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Andrew Khouri / Los Angeles Times:
Freedom Communications ceases publication of L.A. Register — 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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JIMROMENESKO.COM, Guardian, @earleyoc, @hillelaron, @lauraelizdavis, Media Nation, @davidfolkenflik, @stevebuttry, @jimbradysp, LA Observed, @mattdpearce and Nieman Lab
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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 Wrap
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple won't shut down the Beats Music streaming service, but the Beats Music brand may change — Apple's Beats Music Brand May Go Away. Apple's Beats Music Service Is Sticking Around. — Earlier this year, Apple bought Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion.
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Gigaom, RAIN News, Forbes, Guardian, TIME, BetaNews, Music Week, New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Week, VentureBeat, @pkafka, @jyarow, Electronista, Mashable, NME, EW.com, The Verge, TechCrunch, Hollywood Reporter, USA Today, Digital Media Wire, hypebot, BGR, Variety, @thurrott, Pocket-lint, @breakingbytes, @petersuderman, MacRumors, Engadget, App Advice, @joshconstine, @edmundlee, @johnpaczkowski, @ampressman, 9to5Mac, @sfiegerman, @antderosa, AppleInsider, @kevindgrant, @ambientrushton, @viticci, Business Insider, @tylerwillis and Consequence of Sound
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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Home Media Magazine, PC Advisor, @willrinehart, Electronista, Variety, Engadget and The Verge
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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Poynter, Politico, The Week, The Buttry Diary, @jaredbkeller, Inside Cable News, @leducviolet, @planetoffinks and @jayrosen_nyu
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
An Article on Shonda Rhimes Rightly Causes a Furor — The article on the television producer Shonda Rhimes hadn't yet appeared in Sunday's paper, but the virtual world was ablaze in protest over it on Friday after it was published online. — Written by the longtime TV critic, Alessandra Stanley …
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Washington Post, Television, Poynter, @jayrosen_nyu, @pmarca, Jezebel, @crystaldbrakke, Vox, The Daily Caller, @sarahkendzior, FishbowlNY, @seanmcelwee, Talking Points Memo, @jnaureckas, @sepinwall, @sonali_kohli, The Federalist, @richarddeitsch, @jodikantor, @rtulshyan, @jeffchu, @sulliview, @mianno, @moorehn, @annasale, Inside TV, Jezebel, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, The Root, Guardian and Capital New York
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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Guardian
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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@ejanearmstrong and Rehak/Stuebing Mostly Media
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
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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NetNewsCheck Latest, FishbowlNY, Politico, @justinnxt, @brianboyer, New York Times Company, @jayrosen_nyu, New York Times and Cision
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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The New York Observer, @abeaujon, @nytimesbusiness and @markberman
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Jonathan Weber out as Managing Editor of The Information — Weber out as ME of The Information — Weber wrote, “I'm out as managing editor of @theinformation, an abrupt turn of events. Best of luck to the fine staff there.” Weber had joined the site earlier this year after being the West Coast bureau chief for Reuters.
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@weberwest, @antderosa, @ranjanxroy, @learmonth, @hblodget, @sdkstl, PandoDaily and @mathewi
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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ITAR-TASS
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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Reporters Without Borders, Associated Press and Aljazeera
Liam Dillon / Nieman Lab:
Behind the plans to turn San Diego's daily newspaper into a non-profit — What we know (and don't know) about the plan to make San Diego's daily a nonprofit — Editor's note: In San Diego, a philanthropist is talking about buying up the local daily and turning its ownership into a nonprofit model.
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@jayrosen_nyu, @niemanlab and Voice of San Diego
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ urges US to mitigate threats to journalism, newsgathering — Dear President Obama: The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide, is writing to express its concern about the effects of intelligence and law enforcement …
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The Huffington Post and @quintsimon
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