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3:30 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
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Conservative consolidation: New ‘Twitchy’ owner in talks to buy RedState, Regnery  —  Salem Communications, the parent company of right-wing sites HotAir.com and Townhall.com, is considering a series of acquisitions that would consolidate several of the conservative blogosphere's …
Discussion: @johntabin
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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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
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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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.
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.
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
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 …
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.
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 …
Jose Pagliery / CNNMoney:
Snowden docs had NYTimes exec fearing for his life  —  Informing the American people about how their government spies on them can be risky business for journalists.  —  Rajiv Pant, chief technology officer at The New York Times ( NYT), thought he could be killed for it.  —  It was the IT help request from hell.
Discussion: @tbridis and @jesselynradack
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
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
China Foreign Press Crackdown Prompts Calls For Visa Retaliation  —  NEW YORK — When Vice President Joe Biden recently addressed China's crackdown on foreign press and the government's refusal to renew journalists' visas, he turned the spotlight on a challenge that news organizations have traditionally dealt with behind closed doors.
 
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
News Corp. puts Brooklyn-based newspaper group up for sale
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
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Andrew Albanese / PublishersWeekly.com:
Judge Tosses Booksellers' Suit Against Publishers, Amazon
Discussion: TeleRead, Gigaom and Publishers Lunch
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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:
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Patch co-founder and AOL exec Jon Brod to leave company
Discussion: Business Insider and @vouchey
Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
After first year online, Tech City News launches print magazine
Discussion: Guardian and @beckygolland
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
The persecution of Apple: is the ebook investigation out of control?
Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:
Linux Voice secures £90,000 crowdfunded launch target
Oliver Laughland / Guardian:
Murdoch is evil: the message hidden in a children's puzzle in one of his papers