Mediagazer: Nook sales crashed by over 66 percent during 2013 holiday season (Cyrus Farivar/Ars Technica)

10:40 AM ET, January 10, 2014

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Co-Chief Eric Eldon Leaving TechCrunch — One half of the duo operating Silicon Valley's industry blog of record is making his exit. After a little over two years at the helm alongside Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch co-editor Eric Eldon will soon depart the site. He planned to make the news official next week.

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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Matthew Panzarino replacing Eric Eldon as TechCrunch co-editor, Leena Rao becomes managing editor — And Now For Something Completely Different, Leadership Changes — As you may have read, our beloved co-editor Eric Eldon is moving on to do other things.

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Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:
It's Never Too Early To Say Goodbye

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Wall Street Journal:

21st Century Fox Plans to Delist From Australian Market — Entertainment Company Says Moving Shares Solely to Nasdaq Will Simplify Operations — 21st Century Fox Inc. plans to delist from the Australian Securities Exchange, which the entertainment company said was an attempt to simplify …

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Merrill Knox / TVNewser:
Random House Moves Up Publication Date of Roger Ailes Biography

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
More excerpts from Ailes bio: Fox News battles with Murdoch sons, Peter Chernin and more

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Erik Wemple:

New Jersey's Record used persistent reporting, records requests and leaks for Christie story — The Record nails Christie story — Martin Gottlieb, editor of the (Bergen, N.J.) Record, has a lot of great things to say about his employer. Though his newsroom has had to deal with a bit …

Ravi Somaiyajan / New York Times:

Jason Calacanis's mobile news startup Inside.com has hired former The Wire editor Gabriel Snyder, launches Jan. 23 — Gabriel Snyder, Former Editor of The Wire, Joins Mobile News Start-Up — Gabriel Snyder, the former editor in chief of The Wire, a website owned by Atlantic Media …

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Journalism.co.uk:

Washington Post ‘most popular’ US newspaper on Twitter in 2013 — A study reveals the 10 most popular US newspaper websites on Twitter during 2013, as well as the most tweeted stories — Read more — Other top stories — Also on Journalism.co.uk...

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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

Nook sales crashed by over 66 percent during 2013 holiday season — Barnes & Noble CEO attributes drop to lower prices, no new products last year. — Back in August 2013, Barnes & Noble declared that it wasn't giving up on its Nook e-reader just yet. Despite its struggles …

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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Dow Jones cites the hot news doctrine in new lawsuit — Dow Jones is suing Ransquawk, a London-based news service that delivers real-time updates on financial markets. In the suit, Dow Jones accuses Ransquawk of illegally accessing one of the company's financial news and analysis products.

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Jason Conti / Dow Jones:
Dow Jones' Jason Conti explains why it sued Ransquawk claiming “hot news” doctrine

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Lorraine Bailey / Courthouse News Service:

Anonymous Yelp Users Face Identity Disclosure — (CN) - Yelp must identify seven anonymous reviewers who left negative reviews for a carpet-cleaning business, a Virginia appeals court ruled. With approximately 102 million unique visitors every month, the Yelp website allows users to post and read reviews of local businesses.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

TV Viewers Aren't Thrilled with Second-Screen Synchronized Content, Study Finds — Only 13% of ‘second screen’ users say content synched with TV makes experience more enjoyable, according to survey from CEA and NATPE — Call it app-athy: While the majority of TV viewers are sitting …

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GeekWire:

Surprise: Amazon tests physical retail with ‘Kindle Kiosk’ vending machines — LAS VEGAS — Amazon, the company that defined the world of online commerce, is venturing further into the world of physical retail — experimenting with standalone, automated “Kindle Kiosk” vending machines in selected airports and shopping malls.

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Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat:

Facebook killing ‘sponsored stories’ in April — but your name may still show up next to ads — Facebook originally introduced sponsored stories in January 2011. — Facebook's detested “sponsored stories” finally have an expiration date. — In a list of changes to its Ads API published Thursday …

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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Wikimedia Foundation employee ousted over paid editing — Longtime advocate for female editors is dismissed after taking a $300 side job. — The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit which owns Wikipedia, has apparently terminated an employee who was engaged in editing for pay.

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