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5:30 AM ET, December 11, 2013

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John Herrman / BuzzFeed:
Why Twitter Just Joined The Backchannel Wars  —  Direct messages to the forefront, big photos in tow.  Twitter knows: The service that controls messaging controls the world.  —  Another day, another new messaging app.  The only difference: This one is already installed on your phone.
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Twitter's new head of news explains why she left NBC  —  Twitter may have been born out of San Francisco's fast-moving startup culture, but its latest leader comes from a place far from it.  Vivian Schiller, who will start as Twitter's first news partnerships leader in January …
Discussion: LinkedIn Pulse
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Vice Media Buys a Tech Company to Experiment With Content Distribution  —  ADVERTISING, journalism and technology continue to converge.  The latest example: Vice Media's acquisition of Carrot Creative, a digital agency that creates apps, websites and games for media companies and brands.
Discussion: @jamesnord
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William Launder / Wall Street Journal:
Vice Media Bulks Up News Division  —  Company With Knack for Reaching Young Adults Adds More Journalists  —  Vice Media Inc., known for its edgy, youth-oriented online and TV programming, is more than doubling the size of its news operations, the latest sign that digital-media outlets see growth potential in news.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Conservative consolidation: New ‘Twitchy’ owner in talks to buy RedState, Regnery
Discussion: @johntabin
John Cook / Gawker:
The New York Times' Media Columnist Sits in a Bloomberg Chair  —  New York Times media columnist David Carr has a lot of friends.  I'm one of them.  I would generally agree that, as the Wire put it this morning, he is “well-loved and respected,” and that his column is often …
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Marcella Bombardieri / The Boston Globe:
New York Times columnist David Carr to join Boston University faculty
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Takes Netflix-Style Service for Old Movies to iPads  —  Studio says Warner Instant Archive now supports closed captioning  —  Warner Bros. has launched an iPad tablet app for its subscription-streaming service for classic film and TV titles, a sign the premium-priced offering …
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Guardian:
BBC to axe more than half of its management boards  —  Review of corporation's governance also includes appointment of two new non-executive directors and changes to trust's remit  —  The BBC will on Wednesday announce a series of changes to its system of governance and the appointment …
Discussion: Financial Times
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Facebook Wants to Be a Newspaper.  Facebook Users Have Their Own Ideas.  —  Most people think of Facebook in a similar way: It's a place to share photos of your kids.  It's a way to keep up with friends and family members.  It's a place to share a funny, viral story or LOLcat picture you've stumbled upon on the Web.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
NYT CEO Mark Thompson aims to create global news brand, says international audiences are key  —  The global ‘New York Times’  —  First The New York Times became the national paper of record for the United States.  Now it is aiming to become a leading news brand globally.
Lenore Taylor / Guardian:
Australia's national public broadcaster, ABC, plans editorial audit after claims of bias  —  ABC to conduct external audit over bias claims  —  Process starts with analysis of all interviews with then prime minister and opposition leader in 2013 election campaign
Discussion: Crikey, @lenoretaylor and @jayrosen_nyu
Sandra Oshiro / Poynter:
Another journalist killed in India's Bijapur district  —  Local protests in India this week follow the killing last Friday of India journalist Sai Reddy in the Bijapur district in south Chhattisgarh, The Hindu reported.  —  The 51-year-old journalist was attacked at a weekly market.
Glyn Moody / Techdirt:
Norway To Digitize All Norwegian Books, Allowing Domestic IP Addresses To Read All Of Them, Irrespective Of Copyright Status  —  Here's a pretty amazing story from Norway: … Now, in any normal country — where “normal” means one in which copyright has reached the heights of monopolistic insanity …
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Gannett to Add USA Today to Local Papers  —  Gannett Company, one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, will try to expand its advertising and circulation revenue by inserting parts of its flagship newspaper, USA Today, into its local newspapers.  —  The company is expected to announce …
Discussion: @susanpage
Fred Prouser / Reuters:
Outerwall to cut 8.5 percent of workforce, Redbox chief leaves  —  (Reuters) - Outerwall Inc said the president of its Redbox video rental kiosks division had left the business after just over a year and that it would cut 8.5 percent of its workforce.  —  The company, giving no reason …
Ian Sample / Guardian:
Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals  —  Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific process  —  Leading academic journals are distorting the scientific process and represent a “tyranny” that must be broken …
Jordan Chariton / Lost Remote:
The Washington Post Debuts Chromecast Integration  —  The Washington Post debuted their Chromecast integration today, becoming the first news organization to allow users to access their content through the growing second screen device.  —  Washingtonpost.com, PostTV.com, The Washington Post iPad app …
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Discovery Mulling Bid for Owner of Food Network, HGTV (Exclusive)  —  Scripps Networks Interactive seen as prime acquistion target as cable consolidation heats up  —  Discovery Communications is mulling a bid for Scripps Networks Interactive, parent company of Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel and other lifestyle-oriented cablers.
Doug Halonen / TVNewsCheck.com:
U.S. FCC plans field study of local news sources; U.S. House Republicans want it stopped  —  House Republicans Want News Study Stopped  —  The members of Congress say a proposed study by the FCC seeking information about how all local news outlets — whether regulated by the FCC or not …
Discussion: Adweek and Broadcasting & Cable
 
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
China Foreign Press Crackdown Prompts Calls For Visa Retaliation
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
News Corp. puts Brooklyn-based newspaper group up for sale
Discussion: Capital New York
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Aereo says it turned a profit in some markets, wants partners
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Andrew Albanese / PublishersWeekly.com:
Judge Tosses Booksellers' Suit Against Publishers, Amazon
Discussion: TeleRead, Gigaom and Publishers Lunch
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The OJR.org saga has a happy ending, with the domain headed back to USC Annenberg
Discussion: @jbenton
Fox News:
New York's top court rules Fox reporter cannot be forced to reveal sources in Colorado
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Patch co-founder and AOL exec Jon Brod to leave company
Discussion: Business Insider and @vouchey
Oliver Laughland / Guardian:
Murdoch is evil: the message hidden in a children's puzzle in one of his papers
Guardian:
International bill of digital rights: call from 500 writers around the world