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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Twitter apologizes for blocking newspaper's URLs — Twitter's Andrew Fitzgerald apologized Monday to Philadelphia City Paper reporter Daniel Denvir for an episode last week when Twitter wasn't allowing users to access the paper's stories through tweeted URLs, Denvir told Poynter in a phone call.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC News, agreeing to pay for sky-diving footage, criticized for ‘checkbook journalism’ — In a second episode of apparent “checkbook journalism” in a week, NBC News has locked up exclusive interviews and amateur footage of an aerial accident with a six-figure fee to a group of sky divers …
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NBCNews, Kirk LaPointe's …, @cwarzel, TVNewser, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Steve Raabe / Denver Post:
Dean Singleton to retire from Denver Post owner MediaNews Group — MediaNews Group Inc., owner of The Denver Post, said Monday that founder and chairman, William Dean Singleton, 62, will retire ahead of the company's annual meeting in December. — Singleton will continue to serve as non-executive chairman of The Denver Post.
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New York Times and @jxpaton
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
HLN Preparing Significant Layoffs and Show Cancellations (UPDATED) — Mediaite has learned from reliable sources that CNN's sister network HLN is preparing for a significant amount of staff layoffs and show cancellations. — According to our sources, much of the network's dayside programming …
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TVNewser, FishbowlNY, Variety, Capital New York and Inside Cable News
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Breaking News Takes a New Approach to the Personalized News Feed — A News Feed That's Only Partly Personalized — If you're a news junkie, you're almost certainly on Twitter. And if you're a hard-core news junkie, then there's a very good chance that you're one of the 6.3 million people following …
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GeekWire, Broadcasting & Cable, NetNewsCheck Latest, NewscastStudio and @rozzy
Jim Romenesko:
Dayton Daily News memo: There will be nothing negative about CBS in our newspaper — In Dayton, Cox Media Group is integrating its print, TV (a CBS affiliate) and radio operations and using the slogan, “Come Together.” According to a memo that Dayton Daily News staffers received on Friday …
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The Wrap, @jcstearns, @davidfolkenflik, @romenesko and @onthemedia
Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
Parody Twitter account that apparently duped Costolo temporarily suspended without explanation — The Death And Rebirth Of @ProfJeffJarvis, The Best Parody Account On Twitter — For the Internet thinkeratti, @ProfJeffJarvis is a Twitter must-follow. It's a satirical account that takes …
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@profjeffjarvis, @jonmarino and @forbes
Journalism.org:
Twitter News Consumers: Young, Mobile and Educated — Nearly one-in-ten U.S. adults (8%) get news through Twitter, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center, in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Compared with the 30% of Americans who get news on Facebook …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
For WorldPost launch, Huffington Post hires foreign correspondents in Middle East, China — Over the past few years, The Huffington Post has been laying down cross-continental roots with its growing stable of international editions designed to scale the brand from London to Tokyo to Maghreb.
David Zax / Fast Company:
An Article Has A Lifespan Of 37 Days, And Other Findings From Pocket — Spend enough time talking to Nate Weiner, and you begin to realize he has a unique vantage point on web publishing. Whereas we might visit a given site like the New York Times and take a note of what's most popular or shared …
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Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck Latest:
Lee Enterprises Readies For Mobile Future — At newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises, the future is mobile, according to James Green, the company's VP of digital. Green sees the need for Lee to monetize mobile, where 40% of its readers are now consuming content.
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Monday Q&A: Thomas Patterson on why journalists need to up their knowledge game — At the Harvard Kennedy School, Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, teaches two classes on policy, politics, institutions, and democracy. He's written many books on the subject …
Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
60-70% of Forbes contributors earned $45,000 in the past year, says D'Vorkin — The Forbes digital content model and power of the long-tail — Chief product officer Lewis D'Vorkin outlines the business news outlet's approach online, where 50 per cent of its monthly traffic is to articles at least 30 days old
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Kirk LaPointe's … and Talking Biz News
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Peter Beinart leaving Daily Beast for The Atlantic Media Company — Peter Beinart, the liberal Jewish blogger, is leaving The Daily Beast for The Atlantic Media Company, sources familiar with the move tell POLITICO. He will serve as Contributing Editor for both The Atlantic and National Journal.
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