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6:05 PM ET, January 6, 2014

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Katie Roof / Fox Business:
Source: AOL Tried to Buy Business Insider for $100M+  —  AOL Inc. (AOL) offered to purchase BusinessInsider.com, a popular business and technology news website, for more than $100 million but talks ultimately broke down when the two sides couldn't agree on price, the FOX Business Network has learned.
Discussion: Gawker
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
When a (Partial) Tweet Becomes an Ad, What Are the Rules?  —  The media world gets weirder every day, but this moment still stands out as something of a stunner - the kind of thing that merits a place on the eternal timeline of “How the Internet Flipped the Media World on Its Head.”  —  Picture it:
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
The New York Times Embraces ‘Organic’ Ad Strategy  —  This week, The New York Times takes the wraps off its first Web redesign in five years.  Along with the new look, the paper is rethinking its ad strategy, embracing the current trend toward weaving ads more closely with editorial content.
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Emily Bell / Guardian:
Native advertising is the new paywall in media economics - but is it here to stay?
Discussion: Monday Note and mUmBRELLA
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Rachel Maddow influencing MSNBC's editorial decisions, leading to falling ratings, say sources  —  Rachel's Show  —  MSNBC, the left-leaning cable-news network, has settled on one solution to its recent problems.  It now has an executive reviewing scripts before they go on the air.
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Rachel Maddow Calls National Review Profile ‘Categorically False’
Discussion: Erik Wemple
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Entrepreneurs dominate Forbes 30 Under 30 Media list  —  30 Under 30: These People Are Building The Media Companies Of Tomorrow  —  It used to be easy to find the most promising young talent in the media business.  All you had to do was search among the interns at The New Yorker …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Mashable raises $13 million to launch expansion effort  —  Nearly a decade into its existence, the news Web site Mashable is taking on outside investors for the first time.  —  The site plans to announce on Monday that it has raised $13.3 million in an equity investment round led by Updata Partners.
Bloomberg:
Malone's Liberty Global Said Approaching Ziggo Agreement  —  Liberty Global Plc (LBTYA) is putting the final touches on an acquisition of Dutch broadband provider Ziggo NV (ZIGGO) as the cable company expands its European operations, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Discussion: Reuters and Gigaom
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Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal:
John Malone's Next Chess Move to Take Control of Time Warner Cable
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Preparations begin for “blowback” against Gabriel Sherman's new Ailes book, out Jan. 21st  —  Big roll-out begins for Ailes book  —  Random House is preparing for a “s**tstorm,” to borrow the phrase Matt Drudge used in a tweet four months ago, that will surely ensue …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Yahoo News hires Daniel Klaidman as deputy editor, adds Atlantic's Franke-Ruta  —  The Yahoo News expansion continues: On Monday, the site announced that it had hired Daniel Klaidman, the Daily Beast correspondent and former Newsweek managing editor, to serve as Deputy Editor.
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Advertising Age to Print Every Other Week  —  Advertising Age, the trade publication introduced in 1930, announced Monday that it would publish its print edition every other week rather than weekly.  —  The magazine, the largest publication in the ad trade field, will publish 25 issues in 2014 …
Steven Millward / Tech in Asia:
In a rare move, China unblocks Chinese versions of Reuters and WSJ sites  —  China's Great Firewall blocks a number of big-name sites every year.  Last year, news sites were under fire for their reporting on China's leaders and their wealth, and so Bloomberg, The New York Times …
Discussion: Poynter
Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:
CES 2014: Internet streaming device maker unveils the Roku TV  —  The maker of popular Internet streaming devices unveiled the new Roku TV, a smart TV to be manufactured by TCL and Hisense.  —  Roku, the consumer electronics company best known for its devices that deliver Internet video to televisions …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rep. Waxman puts pressure on Tribune Co.  —  Henry Waxman, representative of California's 33rd, sent a letter to the CEO of the embattled Tribune Co. on Monday asking for documents regarding their future plans for his local paper, The Los Angeles Times.  —  It's the second letter Waxman …
Discussion: @dylanbyers, @lachlan and The Breakdown
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Hearst Corp. tapped Kristine Shine as president of the San Francisco Chronicle and its Web site SFGate.com on Monday.  Shine, 43, comes to the daily newspaper after a six-year stint as chief revenue officer of PopSugar, a blog specializing in celebrity news.  She will start her new job on January 20.
 
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
NBC News Denies Report Ann Curry Is Leaving
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Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost:
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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
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Discussion: VentureBeat, Gigaom and Variety
Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:
News Corp signs 30-year lease on landmark London building
Discussion: Capital New York and Guardian
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Al Jazeera faces criticism in Egypt over its coverage of Muslim Brotherhood
Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Zola Books Snaps Up Bookish To Power Its Literary Recommendations
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
Zucker: CNN Prime-Time Shakeup Coming in 2014
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Photographer kidnapped in Syria is released
Discussion: Associated Press
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Haimy Assefa / CNN:
New York Post's headline on landlord's slaying angers family, friends
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC Trust director Nicholas Kroll, criticised for his role in payoff scandal, to retire
Laurie Penny / Guardian:
David Cameron's internet porn filter is the start of censorship creep
Discussion: @spellingpatrol and HighTalk
Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Mobile offers local media a digital do-over
Discussion: @newsosaur and @newswhip
David Carr / New York Times:
Print Starts to Settle Into Its Niches
Ryan Dube / Wall Street Journal:
Peruvian Leader Joins Dispute Over Media Ownership
 

 
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

 
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