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12:25 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 …
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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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 …
Discussion: Politico and Politico
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
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.
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 …
Discussion: @miriamelder and MoneyBeat
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.
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
The rise of Brown Moses: How an unemployed British man has become a poster boy for citizen journalism  —  We've written many times about how social media and what Om likes to call the “democratization of distribution” have changed the way that journalism works in a digital age …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and @antderosa
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.
Scott Alexander / Hollywood Reporter:
Microsoft's Xbox One: Does it Live up to the Hype?  —  With its new console, launching Friday, the company makes a bold play for your cable box and the future of television.  —  This Friday, Microsoft will release its new Xbox One video game console, competing directly with longtime rival Sony …
ABC:
Mark Scott promises investigation after The Australian leaks ABC salary details  —  ABC managing director Mark Scott has apologised to staff over the release of individual pay details by The Australian, calling the figures “wrong and out-of-date”, and vowing to investigate how the newspaper obtained the information.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
CNN Acquires Film by Jose Antonio Vargas  —  CNN Films has acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to “Documented,” a feature-length film about undocumented immigrant and former Washington Post and Huffington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas.  The film will premiere on CNN/U.S. next spring …
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
NewsWhip launches local function for social search tool  —  The newsroom tool for surfacing trending stories now draws on local blogs and news outlets in the UK, US, Canada and Germany as well as national outlets from around the world  —  NewsWhip Spike, a tool for finding news stories trending …
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
Disqus enables rich media in comments because conversations are more than just text  —  Disclosure: VentureBeat uses Disqus for its comment platform.  —  Disqus is rolling out a significant update to its online comment platform today that add videos, photos, and other forms of rich media to discussions between readers.
Discussion: The Next Web, Disqus and ReadWrite
 
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