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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post will hire ‘new writers and data wizards’ for post-Ezra Klein iniative — Jim Tankersley will lead an effort to “expand our policy coverage and reach new readers beyond Wonkblog's core audience,” The Washington Post announced Friday. Wonkblog founder Ezra Klein is leaving the paper to start a new venture.
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WashPost PR, The Awl, Wonkblog, Erik Wemple, FishbowlDC, NetNewsCheck Latest, @derekwillis, @jaredbkeller, Politico, @zseward, Capital New York and @chrisboutet
Anthony Crupi / Adweek:
NBCU's $775m investment in Sochi media rights projected to rake in more than $1b in ad sales — NBCU Olympic Ad Revenue Is Snowballing Report sees Peacock booking more than $1 billion in Sochi sales By Anthony Crupi — NBCUniversal forked over some $775 million for the media rights …
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Softpedia News and @adweek
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
NBC ‘confident’ with Russian security measures for Sochi Olympics
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The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, The Huffington Post and Inside TV
Reuters:
Charter hires firm to ready Time Warner Cable proxy fight-sources — Charter Communications Inc has hired proxy solicitor Innisfree M&A as it gears up for a potential proxy fight at takeover target Time Warner Cable Inc , according to people familiar with the matter.
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
As part of Time Warner Cable deal, Charter CEO tentatively offers up NY systems to Comcast
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John Cook / Gawker:
Fox News' Favorite Investigator Was Paid to Smear Murdoch's Wife — Here's a story. On the afternoon of Friday, November 21, 2008, an email bearing the subject header “confidential information” turned up in Gawker's tips inbox. The sender's email address was “harveydent701@yahoo.com,” a dummy account.
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New York Magazine and @johnjcook
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online:
Get Rid of ‘Viral’ Headlines With This One Weird Browser Extension — From “incredible” to “painfully ordinary” — The Upworthy headlines will find you. In tweets, in emails, in wall posts from well-meaning family: Viral Headline English, with its blithe incredulity, will hunt you down …
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AdAge, Washington Post, ANIMAL, Daily Dot, The Daily Caller, @jonggordon and Boing Boing
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.
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Mediawire Daily, FishbowlNY, @ryanchittum, @hblodget, @mlcalderone and Talking Biz News
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
21st Century Fox to Acquire Majority Stake in Yankees Cable Network — UPDATED: The media giant will now own 80 percent of YES, buying out Goldman Sachs and NJ Holdings, leaving the remainder to Yankee Global Enterprises. — YES Network will soon be officially under the 21st Century Fox umbrella.
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Madeleine Heffernan / Business Day:
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox gets ready to pull plug on ASX listing
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Multichannel.com and @themurdochtimes
Al Jazeera English:
McCain condemns detention of Al Jazeera staff — US Senator John McCain says Egypt's imprisonment of Al Jazeera journalists violates human rights and press freedom. — US Senator John McCain has condemned the imprisonment of five Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt, calling their detention …
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
AP Threatens Legal Action Over George Zimmerman's New Painting — George Zimmerman may be in legal trouble again, this time over his latest painting. — The painting, unveiled earlier this week, depicts Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, who charged Zimmerman with the second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin.
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ANIMAL, Mediaite, Orlando Sentinel, Talking Points Memo and Gawker
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
CBS News Productions Unit Shuttered — CBS News is shutting down its CBS News Productions unit. The division, which has a staff of more than a dozen producers, writers and researchers, produces hour-long nonfiction shows for networks including A&E, The Discovery Channel, and MTV.
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10,000 Words, Lost Remote and AppNewser
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Court Delays FilmOn X Appeal, Leaves Ban In Place — Streaming television service FilmOn X suffered another setback in court this week, when an appellate panel said it won't rule on the company's request to lift an injunction against it until after the Supreme Court decides whether Aereo is legal.
Jeremy Barr / Poynter:
Pro photographers remind lucky amateurs: Viral pictures have value — As soon as he took the picture, Janis Krums knew he had something. What he didn't know is how much of a something he really had. — If Krums' name sounds familiar, it's because he took one of the most famous viral pictures …
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@abeaujon, @poppedculture, @drrrop, @sicarswell and @agarciaphoto
Tamara Baluja / J-Source:
How well are Canadian newspapers doing with paywalls, tablets? — Are paywalls the gamble that will save the newspaper industry? Is a free tablet app the way to go? It's too early to know what works as an online strategy, but we did get a glimpse into how some newspapers have been faring …
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@byjameskeller
Jeremy Barr / Poynter:
Washington Post removes opinion piece: 'we can't verify the byline' — The Washington Post was unable to verify the identity of the author of a Jan. 17 opinion piece called “D.C., you're depressing.” The author of the piece, which trashed Washington, D.C. and its public transportation system, was listed as Jason Huntmann.
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@dcistsarah, @robertcaruso and @onthemedia
Tony Romm / Politico:
Court system hit with cyberattack — Unidentified hackers took aim at the federal court system Friday, blocking access to its public website while preventing lawyers and litigants from filing legal documents online. — The incident affected uscourts.gov, the federal court's public hub …
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Washington Times
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
FTC Seeks Comment On Nielsen Spin-Off of LinkMeter to comScore — Divestiture was part of deal with government to allow it to buy Arbitron — The Federal Trade Commission wants to hear from the public on Nielsen's proposal to sell its LinkMeter technology to comScore.
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TheHill
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Flipboard launches widgets and profile badges to let users embed any magazine onto their site — Flipboard released a new feature today that enables users to add widgets and profile badges to their website or blog. These new tools will automatically update when the featured magazine is updated.
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Inside Flipboard
Lisa Rein / Federal Eye:
Competing appeals of Postal Service's upcoming rate hike — Three days before the U.S. Postal Service raises the price of a first-class letter and most other mail by three cents to 49 cents, the agency and the mail industry filed competing appeals of the rate increase in federal court Thursday.
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Post & Parcel
Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Egyptian Filmmaker Who Mocks Authorities on YouTube Detained Amid Widening Crackdown in Cairo — The sense that Egypt's revolution has come full circle, with the security state shaken by protests that started three years ago this week finally reasserting itself, intensified on Friday …
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New York Times, @maitelsadany, @3arabawy and Guardian
Current.org:
In times of crisis, FM chips in smartphones will better serve public — Disasters strike every year in every corner of America. Hurricanes on the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard, ice storms in the Midwest and Plains states, wildfires in the west and arid states of the southwest …
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@jonmctaggart, @davidgura, @airwharton and @localcurrent
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