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

9:35 PM ET, November 20, 2013

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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.

Discussion: @ggreenwald, Politico, The Dish, @jonathanchait, @mlcalderone, @timothynoah1, @jayrosen_nyu, @abeaujon, @gregotto, @existentialfish, @michaelschaffer, @jeffjohnroberts, @lydiadepillis and @timfernholz

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, @jayrosen_nyu and Politico

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 …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, @mlcalderone, MediaPost, The Wrap and Poynter

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

New York Times Trying To ‘Win The Morning’ From Politico — NEW YORK — A few months ago, New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson said in an interview that she looks at Politico each day, and specifically, reads “Mike Allen's email in the morning.” — Allen's Playbook is big part …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

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.

Discussion: The New Republic, Adweek, New York Times, NetNewsCheck Latest, @thestalwart, @lpolgreen, FishbowlNY, New York Magazine, FishbowlDC, The Huffington Post and Capital New York

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 …

Discussion: Capital New York, @poynter and @fmanjoo

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

Discussion: The Monkey Cage and @fivethirtyeight

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 …

Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Mediaite

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

Is Google Play Newsstand a viable alternative to standalone Android apps? — Google introduced its latest platform for consuming news on Android devices today, suggesting that news organizations' native apps aren't serving readers well — even as those apps continue to be offered in the Google Play Store.

Discussion: Official Android Blog and GeekWire

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Google Tries Rebooting Its Flipboard Clone, and Starts Selling the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal

Discussion: Gigaom, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, investors.nytco.com, Financial Times, VentureBeat, MacRumors, NetNewsCheck Latest, Electronista and Mashable

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.

Discussion: Pew Research Journalism …, Broadcasting & Cable, @miriamgottfried, @brianstelter, @tomscocca, @jbflint, TVSpy and New York Magazine

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 …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @choire, @lbennett, @moorehn, @alyssarosenberg, @johnmcquaid, @erikwemple, @nprmonkeysee, @maura, @thestalwart, @max_fisher, @michaelroston, @pbump and @digiphile

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, Politico, LA Observed, Robert Feder, Poynter, The Wrap, @hitsville, Forbes, New York Times, @kyoshino, @wesleylowery, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @latimes, @cwellssun, Top Digital Journal News and Variety

Pew Research Center:

Obamacare v. Philippines typhoon: How cable covered two big stories — In a week dominated by two mega-stories—the continuing travails of Obamacare and the devastating typhoon in the Philippines—America's hypercompetitive cable news outlets exercised very different news judgments.

Discussion: TVNewser, Mediaite, @lrainie, @jfdulac, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, The FJP and TheBlaze.com

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 …

Discussion: Poynter, Gigaom, BtoB Magazine, Nieman Journalism Lab, @raju, FishbowlNY, investors.nytco.com and NetNewsCheck Latest

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.

Discussion: Radio & Television …, MarketingVox News & Trends and Radio & Television …

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Time Inc.'s Last Editor-in-Chief Sends Its 'Pope's Miter' to Editors in Pieces — ‘Classy Move’ Symbolizing Individual Editors' Responsibility Going Forward — Editors at Time Inc. have received unexpected gifts from their former boss Martha Nelson: pieces of the “Pope's miter” …

Discussion: FishbowlNY and @natives, Thanks:@msebastian

Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

Rupert Murdoch's wife likely got Beijing house, $44-million NYC condo in divorce settlement — Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, appeared before a Manhattan judge on Wednesday in a 10-minute hearing that cleared the way for ending their 14-year marriage.

Discussion: New York Times

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Maxim Sale Is in Big Trouble — Alpha Media Group's sale of Maxim appears to be headed for the rocks, knowledgeable sources told Adweek. — Cerberus Capital Management-controlled Alpha officially put the laddie magazine on the market in March. In September, it announced that it had found …

NPR:

'McSweeney's': Quirky Quarterly To Publishing Powerhouse … In the late 90s, before Dave Eggers wrote a bestselling memoir (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius), before he penned the screenplay for Where the Wild Things Are, before any of his novels, he was a young guy sitting …

Discussion: @contextual_life and @thelincoln

Hindustan Times:

Tehelka editor steps down after allegations of sexual misconduct; not enough say colleagues — Tarun Tejpal, the founder-editor of weekly news magazine Tehelka, stepped down from his post on Wednesday for six months after tendering an unconditional apology for “misconduct” …

Discussion: Times of India and The Indian Express on Mobile

Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

Dan Fletcher has built a home for journalism outside of Facebook... where it belongs — Dan Fletcher's career seems to progress in increments of 15 months. That's how long it took him to land a cover story for Time magazine, at 22 years old and in his first full-time job.