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Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
In 2011, Abramson's salary went from $475k to $503k, then $525k after protest; Keller's, $559k — Jill Abramson and the Times: What Went Wrong? — In the gossipy world of New York journalism, the firing of Jill Abramson from her position as the executive editor of the Times provoked …
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New York Times:
Times Seeks to Reassure Its Staff After Abramson's Ouster — A day after The New York Times Company announced that it had dismissed Jill Abramson, its first female executive editor, top editors and the publisher moved to reassure staff members and rebut news media reports that her removal …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age — There are few things that can galvanize the news world's attention like a change in leadership atop The New York Times. Jill Abramson's ouster yesterday afternoon probably reduced American newsroom …
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vox.com, the Econsultancy blog, The Daily Caller and @niemanlab
Emily Bell / Guardian:
Jill Abramson's ouster shows women that we still must be more than good — Women's fury over the New York Times editor's firing stems from what we know: that excellent performances are never enough — Jill Abramson had an unenviable position, in the most coveted job in journalism.
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The Huffington Post, New York Times, Washington Post, Fortune and Politico
Myles Tanzer / BuzzFeed:
Internal NYT report on digital publishing: weak support systems, neglect of social promotion, editors “unfamiliar with the web”, more
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American Journalism Review, Guardian Liberty Voice, New York Times, @monikabauerlein, @fieldproducer, Digiday, @nytimes, @amreadertoo, AdExchanger, @tcarmody, @tomscocca, @pkafka, Lost Remote, Mashable, @timduggan, @charlienpr, @jamesrbuk, @dvnjr, Business Insider, @stefanjbecket, @martin_k, @dkthomp, @michaelbhaskar, @mccarthyryanj, @edpilkington, @bennyjohnson, @lizsly, @blakehounshell, @pmarca, @tomgara, @abeaujon, @jamilsmith, @arusbridger, @walldo, @drudge_report, @romenesko, @ftrain, @joshsternberg, @byrontau, @mattfraction, Washington Post, USA Today and Gawker
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Sulzberger: ‘Not true’ that Abramson's compensation package was less than Keller's
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
What Might Leadership Change Mean for Times Readers?
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JIMROMENESKO.COM, Guardian, @stephenshepard, BuzzFeed, All Digitocracy, @fmanjoo, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Salon and @ali_gharib
Rachel Sklar / Medium:
Abramson was treated shockingly badly, but still walks away with power and a legacy
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@moorehn, @larrysmith, @sallykohn, @ali_gharib, @dcgisenyi, @jessicarotondi, @ihearttheroad, @taliabuford, @jacquib, @mikebarnicle, @craigsilverman and Gawker
Amanda Hess / Slate:
Jill Abramson was everything to young women at the New York Times.
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New York Magazine, The Week, The Atlantic Online, @feminsist, CNNMoney.com and The Hairpin
Khoi / Subtraction.com:
Ex-NYT design chief Khoi Vinh on internal report: what matters is how company acts on it — The New York Times Innovation Report — Buzzfeed got a hold of a 96-page report on the state of innovation at The New York Times, prepared by a select group of the company's staffers and intended for internal distribution only.
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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
The homepage is dead, and the social web has won—even at the New York Times
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WGBH News, @dannysullivan, @rubinafillion, @dkthomp and @nycjim
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Internal NYT report could be valuable for other publishers mulling digital future
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@mediatwit, @samuelclay, @russ_walker and @lukeoneil47
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
The Atlantic Cities Relaunches as CityLab — The Atlantic Cities is finally all grown-up and heading out on its own—or getting its own URL, at least. — Following in the footsteps of sister property The Wire, the three-year-old urban-planning site is relaunching with a new name, CityLab …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Les Moonves Confirms CBS is Developing Digital News Channel; David Rhodes Oversees — CBS is in the “early stages” of developing a 24-hour digital news network, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves says. Appearing on Bloomberg today, Moonves told Trish Regan the digital channel will be “an exciting alternative to cable news.”
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Bloomberg, Deadline.com and The Wrap
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Amazon vs. Hachette: When Does Discouragement Become Misrepresentation? — For months now, Amazon has been trying to put the screws on Hachette, the smallest of the Big Five publishers, by discouraging people from buying its printed books. Amazon's goal: force Hachette to give it better terms on e-books.
Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Al-Jazeera journalists' lawyers told to pay £100,000 to see key evidence — Court in Egypt hears prosecutors demanding fee for access to secret videos which case against trio relies on — Lawyers defending three al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt have been asked to pay …
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Al Jazeera English, CBS News, Mail&Guardian, Scoop, TheAustralian, @moftasa, Poynter, Associated Press and The Huffington Post
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Laura Dean / Associated Press:
Hunger-striking Al-Jazeera reporter attends court
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UPI, NDTV News, english.ahram.org.eg, Los Angeles Times, @lauracdean, @lauracdean and @lauracdean
David Adams / Reuters:
Cuban blogger to launch island's first independent online newspaper — Cuba's prize-winning blogger, Yoani Sanchez, is launching the island's first independent digital newspaper next week to challenge the communist-ruled country's state-controlled media. — Sanchez said the online publication …
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Engadget
Bloomberg:
Comcast's Race for Customers May Spur $170 Billion Deals — Comcast Corp.'s bid to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. may be the opening act for a yearlong festival of telecommunications deals that would alter Internet, phone and TV service for tens of millions of Americans. — AT&T Inc. and DirecTV may be the next dance partners.
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@sherman4949
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast, Charter Appoint Cable Veteran Michael Willner CEO of Spinoff MSO
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multichannel.com, Bloomberg and PR Newswire
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Nielsen Says Biggest TV Watchers Do 50% of All Viewing — Heaviest viewers are also big consumers of cars, clothing — A new study by Nielsen finds that a small group of viewers watch way more than their share of TV. — Nearly 50% of all TV watching is done by 20% of TV viewers.
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Nielsen
Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
ABCs: Newspapers continue print declines with mixed results on digital subscriptions — Sales of Fairfax's weekday print titles The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have fallen by 25,000 and 21,000 editions respectively in the year since the publisher switched from broadsheet to ‘compact’ size last March …
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@sally_jackson, @s_bridges, @nicchristensen and TheAustralian
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC votes for Internet “fast lanes,” but could change its mind later — Chairman: “There is one Internet: Not a fast internet. Not a slow Internet.” — The Federal Communications Commission today voted in favor of a preliminary proposal to allow Internet “fast lanes,” …
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Gigaom, New York Times, Variety, Wired, TIME, TechCrunch, AT&T Public Policy Blog, Variety, The Wrap, ReadWrite, Business Insider, Forbes, corporate.comcast.com, US News, @samgustin, Mashable, @amy_schatz, ZDNet, Mashable, Techdirt, PandoDaily, Re/code, Washington Post, Hit & Run, @jbrodkin and Bloomberg
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The real battle for net neutrality just began
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VentureBeat, PandoDaily, @openmedia_ca, Washington Post, MarketWatch and SocialTimes
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
FT's focus on video means longer, un-paywalled pieces; new video studio opening in NYC in June — The Financial Times' unconventional approach to video — Publishers all over are clamoring to produce more online video these days, and The Financial Times is no exception.
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@we_digital and @digiday
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