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8:45 AM ET, November 3, 2014

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Nancy Scola / Washington Post:
Is a news site a news site if it's published by Verizon?  —  In SugarString, the already crowded world of online tech news gets a new entrant.  And a new publisher, too, one noted in the gorgeously-designed site's footer and at the bottom of each story: the telecommunications giant Verizon.
Discussion: @vwpickard and @jeffjarvis
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David Carr / New York Times:
Texas Tribune publishing model shows there is room for corporate money in news  —  Journalism, Independent and Not  —  Last week, I read an interesting article about how smart hardware can allow users to browse anonymously and thus foil snooping from governments.
Discussion: @cryptomeorg
Andrew Rice / New York Magazine:
How the Snowden Leaks Gave Pierre Omidyar a Cause — and an Enemy  —  The eBay founder was a mild-mannered Obama supporter looking for a way to spend his time and fortune.  The Snowden leaks gave him a cause—and an enemy.  —  Illustrations by Matthew Woodson
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New York Times:
At First Look Media, Personalities Prove Tough to Manage  —  When First Look Media, the journalism enterprise backed by the billionaire founder of eBay, Pierre M. Omidyar, started about a year ago, its mission was clear.  —  Mr. Omidyar would personally invest $250 million to build a company that would hold the powerful accountable.
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Jill Abramson startup to advance writers up to $100k for longform work  —  Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson shed light this weekend on her plans with Steven Brill to grow a start up.  —  Writers will be paid advances around $100,000 to produce stories that will be longer …
Associated Press:
Audio recordings indicate Ferguson no-fly zone was intended to keep away media during protests  —  AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson …
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
CNET's print magazine to debut on Monday, part of an effort to become a multiplatform brand  —  Technology Website CNET to Jump From Screen to Page  —  A LEADING technology website, CNET, is expanding into a platform that its users praise as portable, accessible and affordable.
Kevin Roose / New York Magazine:
Why podcasts are back: shows are better and cheaper, playing smartphone audio in a car is easy  —  What's Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance?  —  The mid-aughts audio scene is making a big comeback.  —  In 2001, Steve Jobs announced the original iPod, a music player that would make it possible …
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Pianist asks The Washington Post to remove a concert review under the E.U.'s ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling  —  The pianist Dejan Lazic, like many artists and performers, is occasionally the subject of bad reviews.  Also like other artists, he reads those reviews.  And disagrees with them.
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
Q&A with Cenk Uygur, CEO of The Young Turks, the most popular YouTube news channel  —  The Young Turks is running circles around news networks on YouTube  —  Here's a surprise: The most popular news channel on YouTube is not CNN, The New York Times or Vice, but The Young Turks.
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Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
Inside The New York Times' video strategy
Discussion: @digiday
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Hundreds of Egyptian journalists reject editors' voluntary loyalty pact with government  —  Hundreds of Egypt journalists in open dispute with own editors over freedom of expression  —  CAIRO (AP) — Several hundred Egyptian journalists have rejected a recent policy declaration …
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Cleveland Plain Dealer removes unflattering video of candidate it endorsed, refuses to comment  —  Chris Quinn, vice president for content at the Northeast Ohio Media Group... What's up?  —  There is something going on at the news organization formerly known as the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the world should know about.
 
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Max Fisher / Vox:
The video of Sharyl Attkisson getting “hacked” actually just shows a stuck delete key
Julie Posetti / WAN-IFRA:
Newly appointed Quartz Executive Editor S. Mitra Kalita on authentic journalism, smart audiences, global expansion, and the essence of a good headline
Discussion: MinOnline and @mitrakalita
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Micah L. Sifry / Mother Jones:
Before 2012 election, Facebook increased hard news stories in 1.9M feeds, which added measurably to civic engagement and voter turnout