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12:00 PM ET, October 29, 2014

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Pierre Omidyar / First Look Media:
Magazine journalist Matt Taibbi has left Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media: “Our differences were never about editorial independence”  —  Important Announcement  —  I regret to announce that after several weeks of discussions, Matt Taibbi has left First Look.  We wish him well.
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Andrew Rice / New York Magazine:
Matt Taibbi leaves First Look Media after disagreements with management
Wolfgang Blau / Guardian:
Guardian US launches responsive, redesigned website with flexible section pages  —  Welcome to the new Guardian US  —  We are proud to introduce our 27 million American readers to the new US edition of theguardian.com today.  Take a look around and let us know what you think
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Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:
Guardian executive digital editor: ‘The decline of print is an absolute given.’
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Digital chief Denise Warren leaves the Times  —  Denise Warren, The New York Times' digital chief and a 26-year veteran, is leaving the company as a result of what Times brass described as “organizational changes.”  —  Warren has served as executive vice president of digital products and services since April 2013.
Theo Padnos / New York Times:
Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria  —  My Captivity: A Journalist's Years in Syria  —  In 2012, Theo Padnos, an American journalist, was kidnapped by the Nusra Front.  After months of beatings and torture, he was certain he would be executed.
Brewster / Internet Archive Blogs:
Internet Archive launches new tools to open archiving process to media-based communities  —  Building Libraries Together: New Tools for a New Direction  —  Let's work together to save all human knowledge.  Today the Internet Archive is announcing a new beta site and new tools to encourage everyone to lend a hand.
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The Moscow Times:   Russia Bans Wayback Machine Internet Archive Over Islamic State Video
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson alleges network suppressed stories on ‘corporate partners’  —  CBS News declined to comment on the allegations below.  —  In an astonishing media tour following her resignation from CBS News last spring, correspondent Sharyl Attkisson sat …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
British Broadcaster Sky Invests $7 Million In YouTube Video Network Whistle Sports  —  Sky (BSkyB) is best known as a British satellite broadcaster, but it is increasingly becoming a startup investor after it announced its third deal in a month.  Fresh from putting $5 million …
E.J. Boyer / Nashville Business Journal:
YouTube heads deeper into music territory, announcing new partnership with Country Music Association  —  The Country Music Association is doubling down on its music-tech efforts, launching a partnership with the Google-owned video sharing service YouTube.  —  The new partnership …
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iranian journalists detained after reporting on acid attacks  —  Hardliners criticise news agency's coverage of assaults on women in city of Isfahan  —  Iranian authorities, irked by the scale of public outrage about a string of acid attacks in the city of Isfahan, have turned on the media …
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Twitter launches website to track the U.S. 2014 election, will share data with its news partners  —  Twitter is launching a new dashboard with data on the 2014 elections in the U.S. As a part of the project Twitter will be teaming up and sharing data with USA Today, MSNBC, Bloomberg, and KUSA-TV Denver for news coverage.
Discussion: The Twitter Blog
Paul Mooney / Reuters:
Myanmar journalist killed by army was former bodyguard of Suu Kyi  —  (Reuters) - A Myanmar journalist who was killed in army custody this month was once a democracy activist and a bodyguard for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, his wife said on Tuesday, adding she fears she won't be able …
Agence France-Presse:
Kosovo journalist stabbed by man ‘unhappy’ at being in report  —  A Kosovo journalist was stabbed at his desk on Monday by a man apparently unhappy with the way he had been portrayed in a report, police said.  —  Milot Hasimja was attacked at the private Klan Kosova television headquarters in Pristina, a police spokesman said.
Shelli Weinstein / Variety:
History Channel to Launch Online Course for College Credit  —  The college classroom is embracing television, as A&E Network's History channel has partnered with the University of Oklahoma to offer the very first television network-branded online course for credit.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK newspaper ad revenue returns to growth as digital income surges  —  Online ad spend a major factor behind second annual increase since 2007, with total figure set to rise 1% to £1.42bn in 2015  —  Digital ad spend across UK newspapers is predicted to rise 19.5% in 2014, says the Advertising Association.
Discussion: allmediascotland and The Drum
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Why the newspaper industry is leaving six-month circulation reports behind  —  For several years now, the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) has been reporting more and more detail on print and digital audience numbers for individual newspaper organizations while saying less and less about the industry as a whole.
The Seattle Times:
FBI exploited press credibility in bomb ruse  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation's decision to use The Associated Press name on a made-up story to track down a suspect obliterates a line that never should have been crossed.  —  THE Associated Press has a well-earned reputation as an independent, credible government watchdog.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
RIAA: The Pirate Bay Assaults Fundamental Human Rights  —  Following in the footsteps of Hollywood's MPAA, the RIAA has now submitted its overview of “notorious markets” to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR).  —  These submissions help to guide the U.S. Government's position …
Discussion: Complete Music Update
 
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Diana Marszalek / NetNewsCheck:
Alt Weeklies Plan To Launch Online Radio
Lara Sinclair / TheAustralian:
Mashable launches Australian edition
Discussion: Capital New York and mUmBRELLA
Sarah Hartley / Prolific North:
Johnston Press ‘near doubling’ of mobile audience alongside revenue decline
Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Cash-Rich Asian Companies Are Looking To Pour Money Into Hollywood
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Reporter James Risen Laments Lost Art Of Undercover Reporting
Rafat Ali / rafat.org:
Why It Is Time For A Vertical Media Collective
 Earlier Picks: 
Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot:
Verizon's tech news site SugarString won't let writers report on US spying or net neutrality
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
What's in a ‘scoop’? The White House has a strategy for that.
Amy Schatz / Re/code:
FCC Kicks Off Push to Regulate Internet TV Services Like Cable
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Sun-Times owner Wrapports launching 70 news sites and apps for US metros, aiming to build national news and ad network with local partners
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Twitter and Etsy get high marks in report card on copyright and free speech
Discussion: ZDNet and Techdirt
 

 
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

 
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