Mediagazer: NYT CEO Mark Thompson reiterates assertion that pay didn't play role in Abramson's firing (Ravi Somaiya/New York Times)

10:20 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:
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:

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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

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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 …

Rob Golum / Businessweek:

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Capital New York:

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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

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Tess VandenDolder / InTheCapital:

How Technology is Making Data Journalism a Permanent Style of StoryTelling

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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Associated Press:

Lawyer: Philly newspaper auction set for May 27 — The feuding owners of Philadelphia's two largest newspapers will vie for the company at a head-to-head auction set for May 27. — The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News are being sold for the fifth time since 2006, as the industry struggles to stay afloat.

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.

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Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:

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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.