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12:25 AM ET, November 14, 2014

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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Amazon and Hachette Resolve Dispute  —  Amazon and Hachette announced Thursday morning that they have resolved their differences and signed a new multiyear contract, bringing to an official end one of the most bitter publishing conflicts in recent years.  —  Neither side gave details of the deal …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
In new agreement with Amazon, Hachette will set prices for its ebooks
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit CEO Yishan Wong resigns, Ellen Pao to be interim CEO, Alexis Ohanian back full time as executive chairman  —  Reddit Chief Executive Resigns as Company Shuffles Top Ranks  —  Reddit, the popular online community message board, wants to grow up into a viable business.
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Alexis Ohanian / reddit:
As executive chairman, Alexis Ohanian says Reddit's focus will be on mobile, UX, and community tools  —  Coming home  —  Yishan Wong sent the board his resignation notice.  We are grateful for his contributions over the last few years, including growing reddit from 35M to 174M …
Mica Rosenberg / Reuters:
Condé Nast agrees to $5.8 mln settlement in suit over intern pay  —  Condé Nast agreed on Thursday to pay $5.8 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of former interns at the publisher who said they were underpaid for work at the company's high-end magazines.
Discussion: Gawker, Capital New York and The Week
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
John Cook out as First Look Media's Intercept EIC, will return to Gawker Media to run investigations  —  John Cook leaves The Intercept  —  Intercept Editor-in-Chief John Cook is leaving the publication and returning to Gawker Media to run investigations, an individual with knowledge of the hire tells Poynter.
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Bloomberg:
Owner of the Onion, A.V. Club, and Clickhole sites hires GCA Savvian bankers to explore sale  —  Satirist Onion Inc. Said to Hire Adviser for Sale  —  Everything in this story is actually, honestly true.  —  Onion Inc., owner of the satirical news site the Onion and the entertainment site the A.V. Club …
Discussion: @sfnick and Business Insider
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Say Media selling content sites including XoJane and ReadWrite, which never achieved the scale needed to compete  —  Platishers, beware: Say Media gives up on publishing  —  Three years ago, Jane Pratt celebrated the launch of her new site XoJane with Say Media by throwing a party at the Jane Hotel …
Amy Schatz / Re/code:
CBS, Disney, Viacom, other media firms ask appeals court to keep contracts private in FCC merger reviews of Comcast-TWC and AT&T-DirecTV  —  TV Networks Ask Courts to Keep Contracts Private in Comcast Merger Review  —  CBS, Walt Disney Co. and other media companies asked …
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Andy Fixmer / Mashable:   FCC to release Comcast and AT&T programming documents for review at its Washington HQ, and other secure sites, on Nov. 17, will not allow remote access
Katie Campbell / NetNewsCheck Latest:
Vox.com has hit 2015 traffic and revenue goals, co-founder Melissa Bell says  —  Vox.com Hits 2015 Traffic, Revenue Goals  —  In just over six months, Vox.com has already surpassed its traffic expectations and met its revenue goals for next year, its co-founder said yesterday.
Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:
Samsung Preps New Mobile Video Service  —  Samsung Electronics is rebooting its mobile video strategy in a test of whether short-form video content can drive mobile revenues just as games have.  —  The South Korean company has earmarked several tens of millions of dollars to invest …
Discussion: Business Insider and Engadget
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Rdio matches Spotify by lowering the price of its family subscription plan to $5 for each extra member  —  Less than a month after Spotify announced it was introducing family subscription plans, Rdio has revealed that it's lowering the price of its own family plans to $5 for each extra subscriber.
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Kent Gibbons / Multichannel News:
Nielsen: TV Industry Needs New Ratings Standards
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Major record labels pressure digital services to curtail free-trial periods but execs say free drives paid
Guardian:
Google's French arm faces daily €1,000 fines over links to defamatory article
Discussion: Search Engine Land
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom Plans to Boost Non-Nielsen-Based U.S. Ad Sales to 50 Percent
New York Times:
NYT responds to Chinese President Xi: The Times won't alter its coverage to meet the demands of any government
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Juro Osawa / Wall Street Journal:
Warner Music, Tencent in China Distribution Deal
Discussion: TechCrunch
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Sony launches PlayStation Vue web-based TV service with all major broadcast and some cable networks, testing in NYC with broad rollout in Q1 2015