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11:45 AM ET, September 16, 2014

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Forbes sale to Hong Kong investors is official: family retains 20%, Elevation is bought out  —  Deal for Forbes finalized  —  The Asian investors who are taking over a majority stake in Forbes Media finalized the deal last Friday, officially ending 97 years of family control …
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
For James Foley's Family, U.S. Policy Offered No Hope  —  The email appeared in Michael Foley's inbox a year after his brother James disappeared on a reporting trip in northern Syria.  It made clear that the people holding him wanted one thing above all else: money.
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
BBC News launches account on instant messenger app Line  —  The account is the first international BBC channel inside a chat app, and an experiment with video distribution on the instant messenger  —  Credit: By edowoo on Flickr.  Some rights reserved.  —  BBC News has launched an account …
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Roku Surpasses 10M Players Sold In U.S.  —  Up From 8 Million U.S. Shipments In January  —  Roku continues to keep its international sales numbers under wraps, but the OTT video specialist announced Tuesday that it has surpassed sales of 10 million players in the U.S.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Like it or not, native advertising is squarely inside the big news tent  —  “There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements.  If you make them look like editorial pages, you will attract about 50 per cent more readers.  You might think that the public would resent this trick …
Mario R. García / Garcia Media:
Financial Times: a classic redesign for the digital age  —  From time to time a newspaper redesign is announced that gets everyone on alert mode.  Such is the case with the redesign unveiled today by the Financial Times.  Let's take a look at the centerpieces of this project: the new fonts …
Agence France-Presse:
French daily Liberation to trim a third of its workforce  —  17 hrs ago  —  Paris (AFP) - Left-leaning French newspaper Liberation said Monday it was slashing about a third of its workforce to “save” the daily founded by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.  —  The 93 jobs concern those on permanent …
Discussion: @mathewi, Guardian and english.rfi.fr
Aimee Hamilton / Index on Censorship:
Application filed with ECHR to protect UK investigative journalism from surveillance  —  The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) filed an application on Friday with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg challenging current UK legislation on mass surveillance and its threat to journalism.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Report predicts newspaper revenue growth in 2015 - but not in the UK  —  The revenue decline for the newspaper industry will end next year, according to the latest global entertainment and media outlook report by PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC).  —  It forecasts that newspaper revenue will start …
Discussion: Poynter, @johnmcquaid and @pwcadvisory
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Modern Farmer Names Cara Parks Executive Editor  —  Modern Farmer has hired Cara Parks as executive editor.  The Hudson, NY based magazine that combines lush photos with coverage of food, farming and country living, launched in April 2013 and hit big with the New York media world …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
News UK:
News UK Completes Move from Wapping to new London Bridge HQ  —  ‘News Building’ officially opened by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.  —  The completion of the move of News UK to the News Building at London Bridge was marked today with its official opening by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
Patrick Frater / Variety:
China's Huayi Brothers to Launch U.S. Subsidiary (EXCLUSIVE)  —  HONG KONG - China's Huayi Brothers Media, which recently ditched plans to invest in Jeff Robinov's Studio 8 company, has instead announced plans to set up its own U.S. outfit.  —  Huayi, which is China's leading private sector film conglomerate …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Adds Food Network, HGTV and Other Scripps Cable Nets to Internet TV Lineup  —  Dish Network is another step closer to launching a cheaper over-the-top TV service, obtaining rights to deliver live and on-demand content from Scripps Networks Interactive's suite of cablers including Food Network, HGTV and DIY Network.
 
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