Mediagazer: Politico's Mike Allen to assist with New York version of ‘Playbook’ (Erik Wemple)

5:20 PM ET, November 20, 2013

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

N.Y. Times D.C. shakeup: David Leonhardt out, Carolyn Ryan in as bureau chief — New York Times Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt will step down and be replaced by political editor Carolyn Ryan, sources familiar with the decision told POLITICO on Wednesday.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

NYT names new D.C. bureau chief, plans two ‘newsroom start ups’ — Carolyn Ryan will be The New York Times' new Washington bureau chief, replacing David Leonhardt, Dylan Byers reports. In a note to staff, Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson said Leonhardt will be Managing Editor of one of two …

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
N.Y. Times hires four for new data vertical

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Erik Wemple:

Politico's Mike Allen to assist with New York version of ‘Playbook’ — A while back, the Erik Wemple Blog argued that Politico's “Playbook,” the morning newsletter authored by the famously workaholic reporter Mike Allen, prospered in a unique Beltway seedbed: Lots of issue-advocacy dollars …

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Erik Wemple:

Politico's Mike Allen, native advertising pioneer — Introducing: The “Playbook” game! — Politico Chief White House Correspondent Mike Allen writes “Playbook,” a daily e-mail newsletter featuring stories from Politico and other outlets, various “exclusives,” tips and birthday notices.

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Gillian Reagan / Capital New York:

Capital news: We're relaunching on Dec. 3 — Capital's new logo. Designed by Randi Hazan. — Friends, — For the past ten weeks, we have been working hard on some exciting new projects. We're excited to show you what we've created. — Below, you'll find the full text of a press release …

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Laura Bennett / The New Republic:

Media Diets: Our Most Pretentious Obsession — The phony cult of telling people what you read — In a recent Times op-ed, Bill Keller, making the case for 2013 as the golden age of news, offered a casual account of his daily media intake. It started ordinarily enough: a little NPR at the gym …

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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:

NY1 to rebrand as ‘Time Warner Cable News NY1’ by end of year — The rebranding of NY1 is officially happening. Time Warner Cable's New York cable news channel will become “Time Warner Cable News NY1” by the end of 2013, according to a memo sent to staff there.

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

‘New York Times’ introduces ‘The New York Times Minute,’ thrice-daily video news update — The New York Times is going bite-sized with its growing stable of video coverage. — The paper debuted a new video series this morning called “The New York Times Minute,” a thrice-daily …

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Walter Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:

Tribune Co. announces restructuring, will cut nearly 700 jobs — The Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) — Tribune Co., the parent of the Los Angeles Times, on Wednesday unveiled a restructuring plan that will slash nearly 700 jobs over the next year.

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Katy Bachman / Adweek:

Broadcasters urge U.S. Congress to preserve advertising as a deductible business expense — Is an Ad Tax Deduction Battle Moving to the Senate? — The advertising community has been on high alert over proposals in the House to limit or eliminate the advertising tax deduction.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Twitter's TV Guide Experiment Gets a Little Closer to Prime Time — Twitter often describes itself as a digital town square. But that's not the only metaphor it likes: Twitter is also intent on becoming a TV Guide. — Dick Costolo and company talked a lot about the Twitter + TV concept …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Google Tries Rebooting Its Flipboard Clone, and Starts Selling the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal — A couple of years ago it seemed very important for every big consumer Web company to have its own version of Flipboard, the mobile app that lets you assemble your own digital magazine.

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Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:

Bob Woodward: Edward Snowden Should Have Come To Me Instead — Edward Snowden may have helped blow the lid on the NSA's secret surveillance programs, but Bob Woodward has one complaint: that Snowden should have come to him with the leaks. — “I wish [Snowden] had come to me instead of others …

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

How The New York Times Gets Around Censors In China — NEW YORK — On Tuesday morning, readers in mainland China could click on New York Times stories about basketball player Jeremy Lin and rapper Eminem, or an obituary for the novelist Doris Lessing — all of which recently appeared in the U.S. print edition and online.

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Reuters:

Insight: For Intel, Hollywood dreams prove a leap too far — (Reuters) - Earlier this year, Intel Corp rented temporary retail space in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago for a splashy launch of Intel TV, a new Internet entertainment service that the chipmaker promised could revolutionize the television industry.

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

EU Says It Has Nothing To Do With New Press Restrictions At Iran Talks In Geneva — Reporters aren't buying it. — Negotiators at the last round of talks. — Pool / Reuters — GENEVA — Swiss police have banned press from the Geneva hotel where Iran nuclear talks are taking place this week …

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Ken Bensinger / Los Angeles Times:

Belo threatens suit if Riverside Press-Enterprise sale collapses — A $27.25-million deal to sell the paper to publishing entrepreneur Aaron Kushner had been set to close Friday. But owner A.H. Belo said the transaction is still pending. — The owner of the Riverside Press-Enterprise …

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Dena Levitz / NetNewsCheck Latest:

Papers And Online Courses: An Ideal Fit? — Digital strategist Amy Webb at the Online News Association conference last month suggested media companies should explore the opportunities provided by massive open online courses. The strategy is not necessarily a new one.

Robert Andrews / InPublishing:

How have publishers responded to the demise of Google Reader? — When Google announced in March that it was “sunsetting” its RSS newsreader service Google Reader, writes Robert Andrews, echoes rang out from hundreds of aghast journalists' jaws hitting the floor.

Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times:

Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR — A Brown University graduate works on her computer during a Wikipedia “edit-a-thon” on campus last month. (Steven Senne / Associated Press / October 15, 2013) — The Wikimedia Foundation has sent a cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR …