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10:45 AM ET, November 7, 2014

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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed doesn't do clickbait, defined as under-delivering what's over-promised in a headline  —  Why BuzzFeed Doesn't Do Clickbait  —  You won't believe this one weird trick.  —  Jon Stewart was asked about BuzzFeed and Vice the other day, and had this to say:
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Marc Graser / Variety:
Disney Downplays a la Carte Plans as ESPN Preps OTT Services  —  Disney chief Bob Iger likes experimenting with digital platforms.  Yet while ESPN — one of Disney's biggest moneymakers — is getting ready to launch over-the-top services to stream more sports programming …
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Chris Grygiel / Associated Press:
FBI says agent impersonated AP reporter  —  1 photo  —  SEATTLE (AP) — FBI Director James Comey says an agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter during a 2007 criminal investigation, a ruse the news organization says could undermine its credibility.
Nina Shapiro / Seattle Weekly:
The Perks, Pitfalls, and Paradoxes of Amazon Publishing  —  Amid a boycott and bicoastal culture clash, Amazon has created a new model of publishing.  Where does that leave authors?  —  One day in 2012, Megan Chance, a historical-fiction writer from the Kitsap Peninsula …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
White House background briefings: Good journalism or anonymous government spin?  —  Every so often, a group of handpicked journalists gets the equivalent of a tap on the shoulder from a White House functionary.  They're invited to a background briefing, one of Washington's most common …
Monica Mark / Guardian:
Sierra Leone: Journalist arrested after questioning official Ebola response  —  David Tam Baryoh was arrested under emergency regulations as Ebola-hit governments crack down on protest and criticism  —  A journalist in Sierra Leone who has criticised the government's handling of the Ebola outbreak …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
HuffPost defends disciplinary actions against reporters, editors  —  The Huffington Post's newsroom is on edge following recent incidents in which several employees were disciplined and a major story was put on pause.  —  Two of the incidents involved journalists who were suspended after publishing sensitive articles.
Discussion: @genlakhyenrab and @joepompeo
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
In Q3 pay-TV lost 179K customers, compared to 83K last year, as cable and satellite companies see move to digital  —  Pay-TV ‘Cord Cutting’ Accelerates  —  Subscriber Defections Begin to Hit Satellite TV; Price of Bills Cited  —  The pay-TV industry contracted in the third quarter …
Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Justin Hall's 20-year-old website shows how opportunities in online journalism slowly developed  —  Justin Hall's 20-year-old website shows how opportunities in online journalism slowly developed  —  Justin Hall runs a blog that has landed him several jobs in journalism.
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
Can Berkeleyside turn an engaged community into a profitable membership program?  —  If you were a resident of Berkeley, California with free time on your hands and a sense of curiosity, you might have found yourself a couple of weekends ago at Uncharted, an “ideas festival” put on by local news site Berkeleyside.
Peter Marsh / INMA:
Poll: 73% of newspapers charge for online access, 40% have hard paywalls  —  The state of paid content: For free, for a fee, or somewhere in between  —  Though nearly three-quarters of newspapers are now charging for online content to some extent, there is still disagreement …
 
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