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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo's Mayer on the Talent Hunt for Tech Journalists (Even From AllThingsD!) — This weekend, a Yahoo recruiter tried to poach two of our fine AllThingsD reporters for what was described as a “new initiative within our Tech Vertical.” — According to the recruiter, who used LinkedIn for the outreach …
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David Carr / New York Times:
With ‘Alpha House,’ Amazon Makes Bid for Living Room Screens and Beyond — Not long ago, I was on the set of a show about politics, Washington and a senator gone rogue. The set had all the trappings of a big-time television production, but it will be delivered not by broadcast or cable …
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon' approach to find new TV hits could hold lessons for established media companies
Amazon' approach to find new TV hits could hold lessons for established media companies
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Press Gazette:
Glenn Mulcaire never deleted Milly Dowler's voice mail, court told — The News of the World never deleted Milly Dowler's voice mail messages, a court has heard. — Continuing his opening address at the phone-hacking trial, Andrew Edis conceded there was no evidence to support the claim carried in The Guardian.
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Telegraph:
Rebekah Brooks and assistant ‘spirited away’ archived notebooks — Rebekah Brooks ordered the destruction of incriminating evidence when she was due to be arrested over phone hacking and corruption, the Old Bailey has heard. — Rebekah Brooks and her personal assistant removed seven archived boxes …
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Texas Tribune is getting into sponsored content for a new online opinion section — The Texas Tribune will begin experimenting with sponsored content in 2014 with a site dedicated to both standard and paid opinion pieces. — TribTalk will be the Austin-based news nonprofit's answer …
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Twitter Raises IPO Price Range And Analysts Approve — So much for Twitter being “the anti-Facebook” in its approach to going public. — The social messenging service has taken a page from its big blue rival, jacking up its price range in the final days before its share debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Area comedian named Fishbowl DC editor — Patrick Tutwiler, a Washington-based comedian, has been named editor of the media news and gossip site Fishbowl DC, following Betsy Rothstein's departure. — “You may have seen one of his stand up acts around the District, or more recently …
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Daniel Terdiman / CNET:
Power plays at Twitter: Jack, Ev, and the need to grow up (Q&A) — Talk about good timing. — This week, just as Twitter is about to carry out its long-awaited and highly anticipated IPO, here comes Nick Bilton's “Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Is YouTube Too Big to Have a Really Big Show? — The best-case scenario for last night's YouTube Music Awards was that they would do something really cool with live music and live video that we haven't seen before. — And that's what they did, for the show's first six minutes.
Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post:
Ray Suarez Joins Al Jazeera America To Host ‘Inside Story’ — Former PBS journalist Ray Suarez will join Al Jazeera as the new host of “Inside Story,” Suarez announced in a tweet on Monday. … Earlier in October, Suarez announced that he was leaving PBS after 14 years on the network's flagship “Newshour.”
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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
What to do with $250m in digital journalism? — Pierre Omidyar, Ebay's founder and now philanthropist, pledged $250m to a new investigative reporting venture. Starting a project of this magnitude from scratch isn't an everyday occurrence, leading us to wonder how it could look like?
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
For Modern Farmer, farm stands hold more promise than newsstands — When Modern Farmer launched its GoatCam in September, Editor-in-chief Ann Marie Gardner was surprised to hear from people working at the Pentagon. — “They had a suggestion for changing the angle of the camera …
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