Mediagazer: Seth Meyers' ‘Late Night’ debut an understated affair (Meredith Blake/Los Angeles Times)

11:55 AM ET, February 25, 2014

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Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:

Owner of Twitter parody account @GSElevator is John Lefevre, a former bond executive who has never worked at Goldman Sachs — @GSElevator Tattletale Exposed (He Was Not in the Goldman Elevator) — A three-year parlor game has been taking place on Wall Street to identify …

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Bloomberg View relaunches on its own — Bloomberg View is getting a makeover. — The online opinion play, which was created by Bloomberg L.P. in 2011 as a complement to the company's news products, is set to relaunch at 9:30 a.m. with a slick, mobile-friendly layout and its own URL, bloombergview.com.

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Tim Baysinger / Broadcasting & Cable:

Meyers' ‘Late Night’ Debut Tops Fallon — ‘Tonight Show’ dips but still up over season average — Seth Meyers' debut Monday as host of Late Night drew a 2.6 overnight rating in metered-markets, according to Nielsen. That was up 13% from what Jimmy Fallon drew in his Late Night debut in March 2009.

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Meredith Blake / Los Angeles Times:

Seth Meyers' ‘Late Night’ debut an understated affair — Despite guests Vice President Joe Biden and Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers strikes a subdued note in taking over as ‘Late Night’ host for Jimmy Fallon. — CAPTIONS — NEW YORK — Making his debut as host of “Late Night” on Monday …

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Richard Just, New National Journal Editor, Plans To ‘Reinvent’ Magazine — NEW YORK — Richard Just, the former top editor of The New Republic and Newsweek, has been named editor of National Journal. Just will oversee the print magazine and report to Editor-in-Chief Tim Grieve.

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Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

AT&T, Verizon may join Comcast in Netflix streaming deal — AT&T and Verizon Communications may be the next big Internet service providers to strike a deal with Netflix to provide a direct connection from the video service to broadband customers. — On Monday, a day after Netflix announced …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Why Netflix Is Actually the Big Winner in the Comcast Bandwidth Deal

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Washington Post's Tim Lee defects to Ezra Klein's ‘Project X’ — Washington Post loses another to Ezra, builds overnight team — Yet another Washington Post staffer has defected to Ezra Klein's new Vox Media project: Tim Lee, who briefly served on Klein's Wonkblog before launching …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Josh Barro to join The New York Times — Josh Barro, the outgoing Business Insider political editor, is joining The New York Times to take part in David Leonhardt's new policy venture, sources familiar with his plans told POLITICO on Monday. — Barro, a former Bloomberg View blogger …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

The return of Newsweek — On March 7, one year and two months from the publication of what was to be its final print issue, copies of Newsweek will once again hit newsstands. There will just be a lot fewer of them—several hundred thousand in the U.S. and abroad.

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Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:

Disney Goes Where No Other Studio Has Gone: An iTunes Movie Storage Deal — When Disney unveils its new cloud-based movie service Tuesday, it will be able to boast about a partner that has eluded all of its peers - Apple. Disney Movies Anywhere will enable users to stream or download Disney movies …

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Michael Wolff / USA Today:

Forbes' sale will reveal the true value of newer low-cost publishing models — What is ‘Forbes’ worth? — Now more a digital than a print product, its sales price will tell us a lot about publishing economics. — CONNECT — Forbes magazine has put itself up for sale …

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Press Association:

Rebekah Brooks ‘shocked’ over Milly Dowler phone-hacking allegations, court told — Rebekah Brooks had nothing to do with the hacking of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone and was left feeling “shock and horror” when she found out what had happened, she has told a court.