Mediagazer: Eric Holder still has wrongs to right before he leaves office (David A. Schulz/Washington Post)

7:05 AM ET, October 31, 2014

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Times brass tout native, digital subs as bright spots

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New York Times:
NYT Q3 results: $364.7M revenue, 1.3% increased circulation, operating loss of $9M, digital subs up 20% year-on-year

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Washington Post will soon have an all-male masthead — The Washington Post announced today that Usha Chaudhary, its chief financial officer and vice president for finance and administration, would depart Nov. 21 to take a leadership post at the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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David A. Schulz / Washington Post:

Eric Holder still has wrongs to right before he leaves office — David A. Schulz is a First Amendment lawyer and co-director of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School. He has provided counsel to the Associated Press regarding the seizure of its phone records by the Justice Department.

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

With nontraditional contributors and strong luxury market, NYT's T mag shows value of print — T at 10 — On a recent Tuesday night, Thom Browne, Diane von Furstenberg, Francisco Costa and other fashion luminaries were snaking through a Christie's gallery that had been transformed …

Carol Morello / Washington Post:

Family of jailed Washington Post journalist, held for 100 days, asks Iran to free him — The family of a Washington Post reporter held without charge in Iran for more than three months called Wednesday on the authorities in Tehran to free him. — An open letter signed by Jason Rezaian's brother …

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Rod McGuirk / Associated Press:

New Australian law targets leakers, not reporters — CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A contentious new law that carries a prison term for anyone who reveals information about certain secret security operations was aimed at Edward Snowden-like leakers rather than investigative reporters, Australia's attorney-general said on Thursday.

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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:

Al Jazeera America Viewers Down Nearly 50 Percent From Current TV's Numbers — The winner and loser of the lawsuit between Al Jazeera America and former Current TV CEO Al Gore is yet to be determined, but ratings comparisons between the two show a clear winner. — See photos: Is One of These the Next Al Jazeera America Chief?

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Pamela Rolfe / Hollywood Reporter:

Spain passes LPI law allowing publishers to charge aggregators that link to news stories; effective January 2015 — Spain Passes Much-Debated Intellectual Property Law — Critics complain of an unenforceable Google tax and missed opportunity for clear anti-piracy law

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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

Jina Moore's Ebola Story, And Why BuzzFeed News Is Investing In Foreign Correspondents — “You have to be in a kind of dialogue that involves eye contact.” — BuzzFeed News' Jina Moore arrived on Oct. 13 for her second trip to Liberia since the largest epidemic of Ebola on record spiraled out of control this summer.

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Gene Johnson / Associated Press:

AP asks for accounting of fake FBI news stories — SEATTLE (AP) — Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and The Associated Press sent separate letters to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday expressing concerns that the FBI faked an AP story to catch a bomb threat suspect in 2007.

Discussion: @jcstearns, @tbridis and The Hill