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9:40 AM ET, December 4, 2013

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Newsweek plans return to print in Jan-Feb next year as a subscription based 64 page weekly  —  Newsweek Plans Return to Print  —  Newsweek, the struggling weekly magazine that ceased print publication last year, plans to turn the presses back on.  —  The magazine expects to begin …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Newsweek's editor-in-chief says subscriber revenues will cover expenses, “ads will be icing”  —  Newsweek to bring print edition back from the dead  —  Newsweek's new owners think they can succeed at something its previous owners failed at: printing a weekly magazine in the United States.
Discussion: @justinjm1
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Editor Describes Pressure After Leaks by Snowden  —  The top editor of the British newspaper The Guardian told Parliament on Tuesday that since it had obtained documents on government surveillance from a former National Security Agency contractor, Edward J. Snowden, it had been subjected to measures …
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Guardian:
Guardian will not be intimidated over NSA leaks, Alan Rusbridger tells MPs  —  Editor tells parliamentary committee that stories revealing mass surveillance by UK and US have prompted global debate  —  The Guardian has come under concerted pressure and intimidation designed to stop …
Reuters:
Guardian Newspaper Staff May Face Charges For Assisting Terrorists  —  LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - British police are examining whether Guardian newspaper staff should be investigated for terrorism offences over their handling of data leaked by Edward Snowden, Britain's senior counter-terrorism officer said on Tuesday.
Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Guardian: We have published 1 pct of Snowden leak
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
YouTube's Music Subscription Service Won't Show Up This Year  —  Waiting for YouTube's subscription music service?  You're going to have to be patient.  —  The video service, which is already the biggest free music service in the world, had planned on launching a paid service this year.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Beats Music Targeting January Launch  —  YouTube's music subscription service was supposed to launch this year, but will be delayed until 2014.  Now, Beats Music is playing the same tune.  —  Beats, the project championed by music executive Jimmy Iovine and backed by $60 million in funding, was supposed to debut in 2013.
Discussion: Gigaom
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Dame Patricia Hodgson favourite to chair Ofcom  —  Ex-BBC executive selected by Department for Culture, Media and Sport as preferred candidate to succeed Colette Bowe  —  The government has selected Dame Patricia Hodgson, the former BBC executive and trustee, as its preferred candidate to be the next chairman of Ofcom.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sky to open movie rental service to non-subscribers
Discussion: Variety
John Plunkett / Guardian:   NUJ apologises to BBC human resources director over false accusation
Pierre Omidyar / The Huffington Post:
WikiLeaks, Press Freedom and Free Expression in the Digital Age  —  This week, fourteen people charged by the Department of Justice in connection with a coordinated denial of service attack on PayPal's services in 2010 will appear in Federal Court.  The “PayPal 14,” as they have been dubbed …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
OMG, BuzzFeed Is Investing In Serious News Coverage!  Is It FTW? … Anyone who has hankered for a list of 10 of the most life-affirming dog rescue stories ever can rely on the social media site BuzzFeed.  —  That list of 11 classic horror films that should never have been remade?  That's from BuzzFeed too.
Discussion: @emilybell and @sheeraf
David Carr / New York Times:
At Peter Kaplan's Funeral, Mourning the Master of the Masters  —  LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Manhattan publishing took a very sad holiday on Tuesday.  Many of its better-known practitioners traveled by train, car and, in some cases, chartered bus, to Larchmont Temple in Westchester County to say farewell …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Sad Final Demise Of “The Daily Download”  —  The Daily Download, the much-scrutinized project of media personalities Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz, appears to be no more.  The website for the media commentary project hasn't been online in more than a month according to the Internet Web Archive.
Discussion: @buzzfeedandrew
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David Weigel / Slate:   Howard Kurtz and the Daily Download: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
A. H. Belo Corporation:
A. H. Belo Corporation Announces Exploration of Sale of Providence Newspaper, Updated Guidance and New Printing Contract  —  A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) today announces that the Company has engaged Stephens Inc. to explore a potential sale of The Providence Journal.
Reuters:
Disney in China digital entertainment venture with BesTV  —  Walt Disney Co and BesTV New Media are to form a digital joint venture in China as the U.S. company aims for a share of the country's fast-growing entertainment business.  —  The venture, which will have a registered capital of $4 million …
Discussion: Variety and PR Newswire
John McDermott / Digiday:
Does Web Publishing Have a Looming DVR Problem?  —  Publishers like to hear that their stories are being read.  But at the expense of advertising dollars?  Not so fast.  —  Increasingly popular apps like Pocket, Instapaper and Evernote's Web Clipper have been billed as a way to help publishers combat fragmentation.
Maria Konnikova / The New Yorker Blog:
A List of Reasons Why Our Brains Love Lists  —  These are just some of the lists that the comic strip “XKCD” recently joked would result from retrofitting the twentieth century's most newsworthy events with modern, Internet-style headlines.  Despite the growing derision of listicles exemplified by the comic …
BBC:
BBC must tackle diversity ‘problem’ says news director  —  James Harding, the BBC's news director, has said its output should “look and sound more like its audiences”.  —  “We are going to have to be very determined to address diversity on air and, equally, off it,” he told staff at New Broadcasting House in London.
Discussion: bbc.co.uk
Erik Wemple:
Media sidelined in coverage of Newtown football squad  —  Hartford Courant sports reporter Tom Yantz turned in something of a scoop last month.  He covers high-school sports in Connecticut and wrote up a profile of the undefeated football team at Newtown High School.
David Sirota / PandoDaily:
Glenn Greenwald faces attacks from critics because he's an “affront to the news cartel”  —  The journalist who hacked the old system  —  With Edward Snowden becoming a leading candidate for Time magazine's Person of the Year, it is important to remember that he is the central character …
Reuters:
Netflix meets with officials on French launch  —  (Reuters) - Online video company Netflix met with the French president's staff on Tuesday to discuss a possible launch of its streaming service in Europe's third-largest market, in what would be a blow to traditional television companies.
 
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
Should Twitter play a part in deciding TV shows' future?
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media
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Journalist Faced Prison for Posting Media Relations Number
Dan Kennedy / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The New Haven Independent seeks to expand its hyperlocal mission to low-power radio
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘New York Post’ in the clear on discrimination suits
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Arti Patel / Folio:
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Dave Weigel:
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
As New York Mag Cuts Issues, The Week Decides to Add a Few
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Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg:
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