Mediagazer: GateHouse Media closing 10 weeklies in Mass., combining resources for others (Jon Chesto/Boston Business Journal)

8:05 AM ET, November 21, 2013

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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 …

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

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Kristin Bergman / Digital Media Law Project:

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Mark Glaser / Mediashift:

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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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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.

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Uri Friedman / The Atlantic Online:

How Three Decades of News Coverage Has Shaped Our View of the World — Mapping millions of news events makes one thing clear: Some countries are getting a whole lot more press attention than others. — Head to the homepages of major news sites today, and you'll get the impression …

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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 …

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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