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12:15 PM 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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Dylan Byers / Politico:
TNR Chief Exec Guy Vidra says he failed to articulate his vision for the mag to staff  —  An interview with TNR's Guy Vidra  —  Guy Vidra says he doesn't want to change The New Republic.  —  “It is absolutely absurd to suggest that I would come to this institution to do anything …
Corey Robin / Jacobin:
Don't Mourn the New Republic - It's been dead for years … The New Republic is coming to an end.  And the autopsies have begun.  So have the critiques.  But the real problem with the New Republic is not that it was racist, though it was.  It's not that it was filled with warmongers, though it was.
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.
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Andy Carvin launches social-media reporting team for First Look  —  There's been a lot of news out of First Look Media recently, although not the kind that the site was hoping to deliver: instead of scoops, it's been a stream of reports about mismanagement and departures of key writers and editors like Matt Taibbi and John Cook.
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.
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: Poynter and @joepompeo
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Hachette to Experiment With Selling Books on Twitter  —  Do tweets sell books?  —  It has long been a question for publishers and authors, who have started relying heavily on social media to promote books as they search for new ways to reach readers in an uncertain retail market.
Discussion: GalleyCat and Gigaom
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
Northeastern journalism school partners with Esquire mag to explore digital storytelling  —  Northeastern J-School partners with Esquire magazine  —  By Jeff Howe  —  Earlier this year Northeastern University's School of Journalism received a Knight Foundation grant to launch a Media Innovation graduate program.
Discussion: @dankennedy_nu
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Jenna Wortham joining New York Times Magazine  —  New York Times tech reporter Jenna Wortham is joining the paper's weekly magazine as a staff writer, New York Times Magazine editor Jake Silverstein announced in a Monday morning staff memo.  —  Wortham, who has spent the last six years writing …
Discussion: Poynter and FishbowlNY
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google Fiber's broadband dreams aren't making cable TV any better  —  Fiber TV doesn't yet live up to those amazing internet speeds  —  Would you uproot your life for an internet connection?  Google says people are doing exactly that; they're picking up and moving to Kansas City or Provo …
 
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Met Police issues harassment warning after MoS reporter sends three emails to subject of story
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Ireland to introduce cross-media ownership rules
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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Monocle creators launch The Forecast, an annual publication to fill gap between Monocle issues
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea denies hacking Sony but calls the breach a ‘righteous deed’
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