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8:00 AM ET, December 8, 2014

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Chris Hughes / Washington Post:
Amid editorial departures, Chris Hughes plans to continue investing in The New Republic as a sustainable business not reliant on “an unpredictable few”  —  Crafting a sustainable New Republic  —  The writer is owner and publisher of the New Republic.
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
The New Republic Will Not Publish Next Issue Thanks to Staff Exodus  —  About a Dozen Editorial Staffers Have Quit Since Thursday  —  Hispanic Fact Pack 2014  —  The New Republic magazine will not publish its next issue, which had been scheduled to appear Dec. 15, after about a dozen full …
Ken Doctor / Capital New York:
T.N.R.'s peril: losing the intangible of stature before it can find its future
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Daily Beast's mobile site gives viewers individual analytics in hopes of engaging users  —  The newsonomics of the newly quantified, gamified news reader  —  What's in your news diet?  Sure, we can name the sites, papers, and stations that pepper us with news through the day and week.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Rolling Stone failed in its story of alleged rape at the University of Virginia  —  Journalists are paid to be skeptical and to distinguish facts from assertions: Don't get too close to your sources and check what they tell you.  —  Rolling Stone magazine, it appears …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rolling Stone's disastrous U-Va. story: A case of real media bias  —  On Slate's DoubleX Gabfest podcast last month, reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely explained why she had settled on the University of Virginia as the focus for her investigative story on a horrific 2012 gang rape of a freshman named Jackie …
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea denies hacking Sony but calls the breach a ‘righteous deed’  —  TOKYO — North Korea has denied hacking Sony Pictures' computer systems in retaliation for its movie “The Interview,” which revolves around a plot to assassinate North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un.
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Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Why it's so hard to calculate the cost of the Sony Pictures hack
Discussion: Engadget, Mashable and TIME
Tommy Wilkes / Reuters:
Huffington Post launches in India, sets sights on China  —  News website Huffington Post launched its India edition on Monday in a tie-up with media conglomerate Times of India Group, as the AOL-owned site expands into markets where internet use is growing rapidly.
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Source: Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian officially charged in Tehran courtroom  —  Washington Post reporter charged by Tehran court  —  Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter detained in Iran for more than four months, was officially charged Saturday in a day-long proceeding …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Quartz hires Xana Antunes, former editor of New York Post  —  With an eye on growth in 2015, Quartz has hired a veteran business journalist, Xana Antunes, as editor of new initatives, a role in which she will lead recruitment efforts and focus on expanding the website's video offerings.
Discussion: @joepompeo
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Monocle creators launch The Forecast, an annual publication to fill gap between Monocle issues  —  From Tyler Brûlé, a new newsstand entry  —  From the creators of Monocle, the British-based global magazine known for its high-flying taste, earnest editorial tone and direct relationship …
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Q&A with Steven Greenhouse, one of the last labor reporters, who is taking a NYT buyout  —  A Q&A With Steven Greenhouse, One of America's Last Labor Reporters  —  The New York Times' Steven Greenhouse has spent nearly two decades as a reporter covering labor in America.
New York Times:
Luke Somers, American Hostage, Is Killed During Rescue Attempt in Yemen, U.S. Official Says  —  SANA, Yemen — An American journalist held for more than a year by Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen was killed during a rescue attempt by United States commandos late Friday, a senior United States official said.
 
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