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Jill Abramson unexpectedly leaving as executive editor at NYT, to be replaced by Dean Baquet — Times Ousts Its Executive Editor, Elevating Second-in-Command — In an abrupt change of leadership, The New York Times on Wednesday dismissed Jill Abramson as executive editor and replaced her with Dean Baquet, the managing editor.
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Ken Auletta / Currency:
NYT's Abramson was fired after confronting “top brass” about being paid less than male predecessor — Why Jill Abramson Was Fired — At the annual City University Journalism School dinner, on Monday, Dean Baquet, the managing editor of the New York Times, was seated with Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., the paper's publisher.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times: Abramson's compensation ‘was not less than’ Bill Keller's — The New York Times is pushing back against a report that Jill Abramson was fired in part because she complained that her salary was less than that of her male predecessor, Bill Keller.
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Kate Aurthur / BuzzFeed:
Jill Abramson's Firing And The New York Times' Chaotic Future — The abrupt dismissal of the executive editor portends a bumpy road ahead for her successor, Dean Baquet, and the rest of the newsroom. — Brad Barket / Getty Images for WIRED — When the news broke that Jill Abramson …
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
The New York Times owes the audience an explanation — Jill Abramson's departure as the executive editor of The New York Times and Dean Baquet's appointment as her replacement was abrupt. — Times Company Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. told senior editors at a 2 p.m. meeting and the rest …
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Everything You Need to Know About Dean Baquet, the First Black Executive Editor of the New York Times
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Nathalie Tadena / Wall Street Journal:
NYT Readers Spend Same Amount of Time on Paid Posts as News Stories — Readers of the New York Times are spending roughly the same amount of time on advertiser-sponsored posts as on news stories, according to Meredith Levien, the executive vice president of advertising for The Times.
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Howard Finberg / Poynter:
Why newsrooms don't embrace digital tools — Many newsrooms in the U.S. are still not taking advantage of the low-cost digital tools for gathering and distributing journalism, even when journalists and producers know about the alternatives to traditional technologies.
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Mary Ann Badavi / The Atlantic Online:
Choire Sicha, co-founder of The Awl, shares his concerns about how we digest information online — Choire Sicha, co-founder of The Awl, shares his concerns about how we digest information online. — “You want [writers] to flower into their floweriness,” said Choire Sicha, smiling slyly at the audience at last week's New York Ideas.
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Warner, Universal, Sony Buy Stakes in Music App Shazam — Shazam Entertainment, the music-identification app, landed small investments from the world's biggest record companies, according to people familiar with the matter. — Warner Music Group owner Access Industries …
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Sony Pictures buys film rights to Glenn Greenwald's book on Snowden and the NSA revelations — Sony Pictures Buys Film Rights to Book on Snowden — LOS ANGELES — After a long, slow haul, the film rights to Glenn Greenwald's book about Edward J. Snowden and his revelations …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Time Inc. execs line up at spinoff trough — As Time Inc. insiders brace for a new round of pre-spinoff layoffs that are expected to begin next week, recently unveiled numbers show the top brass at the publisher are not sharing in the pain. — Norman Pearlstine, the executive vice president …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Time Inc. Waves Goodbye to CNNMoney and Its Digital Profits
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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
NowThis News, a leader in mobile/social/video, shifts its strategy and its personnel — So what's going on with NowThis News? — Less than two years old, NowThis News immediately grabbed attention for what seems like a bold new proposition for news: short digital video that was built for mobile devices and social media.
Charlotte Higgins / Guardian:
From David Kelly to Jimmy Savile, how does the BBC deal with a crisis? — The Smith review into the handling of the Savile allegations, leading to the demise of its director general, is just the latest scandal to hit the corporation — On Thursday 29 January 1987, Alasdair Milne …
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@charliebeckett and @peterjukes
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Washington Post cites resources and editorial judgment for not covering Amazon-Hachette fight — Pressure on Post to cover Amazon-Hachette — The Washington Post is drawing attention from media critics who question whether the paper's new owner Jeff Bezos is influencing coverage of his company Amazon.
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Daniel Solomon / Source:
How FiveThirtyEight Got the Nigerian Kidnappings Analysis Wrong — How FiveThirtyEight Got the Nigerian Kidnappings Analysis Wrong — On the evening of April 14, more than 100 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, a small town in northeast Nigeria. Days later, the reported number …
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@tcarmody, @dansinker, @kennelliott, @zeynep, semper scriben and Featured stories
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Walmart's Vudu Now Allows UltraViolet Users To Share Their Movies With Up To Five Friends — Walmart's Vudu announced that it will introduce a Share My Movie feature that will allow its customers to share their UltraViolet collections with up to five friends or family.
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Deadline.com, VentureBeat and Variety
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Media academic attacks press campaign against The Guardian over Snowden leaks — Media professor Julian Petley has written a lengthy assessment of the way in which The Guardian's revelations NSA and GCHQ surveillance were covered by the rest of the press. — “The State journalism is in …
Jessi Hempel / Fortune:
Amazon Studios director Roy Price talks about making good TV for the web — How to make good TV for the web, according to Amazon — Amazon Studios director Roy Price explains why certain shows succeed, whether to launch every episode of a show at the same time, how much a good show costs …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The New York Times has a (lovely) new cooking site … Spring is apparently new-product-launch season at the Times: Barely a month past the debut of NYT Now, along comes its new cooking site. (In various reports over the past year, it's been referred to as a food product, a dining product …
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