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11:20 AM ET, September 17, 2014

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The New Republic:
Chris Hughes steps down as Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic, former Yahoo News GM Guy Vidra named CEO  —  The New Republic names Guy Vidra, General Manager of Yahoo News, as Chief Executive Officer  —  Washington, DC and New York, NY (September 17, 2014) - The New Republic today announced …
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Journalism curator Longform launching first iPhone app  —  Longform.org, which spotlights quality non-fiction writing on the Web, is rolling out its first app for iPhones on Wednesday, timed to the release of Apple's iOS 8 operating system.  —  The journalism curator's debut app launched in 2012, but was available only on iPads.
Discussion: Newsweek and @noahchestnut
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Parade magazine about to be sold to Athlon Media  —  Parade magazine, the 73-year- old Sunday magazine owned by the Newhouse family's Advance Publications for the past 38 years, is about to be sold to Athlon Media, Media Ink has learned.  —  Athlon, whose American Profile is the No. 3 player …
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
In Brutal Year for News Media in Afghanistan, a 7th Journalist Is Killed  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan woman has become the seventh journalist killed in Afghanistan so far this year, an Afghan media group said Wednesday, adding to a toll that has already made 2014 by far the deadliest year …
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Mail Online's ad revenues rise nearly 50% year on year  —  Website's success offsets continuing decline in print advertising at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday  —  Mail Online: total ad revenues of £53m in the 11 months to the end of August  —  Mail Online's advertising revenues increased …
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
66% black and 75% Hispanic news consumers doubt media reports about their communities  —  BLACKS, HISPANICS HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT MEDIA ACCURACY  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows a large majority of African-American and Hispanic news consumers don't fully trust the media to portray …
Discussion: Politico, @tbr1 and @jasfly
Jordan Zakarin / The Wrap:
Arianna Huffington on HuffPost's Upcoming Middle East Edition, Doc Ambitions and 115 Million Unique Visitors  —  Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington emailed her entire staff Monday with an important message: HuffPost had hit 115 million unique visitors on ComScore for the month of August …
Discussion: Digiday
Mark Scott / New York Times:
Sky Deutschland Tells Investors to Reject BSkyB Offer  —  LONDON — The European expansion plans of the pay-television giant British Sky Broadcasting Group have hit a snag.  —  The executive board of Sky Deutschland told investors on Wednesday to reject BSkyB's multi-billion dollar takeover approach for the German broadcaster.
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
With New Ad Measure, The Economist Emphasizes Quality Over Quantity  —  The Economist is rolling out new set of audience measurements for advertisers on its mobile applications and website, hoping to lure more digital ad dollars by highlighting how much time readers spend with its content.
Discussion: @wsjcmo and @jayrosen_nyu
Max Mason / Sydney Morning Herald:
Netflix secures Australian streaming rights to Batman prequel series ‘Gotham’  —  Providing the biggest hint yet that Netflix is preparing to launch locally, the US-based company has secured exclusive Australian subscription video on-demand rights to the highly anticipated superhero television series Gotham.
Roger Fidler / Reynolds Journalism Institute:
More newspaper subscribers embracing mobile media while retaining their attachment to print  —  2014 RJI Mobile Media Research Report 8  —  Newspaper subscribers are increasingly using smartphones and tablets while retaining a strong attachment to print, according to the latest mobile media survey …
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
InboundWriter helps editors find clickable story ideas  —  InboundWriter helps editors find clickable story ideas  —  Usually writers and editors depend on their wealth of knowledge and instincts when it comes to picking what to write about.  InboundWriter, however, believes that the fine art …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Amazon's New Kindle Could Be Called “Voyage,” Offer High-Res Screen And Bezel Page-Turning  —  Amazon is almost certainly getting ready to push the launch button on its next-generation Kindle dedicated e-reader hardware, and new leaks from the site's German and Japanese stores (via The Verge) …
Discussion: The Verge, Ubergizmo and The Next Web
J. Max Robins / Forbes:
The Bitter Southerner makes money a year in with in-depth stories and no ads  —  ‘The Bitter Southerner’ Might Be The ‘Vice’ of the South  —  Last month, the transcendent digital publication “The Bitter Southerner” celebrated its first birthday.  Co-founder Chuck Reece proudly states its mission as …
Discussion: The Coca-Cola Company
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Line by Line, E-Books Turn Poet-Friendly  —  When John Ashbery, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, first learned that the digital editions of his poetry looked nothing like the print version, he was stunned.  There were no line breaks, and the stanzas had been jammed together into a block of text that looked like prose.
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Filmmaker Ken Burns shows the value of public television and funding challenges it faces in US  —  Idealism still exists in public service broadcasting - as the career of the brilliant film-maker Ken Burns demonstrates  —  Ken Burns has dedicated his life to documenting …
Discussion: @iburrell
 
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