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10:45 AM ET, February 10, 2014

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Bill Keller, Former Editor of The Times, Is Leaving for News Nonprofit  —  Bill Keller, a columnist at The New York Times and its former executive editor, will leave the paper to become editor in chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on the American criminal justice system.
The Intercept:
First Look Media announces new magazine, The Intercept  —  Welcome to The Intercept  —  We are very excited to welcome everyone to The Intercept, a publication of First Look Media (FLM).  The Intercept, which the three of us created, is the first of what will be numerous digital magazines published by FLM.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Welcome to Glenn Greenwald, Inc.?  —  The controversial columnist is the public face of a billionaire-backed new media play.  And that could mean problems for a venture with ambitions way beyond the Snowden-verse.  —  Investigative reporter and columnist Glenn Greenwald was barely five minutes …
Tom Moran:
New Jersey Star-Ledger regrets endorsing Christie, calls endorsement process “excruciating”  —  Chris Christie endorsement is regrettable: Moran  —  Gov. Chris Christie takes the oath of office in January.  Even before he was embroiled in scandals, The Star-Ledger's endorsement of the governor was a close call.
David Carr / New York Times:
Local Papers Shine Light in Society's Dark Corners  —  A lot of important journalism begins with a simple, seemingly obvious question, like why traffic is snarled in New Jersey on the way into New York.  —  Traffic coverage may be the lowest species in the dog-bites-man pantheon of news, except when it is not.
Deanna Fei / Slate:
My Baby and AOL's Bottom Line  —  Late last week, Tim Armstrong, the chief executive officer of AOL, landed himself in a media firestorm when he held a town hall with employees to explain why he was paring their retirement benefits.  After initially blaming Obamacare for driving …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN hires Smerconish for weekend show  —  Michael Smerconish, the satellite radio host and MSNBC contributor, has been hired by CNN to host a Saturday morning show, network president Jeff Zucker announced Monday.  —  Smerconish is perhaps best known as the guest-host for MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.
Discussion: TVNewser and @davidcorndc
Anne Penketh / Guardian:
Libération journalists fight investors' vision for future of French newspaper  —  Staff fear shareholders are intent on making money from brand and building, ‘with no mention of journalism’  —  Three months ago a crazed gunman opened fire in the Paris offices of the iconoclastic …
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
NBC Responds to Opening Ceremony Criticism: We Edited IOC Speech for Time  —  NBC has responded to media reports questioning edits to IOC president Thomas Bach's speech during the opening ceremony of the Olympics, in which Bach urged everyone not to discriminate against people from other countries.
Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Scripps to Acquire Granite Stations In Detroit, Buffalo For $110 Million  —  Will make a duopoly in Motown alongside WXYZ  —  Scripps has agreed to acquire WMYD Detroit and WKBW Buffalo, the Granite Broadcasting-owned MyNetworkTV and ABC affiliates, respectively, for $110 million.
 
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