternative music weekly in Montreal. — In a telephone interview Wednesday, the company's chief creative officer Eddy Moretti told Capital …
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Bedford + Bowery
Grace Tsoi / New York Times:
Wikipedia China Becomes Front Line for Views on Language and Culture — HONG KONG — The Chinese-language version of Wikipedia has become more than an online encyclopedia: it is a battlefield for editors from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in a region charged with political, ideological and cultural differences.
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Shanghaiist
Poynter:
Karen Dunlap will retire as Poynter's president — Karen Dunlap, who has led the Poynter Institute since 2003, announced to staff Monday she plans to retire in January. “We need to take some big steps,” Dunlap told Poynter's faculty and staff. “And I think it's time for somebody else to do that.”
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@juliemmoos and @mallarytenore
Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Islamists Repress Syria's Citizen Journalists — Syrian media activists working to establish a credible alternative to the state broadcaster in areas of the country held by rebel groups were dealt a blow this month in the northeastern province of Raqqa, where a radio station that aired criticism …
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@koertdebeuf
Reuters:
Britain's Cameron says may act against newspapers over spy leaks — Oct 28 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday his government was likely to act to stop newspapers publishing what he called damaging leaks from former U.S. intelligence operative Edward Snowden unless they began to behave more responsibly.
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The Huffington Post, @kenroth, @peterjukes, @markwatts_1, @latentexistence, @dailyquail, @ggreenwald, @ncilla, @ian_fraser, @ggreenwald, @mlcalderone, @mattblaze and @pbump
Erik Wemple:
Gerry Lenfest and the fight for the Philadelphia Inquirer — H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest didn't look happy to be sitting in a Philadelphia courtroom on Tuesday morning. The 83-year-old Lenfest is something of a Philadelphia pillar, a businessman who made a mint in the cable business …