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12:00 PM ET, October 21, 2014

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Rebecca Carroll / The New Republic:
I'm a Black Journalist.  I'm Quitting Because I'm Tired of Newsroom Racism.  —  My first job in media was as a television producer.  I was 28 years old, eager and brimming with ideas, some of which I'm sure were good and others of which I'm sure were not.  Not long after starting the job …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NABJ boss says CNN essentially called him a liar in dispute over diversity  —  Bob Butler, the president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is unhappy with CNN.  Just last Friday, Butler and NABJ issued a press release indicating that CNN had “withdrawn support of NABJ for the 2015 Convention & Career Fair.”
Discussion: @nabj, @tvnewslady and The Wrap
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Pew Study: Liberals and conservatives inhabit different media worlds with little overlap in trusted news sources  —  Media habits of liberals, conservatives: ‘different worlds’  —  Ever wonder why your avowed-conservative brother and fervently-liberal aunt can't even seem to agree on the facts?
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Ebola Deeply mixes curation and reporting, expanding Lara Setrakian's pop-up news site model  —  Ebola Deeply builds on the lessons of single-subject news sites: A news operation with an expiration date  —  A contagious disease outbreak seems like a good time for some explanatory journalism.
Jethro Nededog / The Wrap:
Jill Abramson Teaming With Steve Brill on Startup Venture  —  Jill Abramson is planning a startup with journalism entrepreneur Steven Brill.  —  The fired New York Times editor revealed her plans during an interview on NPR's “WBUR Live,” according to the show's tweets.
TechCrunch:
Yahoo In Talks To Buy Video Ad Platform BrightRoll For Around $700M  —  Yahoo has been building up its video and video advertising content, and we have heard that it may make another key acquisition in the area to further raise its game.  The company is in talks to acquire BrightRoll …
Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
Dish Wins Tentative Ruling Over Fox in AutoHop Litigation  —  Dish Network Corp. (DISH)'s AutoHop service, which lets subscribers watch recorded primetime television programs with the advertisements taken out, doesn't infringe Fox Broadcasting Co.'s copyrights, a federal judge said in a tentative decision.
Discussion: Techdirt
Robert Feder:
Stop the presses: Tribune buying Sun-Times suburban newspapers  —  In a blockbuster deal that could change the Chicago journalism landscape, the parent company of the Sun-Times plans to sell all of its suburban daily and weekly newspapers to Tribune Publishing, sources said.
Discussion: Poynter
Angus Foster / BBC:
BBC News website launches Australia page  —  Readers will notice some changes on the BBC News website regarding Australia.  —  The biggest difference is that we are launching a new Australia page which will be dedicated to giving you more news and features about Australia …
Discussion: @bbcnews
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Under VP of business dev Erin Pettigrew, e-commerce now accounts for 10% of Gawker's revenue  —  This is the most important person at Gawker you've never heard of  —  Nick Denton, the co-founder of Gawker Media, is known for his penchant for measuring the impact of his blog network.
Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Nielsen, Adobe to measure online TV across multiple devices  —  Nielsen and Adobe Systems Inc announced an alliance on Tuesday that aims to measure the viewership of digital video across all Internet-connected platforms including TVs, smart phones and tablets as the television ecosystem undergoes dramatic change.
Steven Musil / CNET:
Dish loses 7 channels in contract dispute with Turner Broadcasting  —  Dish's 14 million customers lose access to CNN, Turner Classic Movies and a handful of others as companies fail to negotiate new distribution deal.  —  Dish Network customers lost access to CNN, Turner Classic Movies …
 
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Anna Fazackerley / Guardian:
UK universities and student unions clamp down on unfavorable reporting in student newspapers
Discussion: @charliebeckett
Shelly Walia / Quartz:
A Bollywood-backed Twitter campaign saved the Mumbai Film Festival—but crushed its spirit
Todd Spangler / Variety:
MediaHound raises $4.5M from UTA and others, launches invitation-only media discovery app
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Gamergate supporters mobilize to persuade advertisers to pull ads from critical sites, most recently Gawker Media
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Opinion: Why it's so disappointing that j-schools are panicking over Ebola
Tambay A. Obenson / Indiewire:
Sundance Institute expands artist development to eight cities with $1M in Knight funding
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
Amazon closes multi-year digital and print deal with CBS's Simon & Schuster, one of Big Five publishers
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
Guardian's reporting on Whisper was ethical even though they had been editorial partners; some journalists' reactions are troubling
Dave Lee / BBC:
Google's changes to search results downgrade sites with unlicensed content after continuing pressure from UK music trade group BPI
AdAge:
Simon Dumenco Named Ad Age Editorial Director
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2

Decrypt:
Eighteen US states, led by Kentucky, sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Chairman Gary Gensler, over its crackdown on the crypto industry
 
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