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1:45 PM ET, November 21, 2013

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Third time's the charm: Will the new Potluck app be the best commenting section in news?  —  To understand what Potluck's new iOS app will mean, you have to understand where Josh Miller thinks he went wrong with the first two tries.  —  Though the products have different names …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Liz Spayd named editor-in-chief of ‘CJR’  —  Liz Spayd has been named editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journalism Review, Capital has learned.  —  The Washington Post alumna replaces Cyndi Stivers, who resigned in May to take a job as editor-in-chief of AOL.com.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
With New Streaming Deal, Amazon Keeps Pressure on Netflix  —  LOS ANGELES — The Web streaming battles continue: Amazon, a competitor to Netflix, announced a deal on Thursday morning to add releases from one of Hollywood's most attention-grabbing independent film companies to its Prime service.
Discussion: Variety
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Ben Miller / Puget Sound Business Journal:
Amazon makes deal with A24 film studio
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The NYT prepares new digital products and a new, cheaper subscription model for 2014  —  The newsonomics of The New York Times' Paywalls 2.0  —  Listen to Mark Thompson and you hear echoes of early 2011.  —  “We have the theory.  We've done the research.  We've done the modeling,” the New York Times Co. CEO told me last week.
Discussion: USA Today, @kyleykim and Newsonomics
Evie Nagy / Fast Company:
Pitchfork To Launch $19.96 Print Publication, “The Pitchfork Review”  —  When Pitchfork launched in 1996, Internet music criticism (or Internet anything) was virtually non-existent, and Pitchfork.com grew into arguably the most influential brand in online music coverage.
Discussion: @toddowyoung, WebProNews and hypebot
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Media protests White House photo ban  —  The White House Correspondents Association and several leading media outlets have sent a letter to the White House protesting its policy of banning photographers from covering the president at certain events.  —  “As surely as if they were placing …
Michael P. Hill / NewscastStudio:
Gannett stations switch to USA Today look online  —  A select number of Gannett stations have debuted new websites that use the same look and feel as its parent company's flagship newspaper USA Today.  —  NewscastStudio noted back in October that Gannett switched its Rochester …
Leila Abboud / Reuters:
Cable group Liberty Global not sure mobile ‘a must-have’  —  (Reuters) - Liberty Global, Europe's biggest cable group will sell mobile services as part of all-inclusive bundles across its 12 markets in the coming years but is not yet convinced that such so-called quadruple-play offers are a big attraction.
Jason Deans / Guardian:
Bauer unveils digital brand The Debrief aimed at 20-something wealthy women  —  Publisher of Heat says The Debrief will have aggregated news and sex advice for connected, influential readers  —  Bauer Media is the latest mainstream UK publisher to jump on the social mobile bandwagon …
Associated Press:
Carovillano is named managing editor for U.S. news  —  Brian Carovillano, who has been AP's Bangkok-based Asia-Pacific news director, today was named managing editor for U.S. news, a role that encompasses the 50 state news reports and other key responsibilities.
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.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
In Case You Thought BuzzFeed Needed More GIFs, The Site Launches A GIF Feed Sponsored By Google+  —  Do you sometimes read BuzzFeed and think, “This is great, but why is all this text getting in the way of the funny GIFs?”  If so, there's a perfect new section for you, called the GIF Feed.
Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
Sony's Hirai Plans $250 Million in Entertainment Cuts  —  Sony Corp. (6758) will cut $250 million in costs at its entertainment units over two years, part of Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai's plan to boost profit and keep full ownership of the movie, TV and music businesses.
Kristin Bergman / Digital Media Law Project:
Cyborg Journalists: How Google Glass Can Change Journalism  —  in - United States - Newsgathering - Recording Others  —  Wearable technology is creeping into society, gradually finding its way onto the street and into the gym, offices, classrooms, and more.
Discussion: ReadWrite and @niemanlab
Agence France Presse:
UN warns Somalia after alleged rape victim, journalists arrested  —  NAIROBI: The United Nations in Somalia called Thursday for a “proper investigation” after police arrested an alleged rape victim and the journalists who reported her story for defamation.  —  Rape, and reporting on sexual assault …
Corynne McSherry / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
WordPress.com Stands Up For Its Users, Goes to Court to Challenge DMCA Abuse  —  The abuse of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's notice-and-takedown process to silence lawful speech is well-documented and all too common.  Far less common, though, is a service provider that is willing …
Discussion: WordPress.com News and Techdirt
Guardian:
Google's Eric Schmidt predicts end of censorship within a decade  —  Excecutive chairman says solution lies in internet connectivity and encrypting everyone  —  Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has a bold prediction: censorship around the world could end in a decade …
Discussion: @mathewi
Ted Johnson / Variety:
MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd's Compensation Was $3.3 Million in 2012  —  MPAA CEO Chris Dodd's compensation package was just over $3.3 million in 2012, an increase from a year earlier according to disclosures in tax filings made public on Tuesday.  —  Dodd, in his second year leading …
Sarah Kessler / Fast Company:
The Incredible Story Of Marion Stokes, Who Single-Handedly Taped 35 Years Of TV News  —  From 1977 to 2012, she recorded 140,000 VHS tapes worth of history.  Now the Internet Archive has a plan to make them public and searchable.  —  In a storage unit somewhere in Philadelphia …
Discussion: Poynter and @stokesps
Bill Mickey / Folio:
AAM President Mike Lavery Retiring in 2014  —  Executive search firm will help Board of Directors secure replacement.  —  Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) President and Managing Director Mike Lavery will retire after nearly two decades on the job.  —  Lavery, who joined AAM in 1987 …
Farhad Manjoo / Wall Street Journal:
Why ‘Native Ads’ Muddy the Water for Web Surfers  —  As advertisers push for more “native ads,” the spread of the paid messages that cleverly blend in with online “content” will further muddy the Web's already murky distinctions between ads and non-ads.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
NAMG Confirms It Has Bought Scout From Fox Networks Group in Dude-Focused Content Roll-Up Bid  —  The North American Membership Group has confirmed a previous report by Business Insider that it had bought sports site Scout.com from the Fox Networks Group.  —  The price of the deal was not disclosed …
Discussion: GeekWire
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Mail Online targets £60m revenues in 2014  —  Publisher aims to continue 2013's 50% growth to hit point at which website's income would exceed newspapers' decline  —  Mail Online has set a target of making more than £60m in revenues in 2014, with executives saying it is close …
Keach Hagey / Corporate Intelligence:
An Old Media Veteran Goes Digital at Glam Media … Glam Media, one of the largest digital media companies, has hired magazine publishing veteran Dan Lagani as its first president and chief revenue officer, the company is expected to announce Tuesday.  —  The move represents a jump …
Discussion: Adweek and MediaPost
 
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