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9:25 AM ET, September 2, 2014

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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Katharine Weymouth announces plans to step down as publisher, Fred Ryan selected as successor  —  In a note to her Washington Post colleagues of 17 years, Katharine Weymouth today announced the transition to a new Publisher and CEO.  She said, “The greatest honor of my life has been serving …
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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
Hong Kong Newspaper Drops Democracy Advocate's Column  —  HONG KONG — A Hong Kong hedge fund manager who has rallied support from bankers and brokers for the city's pro-democracy movement said Tuesday that a leading business newspaper had dropped his long-running column.
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
A look inside NYT Obituaries department with 1700 pre-written obits of famous figures on file  —  Obituaries for the Pre-Dead  —  If you can read this, then you are almost certainly pre-dead.  —  For my colleagues and me, the world cleaves, portmanteau-style, into two neat compartments: the dead and the pre-dead.
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Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Mental Floss finds success in video with “The List Show” using star power of John Green  —  Mental Floss Is Buoyed by Online Video  —  For decades, magazine editors often relied on a handful of maxims to attract readers: Young is better than old.  Pretty is better than ugly.
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New York Times:
Pakistani Protesters Ransack State Television Headquarters  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's political crisis deepened on Monday when protesters stormed the headquarters of the state-run television network, causing a temporary lapse in transmission until army troops regained control and secured the building.
Nick Toner / WAN-IFRA:
David Cohn talks about Circa's future, news on mobile, native advertising, and favorite apps  —  “Following a story is unique to us, and you can't do that with a summary": pioneer David Cohn on Circa, copycats - and Candy Crush  —  David Cohn is quickly becoming one of the leading names in digital media.
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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Snapchat Steps On Twitter's Toes, Lets You Follow Remote Events Live  —  Snapchat has just updated its app with a brand new Live section that will incorporate Our Story into everyone's feed, regardless of location.  Our Story is a Snapchat product that lets users contribute snaps to a single Story …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
London police seize phone records of The Sun's political editor Tom Newton-Dunn to identify source of Plebgate story, without his knowledge  —  Police seized journalists' phone records in order to out Plebgate whistleblowers  —  A police report yesterday detailed how journalists' telephone records …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Discovery Digital Networks Head Jim Louderback Resigns  —  Jim Louderback, g.m. of Discovery Digital Networks, is leaving the company two years after the cable programmer bought web-video startup Revision3, where he had been CEO.  —  Louderback announced that he is leaving Discovery Communications …
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