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9:15 AM ET, November 21, 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.

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: FishbowlNY, The Daily Caller and Capital New York

Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times D.C. shakeup: David Leonhardt out, Carolyn Ryan in as bureau chief

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

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
NYT names new D.C. bureau chief, plans two ‘newsroom start ups’

Discussion: Capital New York, @poynter and @fmanjoo

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

Discussion: Politico and @jayrosen_nyu

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Pinterest Launches Tools To Help Users Plan Trips — Posted 12 seconds ago by Ryan Lawler (@ryanlawler) — Meet Mobile Incubator Tandem's New Class Of Startups — Or Rather, Two Thirds Of It — Pinterest took its biggest step toward monetization yet tonight, as the company released …

Discussion: Oh, How Pinteresting!, Street Fight, SocialTimes, AllThingsD, The Next Web, @pinterest, CNET, @hannahkuchler, @jguynn, @rafat, @skift, @johnnyjet, @skift and @jguynn

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.

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: Variety, Official Android Blog, Softpedia News, VentureBeat and GeekWire

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

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

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: Poynter, TheBlaze.com, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

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 …

Alex Pham / Billboard:

TuneCore Taps INDmusic to Monetize YouTube … Tagged — Brooklyn, - INDMUSIC, - TuneCore Inc., - YouTube, - Brandon Martinez, - Digital media, - TuneCore, - Technology — Questions? Comments? Let us know: @billboardbiz

Discussion: Digital Music News, BroadwayWorld.com, hypebot and Los Angeles Times

Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:

China State Broadcaster Mum About Ad Haul as Web Giants Eat Into Revenue — CCTV says it hit a record in up-front ad sales for 2014, but analysts say it didn't disclose a figure because it has surrendered its dominant position to search firm Baidu. — The annual sale of primetime advertising slots …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and China Real Time Report

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 …

Discussion: Business Insider

Jon Chesto / Boston Business Journal:

GateHouse Media closing 10 weeklies in Mass., combining resources for others — GateHouse Media has decided to shut down some of the outposts in its vast Massachusetts empire. — Sean Burke, GateHouse's New England president and group publisher, informed employees in a memo on Tuesday …

Marc Ramirez / Dallas Morning News:

Journalists from around world descend for JFK ceremony — Karen Blessen, executive director of the Dallas Love Project, visits with Alan Fisher of Al Jazeera English about the project's efforts to counter the “City of Hate” image. Tens of thousands of art pieces are displayed throughout the city.

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Poynter

Andy / TorrentFreak:

Amazon to Lawmakers: Keep the Internet Open & Limit Copyright Excesses — A hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet has heard opinions from leading content providers and technology advocates on how best to progress online digital distribution.

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Comcast Opens Digital Storefront to Sell Movies and TV Shows — Comcast has launched the Xfinity TV Store — offering subscribers select movies for purchase several weeks ahead of DVD release - marking the cable giant's entry into the electronic sell-through market to compete with iTunes, Amazon.com, Walmart's Vudu and others.

Discussion: bizjournals, Multichannel.com, Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, Electronista, Home Media Magazine and Engadget

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, @niemanlab and VatorNews

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.

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: NewscastStudio, @tomscocca, @jbflint, Broadcasting & Cable, TVSpy, @miriamgottfried, @brianstelter and New York Magazine

Mark Glaser / Mediashift:

George Brock Looks Toward a Bright Future of News Beyond Print — Now is a good time to be both a pessimist and optimist about journalism. Old ways and institutions are struggling, while new platforms and business models offer hope for change. George Brock, a writer and editor at the Times …

Discussion: @pbsidealab

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Nikkei launches new Asian magazine — Nikkei, the giant Japanese media corporation, has launched an English-language weekly magazine, Nikkei Asian Review, which will publish stories from across Asia to the world. — Available online at asia.nikkei.com and on mobile platforms …

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: Hindustan Times, Firstpost, The Financial Express, Firstpost, NDTV News, The Indian Express on Mobile and Times of India

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.

Discussion: @pandodaily