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Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Ezra Klein and the early-mover disadvantage — No one knows if these new personal-franchise journalism ventures are going to work — The parade of departures of high-profile journalism talent from big newspapers, of which Ezra Klein's is the most recent, can basically be divided into two categories.
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Politico and The Daily Caller
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Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Alliances of media stars and legacy organizations make sense, but sometimes control matters more
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The New Republic, The New Republic and Talking New Media
Politico:
Why the Post passed on Ezra Klein
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Paul Krugman, New York Times, Nieman Journalism Lab, USA Today, The New Republic, Columbia Journalism Review, @fmanjoo, Gigaom, @ezraklein, @brianstelter, @hunterw, The Daily Caller, NetNewsCheck Latest, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, @acarvin, @timothynoah1, The Rural Blog, @alexismadrigal, FishbowlDC, @drudge_report, @cwarzel and @leginsurrection
David Weigel / Slate:
Ezra Klein Leaves the Washington Post; Washington Wonders Whether the Post Ever Learns Anything
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Business Insider, Mediaite and The Wrap
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Dow Jones Chief Resigns In Shift by News Corp. — Lex Fenwick, the hard-driving chief executive who stumbled in his efforts to transform Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has resigned effective immediately as the company rethinks its strategy.
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@danwmedia, @jbenton, @moorehn and @nycjim
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Lex Fenwick out at Dow Jones — Big changes at News Corp. today: Lex Fenwick is out as chief executive of Dow Jones & Company after just two years on the job. — Fenwick will be replaced on an interim basis by News Corp's chief creative officer, William Lewis, who will …
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Business Wire, @peterlauria3, @emilybell, @jbenton, Mediawire Daily, @stuartmillar159, Bloomberg, Media & Entertainment, AdAge, Politico, Wall Street Journal, FishbowlNY, The Wrap and Variety
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon considering online live TV service, has approached at least three media conglomerates seeking rights to distribute their channels — Amazon Considering Online Pay TV Service — Live TV Channels Would Compete With Cable, Satellite — Amazon.com Inc. has approached big entertainment companies …
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Engadget, Mashable, Geeky Gadgets, @amolsharmawsj, Quartz, @shaliniwsj, SlashGear, VentureBeat, USA Today, MacRumors, Deadline.com, BGR, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, AppleInsider, Pocket-lint, GeekWire, @adamostrow, Business Insider, @pkafka, @themediaisdying, NetNewsCheck Latest, Inside TV, NBCNews and CNBC
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon Denies It Has Plans to Create an Over-the-Top TV Service
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@brianstelter and Pocket-lint
Tania Branigan / Guardian:
Guardian blocked in China after story about leadership's offshore wealth — Access to the front page of newspaper's website blocked and availability of other stories intermittent — The Guardian appeared to be partially blocked in China on Wednesday after revealing that relatives …
Discussion:
New York Times, Tech in Asia and The Next Web
Emily Rauhala / TIME:
CNN, BBC Reporters Covering China Activist Trial Manhandled on Live TV — Street-side tussles take place outside Beijing court where transparency campaigner Xu Zhiyong is being tried behind closed doors — BBC journalist Martin Patience lived up to his name today.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Seiken to address Telegraph staff on the new digital way forward — Following yesterday's departure of the Daily Telegraph editor Tony Gallagher, the man now in charge of the paper is planning to address the staff on his vision for its future. — Jason Seiken, chief content officer …
Discussion:
@sparky000 and Telegraph
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Firing Tony Gallagher is a big mistake
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One Man and His Blog, @spencetimes, @pjprest, @tkelsey1, @greenslader, @fleetstreetfox, @joshhalliday and Guardian
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Comcast resurrects EveryBlock in Chicago on Thursday, plans other U.S. cities later — Hyperlocal website EveryBlock to be resurrected … EveryBlock, the hyperlocal website shut down last February amid financial losses, is returning from internet limbo.
Discussion:
Street Fight
WashPost PR:
The Volokh Conspiracy joins The Washington Post — The Washington Post today announced a partnership with The Volokh Conspiracy, a blog that covers law, public policy, politics, culture and other topics. — Eugene Volokh, a law professor at UCLA, founded the blog in April 2002 …
Gwynn Guilford / Quartz:
Westerners are so convinced China is a dystopian hellscape they'll share anything that confirms it — ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images, via Tech in Asia — When it comes to China stories, people will believe almost anything. Take, for instance, the reports about pollution being so severe …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Showtime, HBO, Starz blast NPD study that says they lost subscribers — Thanks to “Homeland” and other shows, Showtime has added 1 million subscribers a year in six of the last seven years, a spokesperson says. — Pay-TV channels HBO, Showtime and Starz are blasting a much-ballyhooed study …
Dan Levy / Sparksheet:
Building a Digital Legacy: Q&A with The Atlantic's Kimberly Lau — The Atlantic has been around for 155 years, and for most of that time it's been a print publication. Do you still define The Atlantic as a magazine? — I don't. The magazine is obviously a very important medium and is part …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Coronel to replace Grueskin as Columbia J-school's academic dean — Bill Grueskin is stepping down as the Columbia Journalism School's dean of academic affairs and will be replaced by Sheila Coronel, a veteran investigative journalist who joined the faculty about seven years ago.
Discussion:
Columbia University … and @poynter
Jim Romenesko:
Wall Street Journal memo: Newsroom changes mean ‘a faster-moving, digital-first news operation’ — Update: Lex Fenwick is out as Dow Jones chief executive officer. (Dow Jones release) — With 60 Wall Street Journal employees joining the Real-Time News Desk today, “we have embarked …
Discussion:
@ptaillandier, @moorehn, @emilybell and NetNewsCheck Latest
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Al Jazeera Expands Global Footprint With Turkish Digital Operation — Al Jazeera Turk will start as a digital operation and plans to become a broadcaster in a year — Al Jazeera is expanding its global footprint, bringing its brand to Turkey and the world's 140 million Turkish speakers …
Discussion:
Al Jazeera English, @riy and @tomgara
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Yahoo's Next Problem: Tumblr's Traffic Isn't Growing — The past year has been an up-and-down affair for Yahoo , with the company and its CEO, Marissa Mayer, scoring numerous PR coups while failing to make headway in its core business of selling digital advertising.
Discussion:
PandoDaily, @nytimesbits and @jeffbercovici
David Banks / Guardian:
WSJ ruling highlights problems for court reporters filing to overseas offices — Journalists could end up in contempt if copy filed for a foreign print edition was picked up by another outlet and put online — Court reporters could be committing contempt when they file to their offices abroad …
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