Mediagazer: CBS This Morning closing the viewership gap with Today and GMA, growing 23% since 2012 debut (Itay Hod/The Wrap)

7:20 PM ET, December 8, 2014

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Friend of “Jackie”, subject of Rolling Stone story, criticizes magazine, insists story is true — A letter from a friend: Jackie's story is not a hoax — My name is Emily, and I was Jackie's suitemate first year. I am writing to you in regards to Rolling Stone's recent statement of “misplaced trust” in Jackie.

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

To restore its reputation, Rolling Stone must be honest with readers about what happened — How to Survive a Journalistic Disaster 101 — How does a journalistic institution respond to a soul-shaking crisis? Rolling Stone magazine is dealing with that question at the moment …

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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:

After mass resignations, TNR owner Chris Hughes talks about what went wrong and what's next — Disrupting A Republic — When The New Republic began to fall apart in the first week of December, conversation quickly turned to Chris Hughes, the Facebook cofounder who purchased the storied magazine more than two years ago.

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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 …

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Pulitzers accepting entries from online and print magazines for investigative reporting and features — Pulitzers open up to magazines — The Pulitzer Prizes announced today two substantial changes in a press release: — The contest will consider entries from online and print magazines …

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Jessica Lustig named deputy editor at NYT Mag — New York Times staff editor Jessica Lustig will be a deputy editor at The New York Times Magazine, according to a staff memo from Jake Silverstein, the magazine's editor-in-chief. — Lustig, who currently works for The New York Times Op-Ed/Sunday Review …

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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York: Jenna Wortham joining New York Times Magazine

Rolfe Winkler / WSJ:

YouTube offers some stars bonuses to post exclusively to the service before posting to rivals — YouTube Offering Its Stars Bonuses — Vessel, a Video Startup, Has Been Aggressive in Trying to Lure Away Celebrities — Google Inc. 's YouTube unit is racing to lock up its top stars …

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Itay Hod / The Wrap:

CBS This Morning closing the viewership gap with Today and GMA, growing 23% since 2012 debut — Who's Really Winning the ‘GMA’ vs. ‘Today’ Morning Show War? The Answer Might Surprise You — As “Today” and “Good Morning America” continue to duke it out for morning television's top spot …

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Vimeo starts letting Pro users upload videos in 4K — Vimeo today announced that Vimeo Pro subscribers will now be able to upload their videos in 4K, aka ultra high-definition video quality. — Vimeo is far from the only online video service starting to offer content in 4K.

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Peter Preston / Guardian:

Is a profit worth the price of the Times's paywall? — Murdoch's flagships are locked behind a barrier that throttles traffic and, arguably, relevance. But they made £1.7m last year — ewspaper economics used to be dead simple. You charged a cover price and you billed advertisers.

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Senate approves Freedom of Information law update in key vote, giving time for possible full approval this year — Senior Dem backs off plan to thwart FOIA update — With just hours to go before it would have died for the year, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) backed off opposition …

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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 …