Mediagazer: Popular 18 year old Libyan radio journalist Tawfiq Ben Saud shot dead following threats (Roy Greenslade/Guardian)

11:45 AM ET, September 23, 2014

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Los Angeles Register ceases publication five months after debut — The Los Angeles Register, which launched in April as part Aaron Kushner's bold bet on print newspapers, will cease publication, effective immediately. — Orange County Register co-owner Aaron Kushner announced the decision Monday night in a memo sent to employees.

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Esquire:

On Fareed Zakaria and plagiarism: anonymous media watchdogs explore CNN's lack of response — CNN DOES NOT GET TO CHERRYPICK THE RULES OF JOURNALISM — The news is evolving. Old media is not evolving with it. … Over the past month, two anonymous journalists have detailed several dozen examples …

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Disney's Maker Studios Pacts with MiTú to Produce Latino YouTube Content — Maker Studios, the YouTube multichannel network owned by Disney, reached an exclusive deal with Latino-focused MCN MiTú to develop original and branded content aimed at the fast-growing U.S. Hispanic market.

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The Tyee:

The Tyee Names Jane Armstrong Its New Editor-in-Chief — Veteran Canadian journalist set to steer ‘the best newsroom in British Columbia.’ — The new editor-in-chief of The Tyee is the experienced, highly decorated Canadian journalist Jane Armstrong. She will take over the day-to-day running …

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New York Times launches real-time aggregated feed of headlines, tweets, multimedia on homepage — Watching what happens: The New York Times is making a front-page bet on real-time aggregation — The rhythms of the homepage of NYTimes.com are by now familiar, even a little predictable.

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

A Tailor-Made Publisher Taking Over Jeff Bezos' Washington Post — WASHINGTON — Frederick J. Ryan Jr. juggles black-tie invitations, while Jeff Bezos shuns the social limelight for reading about space travel. — Former colleagues of Mr. Ryan joke that for him casual Friday is a day without …

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Jim Romenesko:

Moody's sees “little evidence” that digital subs will help US newspapers and magazines — Moody's: ‘Our outlook for the U.S. newspapers and magazines sector is negative’ — No surprise: A new report from Moody's Investors Service says the outlook for newspapers and magazines “is negative through at least late 2015.”

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Jonathan Weber / @weberwest:

I'm out as managing editor of @theinformation, an abrupt turn of events. Best of luck to the fine staff there.

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

HBO, Amazon Prime and Broadband for $40 a Month at AT&T — It's still nearly impossible to get HBO, or any other pay-TV channel, without subscribing to a pay-TV package that gives you a bundle of channels, whether you want them or not. — But the people who sell you TV are starting to tinker with the model, at least at the margins.

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Popular 18 year old Libyan radio journalist Tawfiq Ben Saud shot dead following threats — Libyan journalist, 18, shot dead after weeks of threats — A young Libyan radio journalist who had been receiving death threats for weeks was shot dead in a hail of bullets in Benghazi on 19 September.

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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

The (Atlantic) Wire Is Shutting Down — The Wire, formerly known at The Atlantic Wire, is shutting down, according to an internal memo obtained by Gawker. The breaking news site will be folded into the main site of The Atlantic magazine. Co-presidents James Bennett and Bob Cohn sent …

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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Audioboo rebrands as AudioBoom and overhauls its iOS app — Social audio platform Audioboo has announced that it's rebranding as AudioBoom, as it lifts the lid on an all-new iOS app too. — Launched in March 2009, Audioboo(M) lets you record audio snippets, which they can share with friends or broadcast to the world.

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Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg:

Springer, Pearson Independence in Russia Tested by Media Bill — Russia's planned amendments to media law are threatening independent publications run by companies such as News Corp. (NWSA), Pearson Plc (PSON) and Axel Springer SE in the country, according to the Moscow-based Center for Political Technologies.

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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

In big setback for digital radio, court says SiriusXM must pay Turtles for pre-1972 recordings — In a ruling that could put major new costs on digital radio services, a judge ruled that the music industry can claim additional copyright in pre-1972 recordings under state law.

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