Mediagazer: Last pink Observer to be published in March (Joe Pompeo/Capital New York)

9:50 AM ET, January 9, 2014

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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:

NYT redesign: an end to page breaks in articles and a focus on tablets and subscribers — ‘New York Times’ Website Redesign Goes Back to the Future — The New York Times has rolled out its largest website redesign in seven years, but readers familiar with the newspaper might feel like it's a step back in time

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Brian Stelter / CNN Money:
New York Times redesign points to future of online publishing

Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Times Designers Are Monitoring Reaction to the Redesign, With Adjustments Possible

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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:

Roger Ailes Fights Back: CNN ‘Out of News Business’; Megyn Kelly Critics ‘Jealous’; Dismisses New Book (Q&A) — Roger Ailes, like his Fox News Channel, is as divisive as he is successful. The chairman and CEO of the de facto victor in cable news' ratings war, whose colorful professional past includes …

Discussion: Capital New York, TVNewser and Gawker

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Excerpt from the new biography of Fox News exec Roger Ailes, “The Loudest Voice in the Room” — Citizen Ailes — When the head of Fox News moved to Garrison, New York, he bought a little newspaper and tried to instill his own brand of American values. Guess what happened next?

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Roger Ailes biographer Gabriel Sherman strikes back: The book is fact-checked

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Last pink Observer to be published in March — The New York Observer's radical redesign, first reported by Capital, is now scheduled to debut in late March. — The makeover was originally scheduled to debut next month, but sources familiar with the plans told us it's been pushed back.

Patrick Frater / Variety:

Warner Brothers and Lukup Media partner for Indian on-demand channel — Warner in Digital Link Up With India's Lukup — MUMBAI — Bangalore-based digital content platform Lukup Media has partnered with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution to launch an as-yet-unnamed on-demand channel in India.

Discussion: Rapid TV News and CIOL

Daniel D'Addario / Salon:

Post-Stelter, has the New York Times changed its tack on Lauer's “Today”? — “Presumed,” says very strange N.Y. Times piece — The New York Times, on Monday, published the most stunning piece of meta-journalism since Janet Malcolm met Joe McGinniss. And it's all about the newspaper's former punching bag Matt Lauer.

Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:

Glasgow's Herald trumpets success of metered paywall with more subscribers online than in print — Digital subscriptions for the Glasgow based Herald & Times group now outstrip those in print, the publisher has claimed. — The newspaper group began charging for access to the HeraldScotland website …

David S. Cohen / Variety:

FCC Chairman Voices Clear but Cautious Support for Net Neutrality — CES 2014: Tom Wheeler says commission will act if markets get out of balance — Speaking at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler offered cautious but clear support for net neutrality.

Dominic Rushe / Guardian:

Arianna Huffington teams with Berggruen Institute, will launch global news site during Davos — Arianna Huffington announces launch of World Post news website — The 1% are about to get their own publication. The digital media titan Arianna Huffington and the billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen …

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Bridie Jabour / Guardian:

Nauru to increase visa cost for journalists from $200 to $8,000 — The new fee, which is not refundable if an application is rejected, will come into force in the next few days — Journalists will be charged $8,000 to apply for a visa, even if it is rejected, to visit the island of Nauru …

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Ipso, the new press regulator, is just the PCC with extra bells and whistles — Ipso is a creature of the publishers in which they will continue to hold the strings - including the purse-strings — At last, the new press regulator is emerging from the shadows.

Discussion: @michaelwhite

Michael Rondon / Folio:

With Stock Price Plummeting, Dolan Appoints Chief Restructuring Officer — B-to-b publisher, professional services provider falls below NYSE threshold. — Facing action by the New York Stock Exchange, The Dolan Company has appointed a chief restructuring officer to oversee the company's operations and finances.

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Jeremy Greenfield / Forbes:

Why Michael Huseby For Barnes & Noble CEO Job? — Barnes & Noble has a new CEO: Michael Huseby, who was most recently running the company's Nook digital media division in the wake of the departure of CEO William Lynch in July 2013 but joined the company in 2012 as chief financial officer.

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Tiffany Hsu / Los Angeles Times:
Barnes & Noble names Nook chief Michael Huseby as CEO

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Beth Healy / Boston Globe:

Globe publisher Christopher Mayer to step down — Boston Globe publisher Christopher Mayer said Wednesday that he plans to step down after nearly 30 years at the newspaper and four years at its helm, as part of a business transition under new owner John Henry.

Discussion: @emilyprocknal, bizjournals and Media Nation

Beth Healy / The Boston Globe:
John Henry vows to make Globe ‘aggressively relevant’

Discussion: @mviser and @romenesko

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

The BBC plans for a digital Winter Olympics: 6 HD streams and 650 hours of live action — More than a year after the BBC delivered what was touted as the first true digital Olympics, the British broadcaster is now gearing up for the first digital Winter Olympics, which kicks off in Sochi, Russia, in early February.

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