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2:45 PM ET, December 10, 2014

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Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Alan Rusbridger to quit as ‘Guardian’ editor-in-chief after 20 years in role next summer  —  Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, is set to stand down from his current role at Guardian Media Group in the summer.  —  The Independent has learned that Rusbridger has discussed …
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Guardian:
Alan Rusbridger appointed chair of The Scott Trust  —  Award-winning editor-in-chief to stand down after 20 years  —  The Scott Trust, which safeguards the editorial future and independence of the Guardian, has appointed Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of Guardian News & Media, to succeed Dame Liz Forgan as its chair.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Nick Denton to institute new seven-person managing partnership at Gawker, names Tommy Craggs as editor  —  Gawker Media Shuffles Org Chart, Names Tommy Craggs Top Editor  —  Gawker Media has placed Tommy Craggs, who had previously run the blog network's Deadspin site …
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How the mid-2000s dream of the “citizen journalist” mutated into a dangerous trend of digital citizen policing.  —  Citizen journalism was one of the great dreams of the mid-2000s internet.  Just as blogs had given anyone with an internet connection and a keyboard a platform …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Meet Chuck C. Johnson, divisive blogger drawing hate and praise in the dark corners of Twitter
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Facebook expanding Trending to mobile and separates news from what friends are discussing  —  Facebook Is Pushing Harder Into Breaking News  —  Facebook is making a play for news junkies.  —  The social network expanded its trending tool Wednesday, the feature that tells users what topics …
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
New York Times Considering New Print Sections, Wants More Native Ads on Mobile  —  Paper Previously Trimmed Sections to Reduce Costs  —  TV and Technology  —  The New York Times is looking at native advertising, sponsorships and video to wring more money from readers coming to the Times …
Politico:
Politico and Axel Springer jointly acquire European Voice, will relaunch it as Politico in spring 2015 with 30 journalists in major EU capitals  —  POLITICO & Axel Springer Announce Joint Acquisition of European Voice  —  MATTHEW KAMINSKI NAMED EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF EUROPEAN EDITION OF POLITICO, LAUNCHING IN SPRING 2015
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Wired publisher Kim Kelleher on legacy media and female mentorship  —  Wired publisher Kim Kelleher: ‘Stay grounded’  —  This is “View from the Top,” the latest in a Digiday series featuring creative leaders talking about their career paths and leadership perspectives.  Read previous interviews here.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, @condenast and @digiday
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How nonprofit Mother Jones balances donations and advertising, capitalizes on its social media following, and forms partnerships  —  Mother Jones' nonprofit fix for serious journalism  —  Troubles at The New Republic have attracted fresh attention on the business challenges facing policy …
Discussion: @digiday, @stkonrath and @ampress
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
News Outlets Protest Exclusion From Senate Torture Report Briefing  —  NEW YORK — Three news organizations, including The Huffington Post, are protesting the “apparently deliberate exclusion” from the Senate Intelligence Committee's Tuesday morning background briefing held prior to the release of its long-awaited report on CIA torture.
Discussion: Mother Jones
John Waggoner / USA Today:
Bloomberg and Businessweek to merge websites into renamed Bloomberg Business  —  Bloomberg, BusinessWeek websites join  —  Bloomberg and Businessweek will merge their websites next year, renaming itself Bloombeg Business, according to The Financial Times.
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Youku Tudou, One Of China's Leading Streaming Video Sites, Launches Its First Hardware Line  —  Youku Tudou, already one of China's largest streaming video sites, is moving into hardware as well.  The company said that its first three devices—a WiFi router, smart TV box, and 15.6-inch Android tablet—will be available next January.
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
Shazam update brings Spotify integration, real-time music data, & better song discovery  —  Shazam is well-known for being a music company that built a business around a single, very useful feature, but that may change with today's major update.  —  Typically, people use Shazam …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI leaves door open on media impersonation  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday left open the possibility that an agent might again pose as a journalist as part of an investigation, though he said such a tactic ought to be rare and “done carefully with significant supervision, if it's going to be done.”
Discussion: @csoghoian
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: FishbowlNY and Poynter
 
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Media execs focus on digital advertising, which accounts for 30% of market share worldwide and dominates in UK, Australia, Canada and other markets
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The many eulogies for The New Republic expose its clubby, racist, white staff and perspective
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO's CTO Otto Berkes, co-creator of Xbox, resigns after HBO outsources the tech for its planned streaming service
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Murdoch: Digital Gives TV Business Chance to Innovate
Discussion: Variety
Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
Amazon-owned Twitch acquires esports agency GoodGame
Discussion: TechCrunch, Business Wire and Variety
Kieran Guilbert / Reuters:
Arrested Azerbaijani journalist calls charges “dirty and black” tactics