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8:50 AM ET, January 24, 2014

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Future buys stake in blogger network Handpicked Media  —  Magazine publisher continues move from print to digital with investment in female-focused network of blogs and websites  —  Handpicked Media: Future has taken a 35% stake  —  Magazine publisher Future has taken a 35% stake …
Discussion: Talking New Media
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
The 2 Teenagers Who Run the Wildly Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics  —  There is a new ubiquitous media brand on Twitter.  —  No, I'm not talking about Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media or BuzzFeed or The Verge, or any other investor-backed startup.  —  I'm talking about @HistoryInPics …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Bloomberg L.P. is ‘totally committed’ to print  —  Justin Smith has been taking a close look inside every nook and cranny of Bloomberg Media Group since becoming chief executive officer of the consumer-facing division of Bloomberg L.P. roughly four months ago.
Discussion: @hblodget and @mlcalderone
Millie Tran / American Press Institute:
Revisiting disruption: 8 good questions with Clayton Christensen  —  Clayton Christensen is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers in the world on innovation and disruption.  The Economist magazine called his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma one of the six most important books about business ever written.
Madeleine Heffernan / Business Day:
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox gets ready to pull plug on ASX listing  —  The shareholder meeting to decide whether News Corp's film and TV business, 21st Century Fox, should be delisted from the Australian stock exchange will be held in New York in two months.
Discussion: Multichannel.com
Catherine Shoichet / CNN:
Some CNN social media accounts hacked  —  Atlanta (CNN) — Some of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were compromised Thursday.  —  The affected accounts included CNN's main Facebook account, CNN Politics' Facebook account and the Twitter page for CNN.
Discussion: Politico, @cnnbrk, The Wire and Gawker
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Bros. TV, FremantleMedia, More TV Titans Wake Up to Web Content  —  Big shingles are getting smarter about the Internet marketplace  —  “Mature entertainment firm seeks hot, young property for magical Internet romance.”  —  That's a personals ad that a number of traditional production firms …
Maria Elena Fernandez / NBC News:
Courtney Love defends herself in the first ‘Twibel’ trial  —  Courtney Love's fascinating journey on Twitter — which has included her daughter's recommending that she be “banned” from the social micro-blogging site — has landed her in a Los Angeles courtroom, where she is defending herself …
Discussion: Loudwire and ABC News
Publishers Weekly:
Byliner Announces Public Radio Partnership  —  Byliner has arranged a partnership with Public Radio International to make e-books out of select programs that air on the network.  The Byliner e-books will be available as text-only downloads to customers who subscribe to Byliner for free …
Karen Fratti / 10,000 Words:
Highlights from the Newsweek Staff's Reddit AMA  —  The Newsweek staff did a Reddit AMA today.  Jim Impoco, editor-in-chief, Kira Bindrim, managing editor, Alex Leo, head of product for IBT Media, Grant Burningham, homepage editor and Kate Gardiner, director of audience engagement, were all taking questions on a wide range of themes.
Discussion: TVNewser
Joe Marchese / MediaPost:
The Problem With TV Everywhere: No One Wants It  —  “TV Everywhere” is a term used to describe the ability to have a TV-like experience from any device in any location by using one set of credentials (most likely tied to your cable account).  While the surge of connected mobile devices …
Discussion: @mediapost
Stephen H. Segal / Philadelphia Weekly:
The woman behind Upworthy's viral explosion  —  If you've been online recently—particularly on Facebook—you've seen a new flavor of headline turn up on viral videos, teasing you with how sorry you'd be to miss the OMG amazingly inspirational YouTube clip that lies just the other side of that click.
Discussion: @michaelroston and @carothecmonster, Thanks:@steverubel
Stuart Dredge / Apps Playground:
BBC launches ‘play-along’ app for CBBC kids' TV show Ludus  —  Adults have been getting excited about “second-screen” TV apps for a while now, whether it's viewers using Twitter and Facebook while watching, or dedicated apps like Zeebox designed to be used on the sofa.  —  How about children's TV?
John Seigenthaler / Al Jazeera America:
Jill Abramson talks to John Seigenthaler  —  Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden helped The New York Times “keep the public informed on what I consider to be very important matters,” says Jill Abramson, the woman who has the final say on what constitutes “all the news that's fit to print.”
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of the Orange County Register's (new, newer, newest) plan  —  Think you know what's going in Orange County and southern California, as Aaron Kushner's Freedom Communications unveils surprise after surprise?  Think again.  —  The most watched news-investment experiment of 2013 …
Discussion: @lmolen, @kenbensinger and @mcdiana
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sunday Times redesign aims to give readers the bigger picture  —  News UK title to refresh look for the first time since going full-colour in 2009, with new font and focus on images  —  The Sunday Times is to unveil a new look this weekend, its first major overhaul in almost six years …
Discussion: Press Gazette
Noreen Malone / The New Republic:
What Happens When You Give TV's Biggest Fanboy His Own TV Show?  —  The remarkable rise of Brian Stelter  —  On a recent episode of CNN's media show, “Reliable Sources,” there was a brief moment when the whole enterprise threatened to collapse in on itself.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Slate's Matt Yglesias Joining Ezra Klein Venture  —  Matt Yglesias, a prominent blogger and Slate's “Moneybox” columnist, is leaving the site at the end of February to join Ezra Klein's new venture, according to a staff memo.  —  Slate editor-in-chief David Plotz described Yglesias's departure as …
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
How geolocation may play a bigger role in future newsgathering  —  At a debate at London's Frontline Club, experts at the cutting edge of newsgathering discussed what factors and technologies will play a role in the future  — Read more  —  Other top stories  —  Also on Journalism.co.uk...
Nick Davies / Guardian:
Brooks 'sought James Murdoch's approval for Sun's backing of Tories'  —  Laptops contained four News International documents and football and racing apps, the Old Bailey told  —  Rebekah Brooks sought the personal approval of James Murdoch for the Sun editorial comment which marked …
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James Doleman / The Drum:
Police officer arrested for leaks to the Guardian, phone-hacking trial hears
Discussion: Guardian
Michael Moynihan / The Daily Beast:
Can a Tweet Put You in Prison?  It Certainly Will in the UK  —  Tweeting racist or otherwise libelous bile can land you in jail in the UK, but the victim, as ever, is not the target of the tweet but free speech.  —  When Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman briefly melted …
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Dugald Baird / Guardian:
Stan Collymore returns to Twitter and hits out at the Sun
Discussion: Softpedia News
 
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Rebecca Greenfield / Fast Company:
How HarperCollins's Chief Digital Officer Uses Big Data To Make Publishing More Profitable
Discussion: @mitchjoel
Reuters:
Time Warner Cable should talk to Charter, T. Rowe says
Discussion: @lianabaker
Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:
Why Related Links Are Getting So Racy and What Publishers Can Do About It
Discussion: @niemanlab
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Now that's adaptive design!  The Verge show different versions of a story to Apple, Google, or Microsoft users
Discussion: SND
Caysey Welton / Folio:
TechMedia Network Acquires BuyerZone
Associated Press:
Carriers for San Diego paper awarded nearly $5M
Phil Dzikiy / iLounge:
Apple TV may get game support with Bluetooth controllers and direct game downloads by March
 Earlier Picks: 
James Traub / Foreign Policy:
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William Wan / Poynter:
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Jennifer M. Wood / Wired:
Kickstarter Has Changed Indie Moviemaking for Good