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9:50 AM ET, October 6, 2014

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David Carr / New York Times:
The Washington Post Regains Its Place at the Table  —  Nothing in God's creation is ever as good as it once was, but The Washington Post is coming pretty close.  —  The once-embattled newspaper is in the middle of a great run, turning out the kind of reporting that journalists — and readers — live for.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Peter Canellos named POLITICO executive editor  —  Peter Canellos has been named executive editor of POLITICO, Editor Susan Glasser announced in a memo to staff Monday morning.  —  Canellos, who until September had been editorial page editor of the Boston Globe, had been with the Globe for 26 years …
Nick Craven / Daily Mail:
Police used anti-terror laws to seize Mail on Sunday's phone records to track protected source  —  How police hacked Mail on Sunday phone: Officers used anti-terror laws to track down judge-protected source who exposed Chris Huhne's speeding points fraud  —  Police used anti-terrorism powers …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Sun makes official complaint over police use of Ripa against journalists
Discussion: The Drum
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Jeff Zucker Has Endured Cancer, Hollywood, and Being TV's Wunderkind.  So Why Not Take on CNN?  —  The headache started in the morning.  It was a Thursday last June, and Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide, was working on the final preparations for New Day, the morning show he was set to debut four days later.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Bloomberg Politics launches with splashy website, feature on Jeb Bush's presidential ambitions  —  Bloomberg Politics kicks off  —  Bloomberg's new politics vertical kicked off on Sunday with a splashy new website and features, including a piece about Jeb Bush's presidential ambitions …
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Iran frees wife of Post's Tehran correspondent, but he remains in custody  —  An Iranian journalist detained in Iran since July along with her husband, The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tehran, has been released from custody, a family member said Sunday.
Derek Mead / Motherboard:
Adrianne Jeffries named Managing Editor of Motherboard's English sites  —  Hey, Look Who's Joining Motherboard  —  Motherboard's editorial team has grown by one more: Adrianne Jeffries starts this week as managing editor for our English sites.  As it stands, I'm proud to work with our killer team …
Discussion: Poynter
Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Startup De Correspondent experiments with community features, only lets paying members comment  —  Dutch website De Correspondent responds to negative comments sections with a new kind of quality engagement  —  Dutch website De Correspondent responds to negative comments sections with a new kind of quality engagement
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @cjr and @_arianna
National Post:
Postmedia buys Sun Media's English titles for $316-million including flagship Toronto Sun  —  Postmedia Network today announced it is buying 175 English language newspapers, specialty publications and associated digital properties of Sun Media Inc. - including its flagship …
Amadou Diallo / Forbes:
FCC pauses Comcast-TWC merger review until Oct. 29, says responses from cable cos inadequate  —  Comcast Merger Review Put On Hold By FCC  —  In a public letter to Comcast and Time Warner Cable executives, the FCC announced that it is hitting the pause button on its review of the proposed $45 billion merger.
Wall Street Journal:
NBA and ESPN plan streaming service for regular season games, no cable subscription required  —  NBA Reaches Long Term Rights Deals with Disney, Time Warner  —  The National Basketball Association reached long-term media rights deals with ESPN majority-owner Walt Disney Co …
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
Afghanistan reverses expulsion of New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg  —  New President of Afghanistan Welcomes Back Times Reporter  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — A New York Times correspondent expelled this summer by the government of Afghanistan will be allowed to return …
 
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