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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Interview with Facebook News Feed Manager Over Content Changes — In 2011, Google changed the way it ranked websites, in an effort to punish spammers and “content farms” that showed up high in search results but delivered crummy pages. — Google's “Panda” changes had giant ripple effects throughout …
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Digits, The Verge, @myurow, @jakeswearingen, @pkafka, @mathewi and @caseynewton
Matthew Lynch / Capital New York:
Gawker's Zimmerman gets his own corner — Gawker's editors are cooking up a plan to give Neetzan Zimmerman, Gawker's in-house savant of viral material, his own subvertical on the site. And when he does, his editor, John Cook, knows what he would like to name it.
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FishbowlNY, @carr2n, @mathewi and @jaredbkeller
Bill Carter / New York Times:
A Settlement Between Fox News and a Former Top Executive? Perhaps — The Fox News Channel has long been described as insular and buttoned up, a reputation that has been reaffirmed in recent days over the question of whether it has reached a settlement with Brian Lewis …
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Politico, The Huffington Post, @timkarr, Gawker, New York Magazine and @tomgara
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Al Jazeera America launches on Time Warner Cable today — Al Jazeera America is launching today on Time Warner Cable systems, the two companies announced this morning. — The deal will expand AJAM's distribution significantly, with TWC having around 11 million subscribers …
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TVNewser, Capital New York and Variety
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Upworthy Insider:
What Actually Makes Things Go Viral Will Blow Your Mind. (Hint: It's Not Headlines Like This.) — By now it's fairly well known that we care a lot about headlines here at Upworthy. We write at least 25 of them for each post. We test them rigorously. Sometimes, we even make up a word to catch your eye.
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Kirk LaPointe's …, PandoDaily, @pieratt, The Kernel, @clarajeffery, @newswhip, @davidbauer, @pkafka and @malexjohnson, Thanks:@joshluger
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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
The World's Most Controversial Viral Site Posted A Great Defense Of Itself
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@hblodget
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify to Introduce Free Mobile Music Service — Free Version of Streaming Service Was Previously Only Available on Desktop and Laptops — Spotify AB is planning a free, ad-supported version of its streaming-music service on mobile devices, according to people familiar with the matter …
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AdAge, Radio & Television …, Fast Company, Gigaom, WebProNews, Telegraph, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Guardian, SocialTimes, BGR, VatorNews, Gizmodo, hypebot, @stuartkhall, The Next Web, App Advice, Mashable, The Verge, The Drum, SlashGear, Gizmodo UK, Pocket-lint and Engadget
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
News UK is reborn by putting a digital smile on Wapping's face — News UK may only be a change of name from News International but the whole “feel” of the organisation is somehow different. — Perhaps it's the digital age that has transformed the outfit from rugged to smooth, from frantic to measured, from wayward to way to go.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
The Sun attracts 117,000 paying subscribers to its Sun+ digital service
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Reuters and @marksweney
Gail Shister / TVNewser:
Brian Stelter: CNN's offer was ‘Irresistible’ — “I would not leave the Times for a television job” doesn't occupy the same pantheon as “Read my lips, no new taxes” or “I never had sex with that woman,” but it still presents a bit of sticky wicket for Brian Stelter, who debuts Sunday as host of CNN's ‘Reliable Sources.’
Discussion:
10,000 Words, Poynter and FishbowlNY
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
AOL editor-in-chief to exit — More turmoil seems to be engulfing AOL. — The latest is that AOL editor in chief Cyndi Stivers is said to be exiting. She only joined in May. — One source said it is a “slow fire” which suggests it won't go public until next year.
Ted Sherman / New Jersey Online:
Advance Publications considers consolidation of New Jersey newspapers — Owners of Star-Ledger, NJ.com and sister newspapers studying possible consolidations — star-ledger-building-unions- closure.JPG — Advance Publications, owner of The Star-Ledger and NJ.com, is studying making changes …
Discussion:
Poynter and Talking New Media
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Billionaire Mansueto is said to have interest in Forbes Media — Joe Mansueto, the mutli-billionaire founder of mutual-fund researcher Morningstar, is rumored to be looking at Forbes Media. — Reached via email, he declined to comment on Forbes. — He's no stranger to the publication …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY and @iwantmedia
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
When White House Photos Are ‘Visual Press Releases’ — For Doug Mills - the longtime White House photographer for The Times - what happened on Veterans Day was more than annoying. It was wrong. — He and other Washington journalists had been hearing that the oldest World War II veteran alive …
Discussion:
The Huffington Post and @sulliview
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Rolling Stone Plans a Standalone Website to Cover Country Music — Magazine is Opening an Office in Nashville — Rolling Stone plans to introduce a new website called Rolling Stone Country in the second quarter of 2014. — The new standalone site's aim is to cover the country music scene …
Discussion:
hypebot, Thanks:@msebastian
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