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11:25 AM ET, October 7, 2014

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK's Daily Telegraph moves towards becoming a digital first newsroom  —  Telegraph to use digital content as backbone of paper  —  Editor-in-chief Jason Seiken unveils plan to mostly treat online content as a ‘buffet’ to fill the paper  —  TMG executives have ‘cherry picked’ ideas from newspapers in North America and Europe
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Turner to reduce headcount by 10%  —  Turner Broadcasting, the parent company of CNN, will cut its total workforce by about 10 percent in the coming weeks through a mix of buyouts, layoffs and other measures, the company said Monday.  —  The reductions are part of a broader effort to save money …
Gustavo Arellano / OC Weekly:
LA Times: OC Register Owner Aaron Kushner Owes Us $3.5 Million, And We Want it NOW  —  BOOM!  —  The gloves are off between the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register owner Aaron Kushner over him owing them millions of dollars for distributing his paper—and it looks like it just might end up in court.
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John Tamny / Forbes:
Even If His Newspaper Investments Don't Work Out, Aaron Kushner Is A Hero For Trying
Discussion: @romenesko
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Sony's new Internet pay-TV service to have 100 channels, may cost between $60-80/month  —  Sony sets high price bar for Web TV  —  Sony's upcoming Internet-delivered TV service will carry 100 channels and a surprisingly high price tag of as much as $80 a month, The Post has learned.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
How TV's Sports Addiction Could Destroy Its Business  —  Over the weekend, the NBA struck a massive deal with ESPN and TNT worth $24 billion between 2016 and the 2024-25 season.  On its face, it's a good and obvious move—good for the NBA, good for fans, and obvious for the networks.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AOL Hires Viacom's Dermot McCormack as Head of Video, as Ran Harnevo Steps Aside (Exclusive)  —  AOL has tapped Viacom exec Dermot McCormack as president of its video division, replacing Ran Harnevo, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.  —  Harnevo has been with AOL since …
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Publishing Battle Should Be Covered, Not Joined  —  IS the fight between traditional publishers and Amazon “the end of the world as we know it,” in the words of the old R.E.M. song?  —  A prominent literary agent declares that “if Amazon is not stopped, we are facing the end of literary culture in America.”
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Companies like NewsBios are selling intelligence dossiers on reporters to PR agencies  —  Just the Facts?  This Dossier Goes Further  —  It was my birthday the other day, and, along with the usual private greetings from family and friends, I noticed a couple of public salutations about it on Twitter from entities I didn't recognize.
Discussion: @lizdday and @carlbialik
Amy Calder / Morning Sentinel:
Risen: Journalists must fight or become irrelevant  —  Colby College's Lovejoy winner, a New York Times reporter, faces the possibility of being imprisoned for refusing to reveal his sources.  —  207-861-9247  —  New York Times investigative reporter James Risen speaks with journalism students …
James Cook / Business Insider:
Apple Was Just Granted A Patent For A Digital Newspaper  —  Apple has been granted a patent for a flexible display that can be used as a self-updating digital newspaper.  —  Patently Apple reports that Apple refers to the device as a “digital periodical,” and that it can be used for both reading and also advertising.
Discussion: Patently Apple and Patently Apple
 
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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
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Mark Armstrong / Longreads Blog:
Longreads member contributions will now fund original stories, with Automattic matching them
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN and NBA agree on deal for “over-the-top” offering to stream games digitally
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Brad Stone / Businessweek:
Washington Post working on curated news app for the new 8.9" Kindle Fire launching this fall