Mediagazer: Dean Baquet, from New Orleans reporter to executive editor of the New York Times (Manuel Roig-Franzia/Washington Post)

12:05 AM ET, May 17, 2014

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

NYT CEO Mark Thompson reiterates assertion that pay didn't play role in Abramson's firing — Times Co. Chief Addresses Executive Editor's Firing — The controversy over the firing of Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of The New York Times, continued on Friday …

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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

The NYT's Game of Thrones: How the Top Journalism Job Was Dangled at Guardian Editor — An email obtained by The Daily Beast reveals, as the struggle for power there intensified, the NYT's CEO Mark Thompson wooed top Guardian editor Janine Gibson with the possibility of editing the Times.

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

Jessica Testa / BuzzFeed:

Buzzfeed finds a gender pay gap at higher levels in quick non-random survey of 900 journalists — Here's What Female And Male Journalists Actually Make — Nearly 900 journalists (anonymously) responded to BuzzFeed's salary survey. Men and women appear to start their media careers on the same footing …

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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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:

Dean Baquet, from New Orleans reporter to executive editor of the New York Times — There was a bullet in the barroom wall. And the kid reporter had to have it. — It mattered little to Dean Baquet and his reporting partner, another youngster named Jim Amoss, that the owner …

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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:

The Full New York Times Innovation Report — An internal report on innovation at the New York Times acquired by Mashable highlights the paper's struggle to embrace digital publishing. — BuzzFeed on Thursday published an almost-complete version of the report, which highlights some of the issues …

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

CNN fires news editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian for plagiarism [Updated] — 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.

Craig Silverman / Poynter:
CNN serial plagiarist primarily lifted from her old employer, Reuters

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Center for Public Integrity:

Center for Public Integrity's executive director stepping down — By The Center for Public Integrity 47 seconds ago Updated: 46 seconds ago — After eight years at the helm, Center for Public Integrity Executive Director Bill Buzenberg announced today that he will be stepping down from the nonprofit …

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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

How Ziff Davis Came Back From the Dead By Embracing Ad Tech — It's the big question in digital media: how to make money amid a sea of competing sites and steadily declining ad prices. Vivek Shah thinks he has the solution. — As head of Ziff Davis, publisher of PCMag.com, Extremetech.com …

Discussion: @digitalshields and @neilthackray

Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:

Big Brand Dollars Fuel Ecosystem Injecting Ads On Their Own Websites — Big Brand Dollars Fuel Ecosystem Injecting Ads On Their Own Websites — Creativity Reimagined — In one of the most bizarre scenes you'll see on the internet, a Target ad recently ran smack in the middle of Walmart.com.

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Reuters:

Dow Jones wins injunction against Ransquawk over ‘hot news’ — (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co has won a court order to stop the London-based service Ransquawk from broadcasting its news content within seconds of publication, without permission, to traders and other subscribers.

Discussion: @jeffjohnroberts, @mmasnick and Wall Street Journal

Rob Golum / Businessweek:

WWE shares fall 43% after it says online network won't make up for lost PPV and streaming video-on-demand revenue until 2015 — WWE Dives Most Since IPO as Online Network Cuts Pay Per View — World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. plunged the most since its initial public offering after saying …