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1:20 PM ET, January 27, 2014

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Ezra Klein / The Verge:

Ezra Klein and crew to start new Vox Media publication — Vox is our next — Early last year, Melissa Bell, Matt Yglesias and I began wrestling with a question that had bugged all of us for a long time: why hadn't the Internet made the news better at delivering crucial context alongside new information?

David Carr / New York Times:

Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself — After a week of speculation, it turns out that Ezra Klein, the prolific creator of The Washington Post's Wonkblog, will be going to Vox Media, the online home of SB Nation, a sports site, and The Verge, a fast-growing technology site.

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Q&A: Ezra Klein Promises “A Completely Different Product” — “This is not just Wonkblog.” — This evening, after weeks of speculation, Ezra Klein announced he'll be founding a new media publication at Vox Media, home to SB Nation, The Verge, Polygon, and the recently acquired Curbed Media network.

Discussion: Poynter, @buzzfeed, Capital New York, New York Magazine, @cwarzel, @fmanjoo, @sdkstl, Mediawire Daily, @summeranne, @jayrosen_nyu and Talking Biz News

Mark Potts / Recovering Journalist:

The Washington Post tried to launch a venture like Ezra Klein's 15 years ago — Some Context on Ezra Klein's “News Site/Encyclopedia” Concept — It appears that the big project that led Wonkblog proprietor Ezra Klein to bolt The Washington Post for VoxMedia is to “build the world's …

Discussion: Washington Post, @millie, Business Insider, @pottsmark, @khanoisseur, FishbowlNY and @jayrosen_nyu

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Omidyar: First Look plans to launch ‘family of digital magazines’ — In a video explaining his plans for First Look Media, founder/funder Pierre Omidyar says that in addition to a flagship site covering news, entertainment, sports and politics, the venture plans to launch “a family of digital magazines.”

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Pierre Omidyar releases video previewing First Look Media — Omidyar previews ‘First Look Media’ venture — Pierre Omidyar, the tech entrepreneur and philanthropist, has released a video with new details on his forthcoming journalism venture, “First Look Media,” which is set to launch later this year.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @pierre and @dylanbyers

Alex Weprin / Capital New York:

Al Jazeera America to get prime new channel space — As it prepares to launch a new marketing campaign, Al Jazeera America will be getting some prime new channel placement for Time Warner Cable subscribers in New York. — Tomorrow, January 28, AJAM will be moving from channel 181 …

Discussion: Poynter, Politico, @felixsalmon, @brianstelter and @tmcgev

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

Prominent NYT news stories “go too far in the direction of interpretation, analysis and elaborate writing” — 'Just the Facts, Ma'am' No More — IT'S a Monday morning in mid-January. Your print edition of The Times is at hand, along with your coffee. You scan it for news.

Discussion: @lachlan, @laureni, @raju, @fmanjoo, The Public Editor's Journal, @mathewi, @jayrosen_nyu, @rsingel, @byronyork, @brithume and @fmanjoo

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Quentin Tarantino Suing Gawker Over Leaked ‘Hateful Eight’ Script (Exclusive) — The director takes legal action over the distribution of his script. — Quentin Tarantino — Quentin Tarantino has filed a copyright lawsuit against Gawker Media for allegedly disseminating copies of his script, The Hateful Eight.

Discussion: Deadline.com, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Guardian, The Wrap, @eriqgardner and Variety

WashPost PR:

National Journal Executive Editor Adam Kushner joins Washington Post to lead new opinion and analysis site — Adam Kushner to lead new digital opinion venture — Announcement from Executive Editor Marty Baron, Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt and Outlook Editor Carlos Lozada:

Discussion: Capital New York, Politico, @mlcalderone, @max_fisher, @adambkushner and @mattyglesias

Frank Rich / New York Magazine:

Stop Beating a Dead Fox — The conservative news channel's only real power is in riling up liberals, who by this point should know better. — here ain't no sanity clause," Chico Marx told Groucho. There is also no Santa Claus. And there was no sanity in the Santa fracas that became …

Discussion: Erik Wemple, The Huffington Post, @joshmankiewicz, @brianstelter, @themurdochtimes, @path2enlighten, @nymag, @owillis, @owillis, @huffpostcanada and @dangillmor

Politico:

MSNBC to launch new daytime schedule, Ronan Farrow to host at 1 p.m. — Following the 2014 Winter Olympics, MSNBC will introduce a new daytime programming schedule that will see Ronan Farrow, its newest talent, hosting at 1 p.m. ET and Joy Reid, a longtime guest host, at 2 p.m. ET.

Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser and @irin