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12:20 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 …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
New Republic shakeup: Foer and Wieseltier quit, Gabriel Snyder to replace Foer as editor; magazine moving to NYC, reducing print frequency  —  Frank Foer, Leon Wieseltier out at TNR  —  Franklin Foer and Leon Wieseltier, the top two editors at The New Republic, have just quit amid an editorial shakeup …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
TNR staff fear CEO Guy Vidra's plans for digital focus; meeting Friday, more resignations possible
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.
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 …
Discussion: Poynter and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Alexis C. Madrigal / Fusion:
Facebook mobile apps drive up to about half of unattributed mobile traffic, or “dark social”, to some media sites  —  Dark social traffic in the mobile app era  —  About two years ago, I wrote a story about a strange phenomenon on the web: in a medium known for its ability to track people …
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Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
Chartbeat changes how it tracks traffic from mobile apps to measure dark social referrals better
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 …
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 …
Jason Deans / Guardian:
BBC Radio 4 Extra to broadcast hit US podcast Serial  —  US podcast to be broadcast daily at 9pm on digital station, beginning with Sarah Koenig re-investigating 1999 murder of high-school student Hae Min Lee in Baltimore  —  BBC Radio 4 Extra is to bring Serial, the critically lauded US podcast …
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Starz Said to Consider New Options as It Fails to Find Buyer  —  Starz LLC (STRZA), the pay-TV channel with more than 50 million subscribers, is considering alternatives to a sale after reaching out to potential bidders who passed on making an offer, according to people familiar with the matter.
Ted Johnson / Variety:
President Obama Signs Satellite TV Bill  —  President Obama signed into law the Satellite Television and Localism Act, which extends the ability of rural satellite subscribers to access broadcast channels.  The legislation passed Congress despite efforts by some lawmakers to include provisions …
Discussion: The Hill
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
 
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