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11:25 PM ET, October 14, 2014

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

BuzzFeed growth chief Dao Nguyen promoted as Publisher, to head tech, product, data, platform — BuzzFeed's Growth Czar Is Now Its Publisher — For the last couple of years, Dao Nguyen has been the person in charge of data and growth at BuzzFeed, which means she has done a very big job very well …

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

BuzzFeed has reinvented the Publisher role, focusing on tech instead of editorial — BuzzFeed's choice of publisher says a lot about how the site looks at media — BuzzFeed's new publisher is not a veteran media executive or an MBA with a business background, but someone who specializes …

Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:

The new Vox daily email, explained — he old email newsletter continues its remarkable return to prominence. The latest move: Vox wants to make explaining the news a little more manageable by telling you everything you need to know in the comfort of your inbox.

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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:

Layoffs hit CNN and other Turner properties like TNT and TBS as Time Warner cuts costs — ‘Turner 2020’ cuts hit CNN — CNN faced significant layoffs on the editorial side of its business Tuesday, as parent company Time Warner continued to cut costs. — Capital has learned …

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Wall Street Journal:

Time Warner to Lay Out Its Plan Forward — At Investor Day, CEO Jeff Bewkes to Point to Projects, Synergies, Job Cuts — By

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Joe Eskenazi / SFWeekly:

San Francisco Bay Guardian Closed by San Francisco Media Company — Employees of San Francisco Print Media Company, the parent company of the Examiner, SF Weekly, and San Francisco Bay Guardian were this morning informed that the latter paper will be shuttered after 48 years.

Shan Li / Los Angeles Times:

Los Angeles Times sues O.C. Register alleging breach of contract — The Los Angeles Times filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Orange County Register, accusing the embattled newspaper of breach of contract and failure to pay more than $2 million in delivery fees.

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Lily Leung / Orange County Register:
Orange County Register names new publisher, ex-Harrah's exec Richard Mirman; Kushner remains principal owner and Freedom CEO

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:

California Sunday Magazine has a solution for how to find readers: Pay newspapers for them — California Sunday Magazine, which launched conceptually in January and physically earlier this month, was beloved before its first issue was even printed. The magazine, a project of Douglas McGray's …

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Rem Rieder / USA Today:

Under new editor Susan Glasser, Politico will switch focus to efficiency, relaunch site in Nov — Rieder: Will Politico change under Glasser? — There's no question Politico has been one of the big success stories of the digital journalism era. — Launched seven years ago …

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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

New York Times Rolls Out Archive of Vintage Print Ads, Asks for Help ID-ing Them — ‘Madison’ Debuts With Ads From the 1960s — Vintage ads that appeared in The New York Times are getting their own digital archive that will live on the Times' website. Called Madison in reference to Madison Avenue …

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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:

Condé Nast to Lay Off 70 to 80 Employees — Cuts Come Amid Tough Market For Print Ads — Magazine publisher Condé Nast is expected to lay off 70 to 80 employees within the next week or two, primarily from the group that oversees ad sales, according to people familiar with the matter.

Miguel Helft / Fortune:

German publisher Axel Springer invests $20M in California digital magazine startup Ozy — With $20 million, digital magazine Ozy wants to get louder — The Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen made waves earlier this year when he declared himself bullish about the future of the news industry.

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

With about 50 million unique visitors in September, Time has more than doubled its uniques in the past year — t was a Thursday in late August and the Internet was whipping itself into a frenzy. The cable channel FXX was about to kick off its Every Simpsons Ever marathon, showing all 522 Simpsons episodes back-to-back-to-back.

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Good News, TV Guys: comScore Found Your Missing TV Watchers — If you're a TV programmer, you're very worried about the recent erosion in TV ratings, which have hit networks across the board this year. The best-case scenario: People are still watching your shows, but they're watching …