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12:45 PM ET, February 24, 2014

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David Carr / New York Times:
Piers Morgan and CNN Plan End to His Prime-Time Show  —  There have been times when the CNN host Piers Morgan didn't seem to like America very much — and American audiences have been more than willing to return the favor.  Three years after taking over for Larry King, Mr. Morgan has seen the ratings for …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
After CNN Cancels Morgan, Larry King Says: I Could Come Back  —  Larry King and former CNN President Jonathan Klein speak exclusively to The Daily Beast about the cancellation of Piers Morgan's prime-time show.  —  Several months ago, backstage at a concert in Central Park …
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Seeking a Lead on News, Network Turns to Data-Mining Media Group  —  When Ronan Farrow, the young human rights lawyer with a Hollywood lineage, debuts as an MSNBC host on Monday, he will have some prodigious computing power backing him up.  —  MSNBC has struck a partnership with Vocativ …
Discussion: @alessandriamasi and @petereavis
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Tamron Hall Named Co-Host of 9 a.m. Hour of ‘Today’  —  Tamron Hall has been named a co-host of “TODAY's Take,” the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show, joining Al Roker, Natalie Morales and Willie Geist.  The announcement came on this morning's show.  —  “We're really excited to officially welcome Tamron …
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Jordan Chariton / TVNewser:   MSNBC Promotes Two to Managing Editor, Hires EP for ‘Reid Report’
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Moviefone Is Hanging Up, but Its App Will Go On  —  LOS ANGELES — Mr. Moviefone's lines are going dead.  —  For 25 years, residents of America's biggest cities have been able to call 777-FILM to receive movie listing information and buy tickets.  The service's goofily booming greeting became …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Head of digital out at Dow Jones amid course correction  —  Dow Jones & Company has removed its head of digital, Michael Rolnick, amid a strategy shakeup that has been unfolding over the past month, Capital has learned.  —  The move comes as Will Lewis, who replaced Lex Fenwick as chief executive …
Discussion: @capitalnewyork
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Bill Thomas, 89, Dies; Editor Guided Los Angeles Times to 9 Pulitzers  —  Bill Thomas, the editor who led The Los Angeles Times from the Watergate years through the presidency of Ronald Reagan, a period in which the paper vastly enlarged its ambition and won nine Pulitzer Prizes …
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Former Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Middelhoff to leave New York Times Co. board  —  Times Co. Board Member Is Stepping Down  —  The German business executive Thomas Middelhoff, a director of The New York Times Company since 2003, is leaving the company's board.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and New York Times Co.
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Local newspapers and TV stations are building their own private ad exchange with Google  —  In 2006, 176 newspapers came together in a partnership with Yahoo to found The Newspaper Consortium.  The idea, a simple one now, was an important step forward for the development and growth of ad networks.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Maria Bartiromo Aims To Build Fox Business Network With Morning Show  —  CNBC veteran charts new course and vows perspective and insight, not stock picks, will carry the day  —  When Maria Bartiromo departed her longtime perch at CNBC in November for a competitor, she did so knowing full …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Former WaPo ombud joins PR firm  —  Patrick Pexton, the former Washington Post ombudsman, is joining the public relations firm Connections Media LLC, where he will serve as Managing Director for Content Marketing, meaning he will help to develop promotional material.
Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:
Inside The Netflix/Comcast Deal and What The Media Is Getting Very Wrong  —  On Sunday, Comcast and Netflix announced a commercial interconnect relationship between the two companies, which is in the very early stages of implementation, and as a result, many who clearly don't understand how the Internet works are writing about the news.
 
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Pandora hooks international Xbox exec as strategy chief
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Supreme Court Declines Tennis Channel Review of Comcast Case
Discussion: @mccannsportslaw
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Aereo will launch its internet TV service in Austin next week as Supreme Court date looms
Natalie Burg / The Content Strategist:
Top Journalists Are Flocking to Brands. Here's Why.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Public Editor examines NYT Magazine cover stories on Hillary Clinton and Wendy Davis, hopes future articles “will rise above gender-based double standards”
David Bauder / Associated Press:
NBC's Sochi Winter Olympics Coverage Looks For Gold