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David Carr / New York Times:
Print Starts to Settle Into Its Niches — Kevin Kelly is not a dumb guy — far from it actually. As the founding executive editor of Wired and one of the people who helped build The Well, among the earliest online communities, he has done a good job of seeing what is coming next for decades.
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 …
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Nieman Journalism Lab, @feministabulous, @connorsimpson, @jeffbercovici, @jasonwstein and The Huffington Post
PR Newswire:
Advertising Age Cuts Frequency to 25 Issues a Year As Digital Readership Hits New Highs — NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Advertising Age, the leading source of news, intelligence and conversation for the global marketing and media community, said today it will reduce its frequency …
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@sfiegerman
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.
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The Huffington Post, FishbowlNY and @sfiegerman
Owen Thomas / ReadWrite:
CBS Tests Twitter Rules By Placing Film Critic's Tweet In An Ad — On Saturday, the print edition of the New York Times carried a full-page ad for the movie Inside Llewyn Davis with a single tweet by A.O. Scott, a film critic for the newspaper. — While he tweeted the words of praise …
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Gothamist, @aoscott, Re/code, PSFK, @jeffjohnroberts, SocialTimes, @aoscott, @poniewozik, The Wire, Deadline.com, Mediaite, The Wrap and JIMROMENESKO.COM, Thanks:@owenthomas
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 …
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USA Today, Politico, Capital New York, @sarahw and @mlcalderone
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Guns & Ammo columnist fired for suggesting Second Amendment limits after gun manufacturers threaten to pull ads — Banished for Questioning the Gospel of Guns — BARRY, Ill. — The byline of Dick Metcalf, one of the country's pre-eminent gun journalists, has gone missing.
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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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Financial Times and @rosepowell
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.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Pakistani TV reporter, Shan Daher, first journalist to be murdered in 2014 — Pakistani TV reporter murdered — Pakistani TV reporter Shan Daher (aka Dayer or Odhor) was shot on his way home from his work at the Abb Takk news channel in the Larkana district of Sindh province.
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abbtakk.tv
R. Thomas Umstead / Multichannel.com:
CNN Names Christine Romans ‘Early Start’ Co-Anchor — CNN Monday named its chief business correspondent Christine Romans as co-anchor of its early morning news program Early Start. Romans, host of CNN's Your Money, will join co-anchor John Berman on the show, which airs daily from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m., said network officials.
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CNN, Politico, @johnberman and @brianstelter
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 …
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