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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Lara Logan's Future At CBS Uncertain Since Discredited Benghazi Report  —  NEW YORK — On Oct. 28, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) announced that he planned to block all of President Barack Obama's appointees until every survivor of the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attack testified before Congress …
Discussion: @mlcalderone
David Segal / New York Times:
Problem for advertisers: more than half of online video ads go unwatched below the fold, in tiny players, or played simultaneously with other ads  —  The Great Unwatched  —  Some of the biggest names in Internet media have been gathering in New York City at the third annual Digital Content NewFronts …
Will Oremus / Slate:
Twitter isn't dying: active users and timeline views don't capture the platform's vast reach  —  Twitter Is Not Dying  —  Well, that's it folks: Twitter is dead.  It had a good flight.  A short flight, but a noisy one.  Sadly, it is now headed the way of Flappy Bird.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
“Game Change” co-authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann join Bloomberg to spearhead a new, stand-alone politics site  —  Bloomberg snags Halperin and Heilemann  —  “Game Change” co-authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann have joined Bloomberg News where they will spearhead a new …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
As Netflix Resists, Most Firms Just Try to Befriend Comcast  —  In the middle of an otherwise routine earnings report last week, Netflix took an unexpected detour into the realm of antitrust enforcement: It opposed Comcast's proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable, it said …
David Carr / New York Times:
A Key Player in a Scandal, V. Stiviano Feeds the Media's Appetite  —  Words are sometimes no match for pictures.  So when I suggest that V. Stiviano may understand and avail herself of the current American media culture better than anyone, it is worth taking a look at our subject, below.
Discussion: @jswatz, @michaelroston and @carr2n
Jack Newsham / Poynter:
Vice ‘Call of Duty’ trailer blurs line between advertising and news  —  “It's a news report...except it's also an ad!”  —  That's how Ad Week described on Friday a recent trailer produced by Vice Media.  The trailer promotes both Vice's forthcoming investigation into private military contractors …
Discussion: @poynter
Edgar Alvarez / Engadget:
Embracing the future: Tribeca Film Festival goes beyond its roots  —  As has been the case since 2002, this year brought thousands of movie buffs to New York City for the Tribeca Film Festival.  While at its core, the festival is still very much rooted in providing a platform for film creators …
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Obama skewers Republicans, Democrats, media at 100th White House correspondents' dinner  —  Shares -  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Forgoing the largely self-deprecating front he's donned the past several years, President Obama during his prepared roast Saturday to the White House Correspondents …
Amanda Levendowski / On The Media:
Arizona's anti-revenge porn law could inadvertently make certain kinds of reporting illegal  —  Does Arizona's Revenge Porn Law Criminalize Notable Nudity?  —  [Hey TLDR folks, PJ here.  Amanda Levendowski is a friend of the show and a revenge porn braniac.
Justin Vela / The National:
Qatar plans new TV network as counterweight to Al Jazeera  —  ABU DHABI // Qatar is launching a new television station as a political counterweight to Al Jazeera amid concern the network has become too supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood.  —  The new station is to be an Arabic-language news channel based …
 
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