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Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger publicly defends firing of Abramson, citing poor management, denies pay issues — N.Y. Times defends Abramson firing — New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. released a statement on Saturday stating that former executive editor Jill Abramson was fired because …
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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 …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sources: Sulzberger fired Abramson because he felt she misled him, others in recruiting Gibson — Sulzberger's last straw — New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger fired executive editor Jill Abramson after concluding that she had misled both him and chief executive Mark Thompson during …
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BuzzFeed:
AT&T Set To Announce DirecTV Acquisition Sunday — “The deal is done.” — AT&T is on track to announce its acquisition of the satellite company DirectTV this Sunday, before markets open Monday and sooner than many observers anticipated, a source familiar with DirecTV's plans told BuzzFeed.
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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
The End Of The Print New York Times — The acknowledgement in the paper's “Innovation Report” that too much time and energy is focused on its front page portends a seismic shift in both the Times 's cultural and business approach to news. — Ahmad Hashim / Via Flickr: 3ammo
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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 …
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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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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
After Months Of Disagreements, Here's Why Insiders Say BuzzFeed President Jon Steinberg Left — About two weeks ago, Jon Steinberg and Jonah Peretti had a discussion behind closed doors. Shortly after, Ken Lerer's phone rang. — Steinberg would be leaving BuzzFeed, Peretti told Lerer.
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Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
How The Economist will deliver a daily radio programme to its digital audience, by curating audio versions of its blog posts as well as podcasts — How The Economist will deliver a daily radio programme to its digital audience, by curating audio versions of its blog posts as well as podcasts
Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Sharon Waxman, founder of The Wrap — CAPITAL: TheWrap just launched a syndicated news wire service, WrapWire. Tell me a little about the new wire service. Was there a fundamental problem that you were trying to solve or is this more of a value add for TheWrap?
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Craig Silverman / Poynter:
CNN serial plagiarist primarily lifted from her old employer, Reuters
CNN serial plagiarist primarily lifted from her old employer, Reuters
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