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Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
Paul Carr's news site NSFW Corp joins with Silicon Valley-backed PandoDaily — After NSFW's financial failure, the tech journalist joins the tech site PandoDaily - ‘the site of record for Silicon Valley’ — Tech journalist and entrepreneur Paul Carr's last venture was surprisingly old-school.
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TechCrunch, @ggreenwald, @mikeisaac, @penenberg, @maxstrasser, @rachelrosenfelt, @paleofuture, @charliearchy, @dgisserious, @paulcarr, @joemfbrown, @peterhimler, @voraciousbrain, @davidsirota, @mattbuchanan, @petersterne, @nathanielmott, @jessicakroy, @jayrosen_nyu, @joepompeo, @hamishmckenzie, @mattyglesias, @taylorlorenz, @stuartmillar159 and @kevinroose
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Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
PandoDaily acquires NSFWCORP to double down on investigative reporting — There are three people who have long been on my dream team to help me build PandoDaily. One of them I've still gotta work on. The second is Mike Tatum, who keeps saying no and then keeps doing work for us for free anyway.
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Poynter, FishbowlNY, @sarahcuda, @eringriffith, @paulcarr, @hcheadle, @mcarney, @mathewi, @markgurman, @jayrosen_nyu and @felixsalmon
Paul Carr / NSFWCORP:
NSFWCORP Sells Out — A few minutes ago, the Guardian broke …
NSFWCORP Sells Out — A few minutes ago, the Guardian broke …
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@ggreenwald and @paulcarr
New York Times:
Signs of Change in News Mission at Bloomberg — Champagne flowed last Monday night as Hong Kong's business elite gathered with top Bloomberg L.P. executives at a dinner for 100 guests at a cultural center in a former British colonial military complex. — Multimedia
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Poynter, Capital New York, @jessemangelo, @mlcalderone, @huffpostmedia, @rafat, @agolis, @reformedbroker, @joeyerardi, @brianstelter, @buzzfeedben, @mathewi, @ravisomaiya, @michaelluo, New York Magazine, @felixsalmon, @thestalwart, @jayrosen_nyu, @kleinmatic, @nycjim, @chanders and Business Insider
Michael Wolff / USA Today:
At ‘Business Insider,’ it's time to sell — The digital traffic world is not a sound long-term play. — CONNECT — Henry Blodget is a savvy operator who took brilliant advantage of the dot-com bubble and who then, after having taken too much advantage and getting banned …
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FishbowlNY, @mccarthyryanj, @felixsalmon, @mathewi, @hblodget, @bobbymacreports, Talking Biz News and @raju
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Henry Blodget responds to Michael Wolff's claim that Business Insider is for sale — USA Today Thinks We Should Sell Business Insider! — Media guru Michael Wolff wrote a column in USA Today suggesting that we should sell Business Insider. — Mr. Wolff first said some nice things about me personally (thank you!).
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@pkafka, @jyarow and Talking Biz News
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Mayer Confirms Hire of News Star Couric as “Global Anchor,” Calling Her the “Face of Yahoo News” — As AllThingsD had reported it would today, Yahoo said it has hired well-known TV news star Katie Couric for a high-profile job to do interviews and more on its home page, with the decidedly lofty title of “global anchor.”
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Yahoo, Gigaom, New York Times, Poynter, The Wrap, AdAge, The Huffington Post, CNNMoney.com, VideoInk, The Next Web, @sfiegerman, @phkeane, The Verge, @breakingnews and @marissamayer
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Katie Couric on Yahoo deal: ‘We are going to try things’ — David Shankbone — Last night, on the eve of a big official career announcement, Katie Couric was on the phone describing what she's going to be doing next. — “I don't think it is going to be a half-hour evening news broadcast …
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TechCrunch, The Wrap and Business Insider
New York Times:
Drones Offer Journalists a Wider View — The best way to film the destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, the Philippines, said Lewis Whyld, a British photographer, was from the air. — But Mr. Whyld did not want to beg for a ride on a military helicopter, taking the space of much-needed aid.
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@nxthompson, Press Gazette, New York Magazine and @suerobinsonuw, Thanks:@steverubel
David Carr / New York Times:
Overlook the Value of Interns at Great Peril — Last week, The New York Post ran the kind of heart-rending article tabloids excel at. A young woman, new to New York, found herself pushed beyond what she could bear, forced to work by a big bad corporation for a compensation of exactly zero.
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@mattyglesias, @jacobwe, @futureofmuseums, @hesherman, @sinersays, @carr2n, @emmacarew, @romenesko, @dankennedy_nu, @martinez_a, @mattschiavenza, @propublica, @carr2n, @tomfinn2, @greenhousenyt, @joeyerardi, @rossbarkan, @postbaron, @jeffjarvis, @zseward, @ftrain, @derushaj and @theatlantic
Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
Inside a Twitter Robot Factory — Fake Activity, Often Bought for Publicity Purposes, Influences Trending Topics — One day earlier this month, Jim Vidmar bought 1,000 fake Twitter accounts for $58 from an online vendor in Pakistan. — He then programmed the accounts to “follow” …
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USA Today, Business Insider, Social News Daily, @ethanz, @nickconfessore, @pkedrosky, @allisonwsj, @elanazak, @infoarbitrage, @wsj and Digits
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
TV Is Dying, And Here Are The Stats That Prove It — The TV business is having its worst year ever. — Audience ratings have collapsed: Aside from a brief respite during the Olympics, there has been only negative ratings growth on broadcast and cable TV since September 2011, according to Citi Research.
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
News Outlets Held Off On Reporting Secret Iran Talks — Multiple news outlets held off on reporting the news of secret talks between the United States and Iran, it was revealed on Sunday. — After news broke of a nuclear deal between Iran and the West on Saturday night …
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New York Magazine, @nirajc and Politico