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5:35 PM ET, December 5, 2014

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New Republic staffers resign en masse  —  The majority of The New Republic's masthead resigned en masse on Friday following the owner's decision to force out the editorial leadership, move the magazine to New York, and rebrand the venerable, century-old publication as a “digital media company.”
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trying to copy a digital media formula from BuzzFeed or the Huffington Post is wrong for The New Republic  —  A Eulogy for The New Republic  —  A century-old liberal institution gazes at the end.  —  Shares  —  Not long after he purchased The New Republic, Chris Hughes had lunch with me …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Facebook Prince Purges ‘The New Republic’: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine  —  Silicon Valley arrivistes have chosen to destroy the 100-year-old journal and build a “new BuzzFeed” in its place.  —  When Facebook billionaire Chris Hughes, the owner of The New Republic …
Ryan Lizza / @ryanlizza:
BREAKING: Mass resignations just submitted at @TNR Full list... pic.twitter.com/SdM0VPQ8Et
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Rolling Stone says its trust in source for UVA story ‘was misplaced’  —  Rolling Stone says “there now appear to be discrepancies” in the account of a rape at the center of its blockbuster story about rapes at the University of Virginia.  —  The magazine has “come to the conclusion …
Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
USA Weekend shuts as costs spike and ads tumble  —  USA Weekend, the second-largest Sunday newspaper magazine in the United States, will print its final edition on Dec. 28, succumbing to soaring distribution costs and plunging advertising.  —  The circulation of the Sunday supplement …
The Intercept:
Nation Executive Editor Betsy Reed to join The Intercept as editor-in-chief as of January 5  —  The Intercept Welcomes Our New Editor-in-Chief, Betsy Reed  —  We are ecstatic that Betsy Reed, the Executive Editor of the Nation since 2006, will be our new editor-in-chief, beginning January 5.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Candy Crowley Leaving CNN  —  Candy Crowley, a 27-year CNN veteran, is leaving the network.  TVNewser just obtained an email about the departure from CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker.  “[I]t is with mixed emotions, that I wanted to let you know that Candy has let us know that she has made the decision …
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
IAC puts CollegeHumor up for sale amid video deal boom  —  CollegeHumor, an entertainment website owned by IAC IACI 0.81% , is talking to potential acquirers about sale of the business, according to sources familiar with the situation.  IAC, which acquired a majority stake in CollegeHumor eight years ago …
Discussion: @alexweprin and @thorntonmcenery
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year  —  Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC3: plans submitted for channel's closure in 2015  —  Trust receives details of proposals for making youth-focused channel online only ahead of public consultation in January  —  BBC management has finally submitted plans to the corporation's governing body setting out formal proposals …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Judge will not void Beastie Boys verdict over Monster energy video  —  (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday refused to throw out Beastie Boys' $1.7 million jury verdict against Monster Beverage Corp over the energy drink company's use of the hip-hop group's music in a promotional video without permission.
Discussion: Billboard
Matt Boggie / Medium:
Metrics should support a strategy, not be a strategy  —  On July 5, 1989, a pilot episode of a new sitcom called The Seinfeld Chronicles aired on NBC.  It received good, but not great, ratings for the time, coming in second on the night overall.  The network debated whether or not to purchase more episodes …
 
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