Mediagazer: The Texas Tribune is getting into sponsored content for a new online opinion section (Justin Ellis/Nieman Journalism Lab)

1:00 PM ET, November 4, 2013

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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

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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 …

Discussion: Guardian, Press Gazette, @courtnewsuk and Talking New Media

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 …

Discussion: @niemanlab

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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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 …

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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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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.

Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

New FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Announces New Staff Appointments — As he's sworn in as the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler put his first stamp on the office by naming new staffers who will help lead the commission that regulates broadcasting and telecommunications.

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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?

Discussion: Pressthink, Guardian, @dabeard and @raju

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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