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7:15 PM ET, November 8, 2013

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Erik Wemple:
Benghazi: First, ‘60 Minutes.’ Next, Fox News?  —  In her contrition today on “CBS This Morning,” Lara Logan discussed the credentials of the fellow, Dylan Davies, who had provided what now appears to be a bogus account about events at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya …
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Lara Logan Apologizes For Botched ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi Report, Says Show Will Issue Correction  —  In a humiliating retreat from a piece she had staunchly defended, “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan admitted on Friday morning that she and the news magazine had made a “mistake” …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Simon & Schuster pulling Benghazi book  —  The publisher for Dylan Davies, the source of “60 Minutes” controversial Benghazi report, announced on Friday that they are pulling his book “in light of information” brought to their attention since its publication.
New York Times:
Accounts Differ to F.B.I. and CBS on Benghazi
Lynne Marek / Crain's Chicago Business:
Onion halts all print editions, turns entirely to digital “news”  —  The Onion is halting its print version in Chicago and its two other remaining markets with its Dec. 12 issue.  The newsweekly was 25 years old and is survived by its website and a new creative service for advertisers.
MediaPost:
FCC OKs Media General-New Young Broadcasting Merger  —  The FCC gave approval to Media General to merge with New Young Broadcasting Holding Co, Inc. Media General expects to close on the transaction Nov. 12.  The FCC approved Media General's applications seeking consent to transfer …
Andrew Rosati / MiamiHerald.com:
Venezuelan authorities detain Miami Herald reporter  —  CARACAS — Jim Wyss, the Miami Herald's Andean bureau chief, was detained by Venezuelan authorities Thursday while reporting on the country's chronic shortages and looming municipal elections.  Wyss remained in custody Friday afternoon.
Bhavya Dore / Hindustan Times:
Tina Brown, who edited New Yorker and Newsweek, doesn't read magazines anymore  —  Television is dead, the newsstand finished, editors weak and journalism is in a dark, uncertain place, says Tina Brown, the woman who edited the New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Newsweek.
Tim Carmody / Hazlitt:
What's Missing in Keller and Greenwald's Future of Journalism  —  Last week, Bill Keller did a funny thing.  The former executive editor and current Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times, as authoritative and oracular as he is moderate and guarded, opened up a space for pointed …
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
iHeartRadio Tops 40 Million Registered Users  —  iHeartRadio, Clear Channel's digital radio service, has today announced that it has topped 40 million registered users and 260 million downloads since relaunching in September 2011.  Though the milestone is significant, it's worth noting …
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NPR's Brian Boyer on Building and Managing News Apps Teams  —  Process, hiring, and what it takes to make it in newsroom code  —  As part of our one-year anniversary series, we're interviewing news apps and interactive features editors about the history of their teams, the challenges they face …
Discussion: @jeremybowers
Mike Shields / Adweek:
Google and Nielsen Partner on Online Campaign Ratings [Updated]  —  As part of the ongoing quest to get more TV dollars to Web video, buyers and sellers are suddenly in love with old school metrics like ratings and GRPs.  Over the past year few months, many brands and agencies have been insisting …
Discussion: @niemanlab and AdExchanger
Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
New York's top court to rule on Fox journalist's bid to protect sources  —  A FoxNews.com reporter facing potential jail for not revealing the sources of her reporting on Aurora, Col., gunman James Holmes will appear before New York State's top court next week in a bid to quash a subpoena requiring her to testify in the case.
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Jason Kilar Poaches Another Key Hulu Exec For ‘Fremont Project’  —  The Fremont Project Said to Be Focused on Mobile Video  —  Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is raiding the video service once again for talent.  —  This time he's bringing Hulu's VP-product Lonn Lee aboard his secretive startup The Fremont Project.
Discussion: Gigaom
Robert Andrews / Beet.tv:
Time Inc To Launch Mobile Video Content Channel  —  Soon to be spun out from Time Warner, magazine publisher Time Inc will launch a mobile-specific video brand by year's end.  “You'll see something from over the next four to six weeks - a video-only offering in mobile,” …
 
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Emma Bryce / The Connectivist:
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Businessweek:
Netflix Stock's High Flying Makes Some Folks Queasy
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Music Service Spotify To Secure $200m US Deal
Discussion: Gigaom and hypebot
Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Demand Media hurt by search changes at Google
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Nancy Gibbs promotes top lieutenants at ‘Time’
Discussion: WWD Media Headlines and FishbowlNY
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post plans Sunday edition of its free Express paper
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC executive says US TV industry is more favourable to ethnic minorities
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Xbox One's first wave of TV apps features Netflix, HBO Go, FiOS, NFL and much more
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom / The LARB Blog:
Censorship, Translation and the Chinese Market
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
NBC News Digital to launch J.F.K. anniversary site with 275 videos from Brokaw interviews
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and TVNewser
Sarah Laskow / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why Getty Images is partnering with Pinterest
Discussion: @ndorokakung
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Startups Pitching A “Netflix For E-Books” May Have A Tough Sell