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11:15 PM ET, December 9, 2014

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Emily Bell / Guardian:
Can Silicon Valley disrupt journalism if journalists hate being disrupted?  —  Facebook's Chris Hughes says he doesn't want to ‘listicalize’ the New Republic.  Then why is Buzzfeed still winning the internet?  —  “It is frustrating to me personally that there was a perception we would listicalize the place.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The many eulogies for The New Republic expose its clubby, racist, white staff and perspective  —  The New Republic: An Appreciation … Last week, Franklin Foer resigned his editorship of The New Republic.  A deep, if not broad, mourning immediately commenced as a number of influential writers lamented …
Guy Vidra / The New Republic:
Guy Vidra writes open letter to TNR readers, says company will invest in tech and editorial  —  A Letter to Our Readers  —  Today I want to address the recent changes at The New Republic on our own pages.  It is important to me to outline the vision for this critically important institution.
George Packer / New Yorker:
Amid a couple of dispiriting events, the changes at The New Republic best highlight the ongoing crisis in journalism
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
HBO launching web-only service in April 2015, will outsource streaming tech to MLB Advanced Media  —  Exclusive: HBO to outsource streaming technology in blow to ‘backstabbing’ CTO  —  The future of HBO Go is unclear.  In a major strategic shift, HBO will license the technology underpinning …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
FOIA law update gets scant attention from large news organizations amid other big stories  —  Free Flow of Government Information?  Yawn.  —  Amid big-time Washington news like the torture report, a nomination for attorney general and cameras for police officers, a bill to strengthen …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
How much of your news site's search traffic comes from Google News?  Probably 5 to 25 percent  —  There's Google and then there's Google News.  One tries to soak up the entire Internet, the other a curated selection of news sites.  It's easy to confuse the two, since you'll often get …
Discussion: Poynter, Adam Sherk, FishbowlNY and Gigaom
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Economist Editor John Micklethwait becomes Bloomberg's Editor-in-Chief, Matt Winkler stepping down  —  Matt Winkler steps down as Bloomberg News EIC  —  Matthew Winkler will step down as editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News.  Economist Editor John Micklethwait will be the news organization's new editor-in-chief.
Neil Westergaard / Denver Business Journal:
Exclusive: Anschutz explores bringing back Rocky Mountain News in Denver  —  Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz is exploring the possibility of reviving the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver daily newspaper that shut down in 2009 after nearly 150 years of publication, the Denver Business Journal has learned.
Discussion: Denver Post and @elistokols
Michael Learmonth / International Business Times:
The CIA's Big Sell: How The Agency Convinced The Press Its Brutal Interrogation Methods Were Working  —  The Central Intelligence Agency misled journalists from top U.S. news organizations such as the New York Times, NBC News and the author of the book “The CIA at War” to convince the public …
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Murdoch: Digital Gives TV Business Chance to Innovate  —  21st Century Fox's COO says MVPDs are moving too slow  —  The killer app on digital is television, said James Murdoch, chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox.  —  Asked about Fox's digital strategy at the 42d annual UBS Media Conference …
Discussion: Variety
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Amazon Instant Video can now stream movies and TV shows in 4K  —  Amazon today announced Amazon Instant Video has gained support for Ultra HD picture quality.  Amazon Prime subscribers can now watch movies, TV shows, and Amazon Original Series content in the higher resolution.
Tamar Wilner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Unique journalism watchdog will once again provide evaluations of healthcare coverage  —  Unique journalism watchdog will once again provide evaluations of healthcare coverage  —  A unique health journalism watchdog will resume posting new articles next month, after a nearly 18-month hiatus.
Discussion: @usprojectcjr and @onthemedia
 
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