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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Dear Jill: From One Pushy Media Dame to Another — Let me be perfectly clear when it comes to ousted New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson: She has, on some occasions I have spent time with her, scared the bejesus out of me. — That said, it was in a very good way.
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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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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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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Female journalists in leadership positions keep getting stuck in “editing while female” trap — Editing While Female — Field notes from one of journalism's most dangerous jobs. — Over the weekend, I had a long dinner in Paris with a close friend from our days together as foreign correspondents in Moscow.
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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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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
William Worthy, a Reporter Drawn to Forbidden Datelines, Dies at 92 — William Worthy, a foreign correspondent who in the thick of the Cold War ventured where the United States did not want him to go — including the Soviet Union, China, Cuba — and became the subject of both a landmark …
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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
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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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Tess VandenDolder / InTheCapital:
How Technology is Making Data Journalism a Permanent Style of StoryTelling — The winds of change are rocking the world of journalism. In recent months, “data journalism” has become the industry altering trend in media, with new sites like Vox.com and FiveThirtyEight adhering strictly …
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