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12:25 PM ET, November 13, 2013

Top News:

Don't Panic! The ‘Times’ Is Losing Staff, But It Will Be Fine — In August, reporting an article about The New York Times' future, I spoke to Sam Sifton, the former national editor now in charge of various nascent digital initiatives that the paper hopes will allow it to secure more paying customers.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Capital New York, Yahoo News, @emilybell, @markleibovich, Poynter, WebProNews and Politico

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

New York Times Departures Heighten Concerns About Staff Retention — NEW YORK — When New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson was in negotiations this past summer to keep stats guru Nate Silver at the paper, his agent remarked that his client was “the prettiest girl at the party.”

Discussion: Politico, Forbes, New York Times, FishbowlNY, The New York Observer, @tomgara, @fmanjoo, @fmanjoo, FishbowlDC, USA Today, @sulliview, @dkthomp, Big News Network.com, Capital New York and @brianstelter

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Abramson to name Lindgren's replacement by year's end; inside and outside candidates being considered

Discussion: bookforum.com, New York Times and The Wrap

Bronwen Clune / Guardian:

So Twitter is ruining journalism? Really? — The Australian newspaper published an editorial referring to journalists using Twitter as a ‘path to ruin’. It couldn't be more wrong — There is no quicker way for old institutions to look irrelevant than to insist on their relevance.

Discussion: @jimbarrett

Jim Edwards / Business Insider:

Google Is Now Bigger Than Both The Magazine And Newspaper Industries — Google has become so big that sometimes it's difficult to understand just how big it is. It's on course to do $60 billion in revenue this year, almost all of that from advertising. But how big is that in terms of the media it competes against for ad dollars?

Discussion: Forbes, WebProNews and BGR

Nancy Youssef / @nancyayoussef:

CBS spokesman tells McClatchy that CBS is conducting a “journalist review” into its Oct. 27 60 Minutes #Benghazi report. #LaraLogan

Discussion: @mlcalderone

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
CBS News and reporter Lara Logan face brutal criticism on flawed Benghazi report

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @michaeldweiss, @katrinanation, @amyargetsinger, @rlocker12, @toddgregory and @saralibby

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Netflix ditches Webkit to roll out slick new UI for smart TVs, Roku boxes and game consoles — Netflix rolled out a big revamp of its user interface for smart TVs and connected devices Tuesday night, moving away from a grid of box shot covers towards a much more visual interface …

Discussion: Netflix US & Canada Blog, FierceOnlineVideo News, @dalmaer, @dcaunt, CNET, Variety and AllThingsD

Angela Watercutter / Wired:
Netflix's New Look Is a Glimpse at the Future of TV

Discussion: USA Today

Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:

Fox, Ivanhoe to Make Local-Language Movies in Asia — Under Four-Year Agreement, Robert Friedland Firm Will Invest $130 Million — Twentieth Century Fox said it entered a cofinancing deal to produce dozens of movies throughout Asia, significantly expanding the studio's presence …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, PC World, Los Angeles Times and Deadline.com

Paul Carsten / Reuters: Chinese Internet firms sue Baidu for online piracy

Chris Hughes / The New Republic:

A Year and a Half Later... What's new at The New Republic — What's new at The New Republic — Today we are launching The New Republic's company blog, New Republic Home News. From time to time, we will use this space to give readers a sense of what's going on inside the company.

Discussion: Poynter, @niemanlab and @rmantri

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Former Rolling Stone Editor Eric Bates Joins Omidyar-Greenwald Venture — Eric Bates, the former executive editor of Rolling Stone, is joining the new media organization being launched by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and journalist Glenn Greenwald. — According to a post from Omidyar about NewCo …

Wall Street Journal:

Hulu Wants to Be Offered With Pay-TV Bundles — Online Video Outlet Could Be Centralized Location for Full Seasons of Shows … Online video outlet Hulu LLC is in early discussions with several pay-TV providers about potential partnerships, said people familiar with the situation …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and The Next Web

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Clearleap Raises $20 Million From Susquehanna To Make TV More Multiplatform — Clearleap builds software infrastructure that helps content owners, distributors, and aggregators to make TV and movies available online and on a wide array of devices. While it's spent the last several years …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

John Reynolds / Guardian:

Independent's redesign lifts circulation — Relaunch of newspaper on Thursday 7 November led to rise in sales of around 3,000 compared to previous week — The Independent is understood to have enjoyed a circulation lift of around 3,000 copies on the day of its redesign …

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

CBS Corp. CEO Talks Time Warner Cable Dispute, Netflix Competition — Leslie Moonves also says TV is a better business than film and discusses “pre-historic” thinking about retrans fees, why only ESPN should get paid more than CBS and how his wife binges on “Game of Thrones.”

Nicole Levy / Capital New York:

David Remnick laments the ‘cultural serfdom’ of young writers on the web — For what was essentially an audience of twentysomething journalists aspiring to write for the New Yorker, editor in chief David Remnick had no incontrovertible advice on the subject Monday evening.

Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:

The Sun to introduce ‘dedicated department’ for social media — The new department will power ‘24/7’ social media activity, and consist of half a dozen social managers and a new social editor — The Sun is to set up a “dedicated department” for social media, which will consist of a team …

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Why Lockhart Steele Sold Curbed to Vox — Digital media startup Vox Media, parent to SB Nation, The Verge and Polygon, will acquire the Curbed suite of blogs — Curbed, Eater, Racked — in a deal that was reported to have been in the neighborhood of $20-$30 million.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab

David Meyer / Gigaom:

On-demand photography outfit Scoopshot pulls in $3.9M to expand internationally — A lot of money is going into trying to disrupt the stock photography market - something investors hope will be possible through advances in the quality of smartphone cameras.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Mobile Entertainment and Scoopshot

Chris Tryhorn / Guardian:

BBC is in a ‘soft power’ battle with international broadcasters — Tony Hall wants a worldwide audience of 500 million by 2022, but CCTV, al-Jazeera and others have global ambitions too — BBC director general Tony Hall wants the corporation to double its international reach …

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Nikki Finke demands $3.5M for breakup with Deadline — The divorce battle between Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke and publishing entrepreneur Jay Penske is starting to look like 1979's “Kramer vs. Kramer.” — The two are locked in a growing legal fight over whether Finke is entitled …

Discussion: @nikkifinke

Katy Bachman / Adweek:

Senators Introduce Bill to Curb Sports Blackouts — Never underestimate a lawmaker's desire to make sure football games get aired in his market. — Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), two lawmakers who have been outspoken on sports blackouts …

Tom Krazit / paidContent:

Why we are moving our media coverage over to Gigaom — This is the last post we'll publish on paidContent as we move our media coverage under one Gigaom umbrella and a new Media channel. — As one of the last remaining independent tech media startups, we have a keen interest in the future of the media business.