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4:10 PM ET, August 25, 2014

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Following layoffs memo, Jeff Zucker tells CNN employees they need to “do less and do it with less” — CNN chief: News operation will do less with less — CNN chief Jeff Zucker recently shared not so encouraging words with some of the news operation's employees, many of whom have been bracing for potential jobs cuts.

Discussion: The Wrap, TVNewser, @tvnewslab, @t_mcconnell, @brianstelter, @howardkurtz, @passantino, @mlcalderone, The Huffington Post and Inside Cable News

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Turner Broadcasting to offer buyouts to 500 senior staff tomorrow, CNN included

Discussion: Multichannel News

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Time Inc. Faces a Looming Existential Magazine Deadline — What should a magazine company be now? The most storied one in America has to come up with an answer fast. — In the 92 years since Henry Luce co-founded Time Inc., there have been just seven journalists to hold the title of editor-in-chief.

Discussion: MediaWire Daily, @mattbuchanan, PandoDaily, @raju, @harrymccracken, @sarahw, @pkafka, @peterlattman, @mathewi, @mlcalderone, @markleibovich, @gabrielsherman, @bgrueskin, @mikeisaac, @kvirella, FishbowlNY and The Huffington Post

Edmund Lee / Re/code:

New York Times's Digital Subscription Growth Story May Be Ending — The New York Times has bet on digital subscriptions to play a central role in its long-term future. But while selling access to the paper's Web and mobile versions was an initial hit, growth is slowing …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @mathewi, @mattzeitlin, @pkafka and @eduardosuarez

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon to Buy Video Site Twitch for More Than $1 Billion — Amazon has agreed to acquire Twitch, a live-streaming service for videogame players, for more than $1 billion, according to a person who has been briefed on the matter.

Discussion: Forbes, The Information, Re/code, Beet.TV, @evelynrusli, @notpatrick, @tcarmody, @drew, The Next Web, Polygon, WebProNews and Business Insider

David Carr / New York Times:

Its Edge Intact, Vice Is Chasing Hard News — In early 2010, I wrote a column about Vice in which Shane Smith, one of the founders, suggested that he and his band of insurgents were building “the next MTV.” And then there was a promise to become “the next CNN” — outrageous claims at the time …

Discussion: @ellenbarrynyt, @shaunrandol, @margafret and @newsliteracy

Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

Quartz has a new look—and for the first time, a homepage — We just shipped version 3.0 of Quartz, which you are looking at right now. It's our second major redesign in as many years, a rapid pace of reinvention that makes good on our promise to continually evolve and improve on what a purely digital news organization can be.

Discussion: @markarms, Forbes, @chiaraalbanese, @danieldrepper, @jackdearlove, @craigmod, @baekdal, @gintautasd, @samuelrsolomon, @zseward, @joelcifer, @qoreilly, @davidbauer, @felixsalmon, @vivian, MediaWire Daily and Talking Biz News

Fox News:

US, UK eye rapper as British-born militant who beheaded journalist James Foley — American and British intelligence officials are eyeing a British-born rapper as the militant who beheaded journalist James Foley. — A senior Western intelligence official told Fox News that 23-year-old …

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite, The Sunday Times, New York Times, CNN, Guardian, Softpedia News, Vanity Fair, Telegraph, India & World, Middle East, NY Daily News, The Independent, BBC, UK - The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Sky News and Reuters

Andy Cush / Gawker:
Experts: Foley Execution Video Was Edited to Streamline Beheading

Discussion: The Times, Telegraph, Hit & Run, NY Daily News, National Post, Metro.co.uk, Sydney Morning Herald, WorldNetDaily, The Economic Times, @gawker, TheAustralian, RIA Novosti and The Daily Caller

Christopher Massie / Columbia Journalism Review:
To publish or not: James Foley video spotlights media's tough call

Discussion: Business Insider, Latest News & Headlines, Media Nation, @storyful, @cjr and BetaNews

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Profile of NBC News President Deborah Turness as she completes her first year in the role — NBC News President Rouses the Network — In her first year as president of NBC News, Deborah Turness received one message loud and clear: Welcome to the feeding frenzy.

Discussion: TVNewser, @joshsternberg, The Wrap, Talking Points Memo, @hgil, @brianstelter, Capital New York, Mediaite and FishbowlDC

Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Yahoo rolls out its native ad network to other publishers, including Vox Media's SB Nation — Here Is Yahoo's Native Ad Network — Content Recommendation Box on Vox Media, CBS Interactive Sites Includes Yahoo's Ads — Yahoo's content recommendation box places its native ads on others' sites.

Discussion: VentureBeat, Marketing Pilgrim, Wall Street Journal and Business Insider

Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:

Peter Theo Curtis, Abducted by Nusra Front in 2012, Is Released — An American journalist held captive for nearly two years by Al Qaeda's official branch in Syria has been freed, according to a representative of the journalist's family and a report on Sunday by the Al Jazeera network.

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

ACLU, Guardian U.S. and Oklahoma Observer file lawsuit against state prison system — On Monday, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit along with The Guardian U.S. and The Oklahoma Observer, according to a press release, “seeking to stop Oklahoma prison officials from selectively filtering what journalists can see during an execution.”

Discussion: ACLU, Guardian and Gawker

Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:

Facebook shifts its algorithm to fight clickbait. Will it kill off Upworthy and Buzzfeed? — Facebook is going after clickbait with its new algorithm changes. That could have a profound impact on the traffic Buzzfeed, Upworthy and their lesser rivals see. — Facebook has changed its news feed algorithm for the millionth time.

Discussion: Facebook, VentureBeat, The Awl, New York Times, TechCrunch, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, @bendreyfuss, TIME, Digital Spy, Gizmodo, WebProNews, @ryanchittum, The Verge, Business 2 Community, Mashable, GeekWire and Re/code

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

New York Times defends Michael Brown Jr. ‘no angel’ characterization — An outrage plume is now settling over the New York Times over two words in a retrospective on the life of Michael Brown Jr., the victim of the Ferguson, Mo., police shooting whose funeral takes place today.