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10:40 AM ET, September 5, 2014

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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Bloomberg Returns to an Organization Looking for a Vision  —  IN late 2007, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg rolled his chair over to Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff's desk inside the bullpen at City Hall and suggested that they go to a nearby table to talk.  The mayor knew that Mr. Doctoroff …
Discussion: @raju and Talking Biz News
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Faces a More Competitive Marketplace, Strained Relations With Financial Institutions
Discussion: FishbowlNY and MediaWire Daily
Tom Risen / US News:
Larry Flynt, Video Games and the Potential Fallout of Net Neutrality  —  Businesses using online video and streaming downloads have the highest stakes in the regulation debate.  —  The adult entertainment industry has much at stake in the net neutrality debate, says Hustler Magazine owner Larry Flynt.
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Kenneth Li / Re/code:
Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp said he's taking cues from NatGeo; doesn't plan to “bleed Time Inc.”  —  Time Inc. to Take Page From National Geographic Playbook  —  Time Inc. will borrow a page from the National Geographic playbook to revive its declining print empire.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Re/code
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Diller's Vimeo makes push at Toronto Film Festival  —  Naked yoga videos, an Eminem boxing film and a unique collection of thought-provoking independent movies are helping Barry Diller's video platform Vimeo create a new distribution model for online content.
Discussion: Digital Journal and Variety
Ken Silverstein / The Intercept:
The CIA's Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication  —  A prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times routinely submitted drafts and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication, according to documents obtained by The Intercept.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
7 problems with Politico Magazine's hit piece on Glenn Greenwald  —  Politico Magazine's Michael Hirsh has written a hit piece on Glenn Greenwald.  It is terrible, in precisely seven ways.  —  Problem No. 1: Wimpy, pusillanimous, cowardly headline-and-subhead combo.  —  Here's how the piece presents itself to readers:
Edmund Lee / Re/code:
Ex-NYT exec editor Jill Abramson on the paper's future and on what she wants to do next  —  Former New York Times Editor Jill Abramson on the Paper's Future  —  Jill Abramson still doesn't know why she was fired as the top editor of the New York Times.  —  “I'm still trying to sort of figure that out.
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Washington Post eyes national scale for its events business  —  Jeff Bezos' crusade to make The Washington Post relevant to more than just D.C. insiders is extending to the newspaper's events business as well.  —  The newspaper announced on Thursday that it will be launching “America Answers …
Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times:
Hachette author Janet Fitch asks Bezos to weigh impact on literature in Amazon dispute  —  Janet Fitch reveals her letter to Amazon's Jeff Bezos  —  Another writer has decided to speak up about the business dealings of Amazon: Janet Fitch, who after signing the Authors United letter, has gone a step further.
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Publishers Weekly:
Authors United Preparing New Amazon Initiative
Discussion: Bookseller news and @markhor
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
ESPN's President John Skipper predicts millennials will trade up from cheap Internet TV to pricier cable  —  ESPN Thinks Millennials Will Graduate From Cheap Web TV to Expensive Cable  —  ESPN is the cable network that commands the highest subscriber fees in the U.S. …
Discussion: @recode and @fieldproducer
South China Morning Post:
Eight Shanghai journalists, PR executives detained over alleged extortion scam  —  Shanghai police have detained eight people from a financial news website and two public relations firms for allegedly threatening to print critical news reports about companies if they did not pay to suppress them.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
UK's Sky News aims to reach U.S. TV viewers through the Xbox 360 game console  —  The United Kingdom's Sky News plans to reach a larger U.S. audience through TV news programming on Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console.  —  Starting Tuesday, the British company will launch is 24/7 broadcast news channel …
Discussion: Sky News, Marketwired and Pocket-lint
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
iTunes Seals Deal With Middle East Distributor Front Row  —  VENICE - Prominent Dubai-based independent Middle East film distributor, Front Row Filmed Entertainment has sealed a deal with iTunes under which it will act as an aggregator for independent Arabic and Bollywood distribution companies …
Discussion: Gulf News and The Huffington Post
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
With $500 million war chest, what's next for Vice Media?  —  Vice Media is on the cusp of a major expansion.  —  The company has secured $500 million in funding, including $250 million from A+E Network, and $250 million from Silicon Valley investment firm Technology Crossover Ventures.
Discussion: PandoDaily and Variety
 
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
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Wall Street Journal:
To fight online rivals, TV networks scramble for NFL rights while the league expands digital services
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Former HuffPo ME Jimmy Soni investigated for sexual harassment while overseeing Editorial Fellows program
Eyder Peralta / NPR:
After A 35-Year Run, NPR's Programming Chief Is Leaving
Discussion: Poynter, @niemanlab and Current.org