Mediagazer: Senate approves Freedom of Information law update in key vote, giving time for possible full approval this year (Julian Hattem/The Hill)

11:50 PM ET, December 8, 2014

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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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Emily Clark / The Cavalier Daily:

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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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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Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

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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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

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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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

20th Century Fox Teams With Vice Media to Produce Movies — LOS ANGELES — Vice Media and 20th Century Fox have decided to make movies together, creating a film label focused on low-budget cinema that is “wild, weird, high-concept, left-field, crazy artistic, authentic and visceral.”

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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.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

TV Ratings Have Hurt Creative Side of Television, Says Netflix Content Boss Sarandos — The reliance of TV networks on ratings to gauge the success or failure of their shows has been bad for creators of high-quality television programming, according to Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos.

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Jackson Connor / The Huffington Post:

SPJ chapter writes Berkeley mayor to condemn assaults on journalists in Saturday's protests — Journalists Reportedly Assaulted By Berkeley Police During Eric Garner Protests — Members of the media were reportedly assaulted by police officers Saturday while covering protests in Berkeley …

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:

Study: Americans don't worry about information overload and think the Internet has made them smarter — Recent media news headlines have briefly sucked the digital discourse around new and legacy media back into the reductive binary of pro- and anti-Internet.

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