Mediagazer: CNN dismisses news editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian after discovering plagiarism (CNN)

11:20 AM ET, May 16, 2014

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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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Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:

As Jill Abramson exits the NY Times, a look at how women are faring in newsrooms — The departure of Jill Abramson marked an abrupt end to the reign of the first woman to run The New York Times, a role that made her a journalistic pioneer in her own right. Her dismissal comes during …

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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 …

Emily Bell / Guardian:
Jill Abramson's ouster shows women that we still must be more than good

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Rachel Sklar / Medium:
Abramson was treated shockingly badly, but still walks away with power and a legacy

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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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CNN:

CNN dismisses news editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian after discovering plagiarism — Editors' note — (CNN) — CNN has discovered multiple instances of plagiarism by Marie-Louise Gumuchian, a former CNN news editor. She wrote frequently about international news, writing and reporting about Africa …

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Craig Silverman / Poynter:

CNN serial plagiarist primarily lifted from her old employer, Reuters — Editors at CNN were performing a regular spot check of content in the organization's publishing queue last week when they discovered that a story by London bureau news editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian included material taken without attribution from another source.

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

CNN fires news editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian for plagiarism — CNN has fired a news editor in its London bureau for repeated plagiarism offenses, it announced in an editor's note today. — An internal investigation at the network found that Marie-Louise Gumuchian had published about 50 stories containing plagiarized work.

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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Khoi Vinh / Subtraction.com:
Ex-NYT design chief Khoi Vinh on internal report: what matters is how company acts on it

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Internal NYT report could be valuable for other publishers mulling digital future

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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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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 …

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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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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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Laura Dean / Associated Press:
Hunger-striking Al-Jazeera reporter attends court

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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.

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Associated Press:

AP, Fox Sports to sell Stats venture — http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ erik-wemple/wp/2014/05/16/cnn-fires- news-editor-marie-louise-gumuchian-for- plagiarism/

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Mark Walsh / MediaPost:

Yahoo Movies Debuts As Digital Magazine — Yahoo on Thursday launched its latest digital magazine, Yahoo Movies, aiming to create a video-rich mecca for movie fans. — The new site features trailers, celebrity Q&As, live streaming of awards shows, image galleries, and industry news.

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