Mediagazer: New York Times Trying To ‘Win The Morning’ From Politico (Michael Calderone/The Huffington Post)

7:35 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.

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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …

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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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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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” …

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Kevin Eck / TVSpy:

Barry Diller Says He Would Sue Aereo If He Still Ran FOX — Barry Diller told Bloomberg Media Group chairman Andy Lack at Bloomberg's “The Year Ahead:2014” conference he would fight Aereo if he still ran FOX. — “I would sue them and I would try and say something about consumers if I did so,” Diller told those in attendance.

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.

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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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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 …

Discussion: Talking New Media, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News and Wall Street Journal

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.