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9:20 PM ET, November 1, 2013

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Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Globe and Mail Erroneously Claims Ex-NSA Chief Michael Hayden Killed at LAX  —  In yet another in a long list of major breaking news errors committed by major news outlets, Canada's Globe and Mail falsely reported that ex-NSA chief Michael Hayden was killed in Friday's shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Are breaking news mistakes even worth covering anymore? … After Aurora, Colo. shooting; after the Supreme Court's healthcare ruling; after the Boston manhunt — should we even bother covering the media's mistakes anymore?  Getting it wrong seems to have become the industry standard.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post, Guild reach tentative agreement  —  Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild News Co-Chair Fredrick Kunkle says in a Facebook post that The Washington Post and its union members “have reached tentative agreement on a new contract.”  All Guild members will get a raise under the proposed agreement.
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John Kell / Wall Street Journal:   Washington Post 3rd-Quarter Net Down 68% on Prior-Year Gains
Washington Post Company:
The Washington Post Company Reports Third Quarter Earnings
Discussion: Talking New Media and Motley Fool
Dylan Byers / Politico:
President Obama, off the record  —  President Barack Obama is often accused of being insular.  He's not a schmoozer.  He doesn't like meeting with lawmakers, and he doesn't particularly care for talking to reporters, either.  —  But get him in an off-the-record setting with a small group …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Machinima, the YouTube Giant Looking for New Money, Is Also Looking for a New CEO  —  Machinima, the giant YouTube network that caters to gamers, is looking for a new chief executive — at the same time it is trying to close a big funding round.  —  Allen DeBevoise, the company's co-founder …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Andy Coulson was warned that buying palace phone book was illegal, jury told  —  Phone-hacking trial hears that News of the World reporter told editor ‘criminal charges’ could result from payment to police  —  Andy Coulson was warned in an email from a reporter on the News of the World that he could face …
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Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
The NYT's paywall overtakes digital ads  —  Meantime, the Globe's drag on the Times, quantified  —  It was only a little more than two years ago that the conventional wisdom said The New York Times shouldn't—or couldn't—charge online.  —  You don't hear that anymore with the massive success …
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
FCC may end blackout rules, but games may still be blacked out online  —  The FCC may finally get rid of its decades-old blackout rules for live sports broadcasts.  Unfortunately, that still doesn't mean that any of these games will be available online.  —  The Federal Communications Commission …
Discussion: Variety and The Hill
Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
New iPad Air comes closer to all-in-one reporting device for mobile journalists  —  Mobile journalists — those who report on the ground and file stories at Starbucks, for instance — should be tempted by the iPad Air.  While it's unlikely to revolutionize on-the-go computing …
Discussion: TechCrunch, Guardian and Softpedia News
Emily Bell / Guardian:
US journalism makes break with market forces  —  Guardian US, Jeff Bezos's WaPo deal and Glenn Greenwald's new venture highlight the growing power of the non-profit sector  —  Something shocking has happened to US journalism: it has parted company with the free market.
Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
Andrew Sullivan's Dish hits 30,880 subs and $791k in revenue, with jump thanks to government shutdown  —  Andrew Sullivan, who took his popular politics blog the Dish independent and added a metered paywall in January, hoped to pull in $900,000 in subscription revenues to keep the site up and running in 2013.
Discussion: The Dish and @jimmcbee
Jim Romenesko:
GateHouse's Times Herald-Record lays off all four of its staff photographers  —  In early September, News Corp. sold its Dow Jones Local Media Group — 33 newspapers — to the majority shareholder of GateHouse Media.  —  I'm getting reports today of “bloodbaths” at some of the former Dow Jones papers.
Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
FT Chief Ridding: no plans to kill its pink pages  —  (Reuters) - The Financial Times plans to retain its famously salmon-hued print edition even as it aggressively ramps up digital distribution, its chief executive said in an interview.  —  FT Group CEO John Ridding said a “digital first” …
Erik Sass / MediaPost:
Digital Subs Power Circ Gains For Some Newspapers  —  After years of relentless losses, newspapers are finally enjoying circulation growth due to digital subscriptions — at least in some cases.  The overall picture remains decidedly mixed, with circs continuing to fall at many local …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Newspapers forge ahead with plans for new regulator  —  Hacked Off campaigners unimpressed with publishers' decision to ignore royal charter following its approval this week  —  Newspaper and magazine publishers are pressing ahead with setting up a new regulator, in defiance …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Plans Sweeping Changes to Bolster AM Radio  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission, seeking to revive the sagging fortunes of AM radio, has proposed removing or updating regulations that station owners believe have left many AM channels on the precipice of death.
 
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Ann Friedman / Columbia Journalism Review:
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Amazon launches ‘Day One’ journal, publishing a short story and poem every week
Discussion: @viticci and @imyke
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Vocativ Brings The Tools Of The Spy World Into The Newsroom
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