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12:45 PM ET, December 10, 2014

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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.
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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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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.
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
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
Marc Graser / Variety:
DreamWorks Animation to Launch First TV Channel in Asia with HBO  —  DreamWorks Animation is set to launch a TV channel of kids and family programming in 19 Asian countries sometime in the second half of 2015.  —  The channel will be DWA's first foray into operating its own TV network in any part of the world.
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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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 …
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Guy Vidra / The New Republic:
Guy Vidra writes open letter to TNR readers, says company will invest in tech and editorial
 
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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
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
How much of your news site's search traffic comes from Google News? Probably 5 to 25 percent
Discussion: Poynter and FishbowlNY
Michelle Starr / CNET:
Pirate Bay knocked offline worldwide following police raid
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Betsy Morgan Named CEO of TheBlaze
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
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
The New York Times open-sources its Hive crowdsourcing platform
Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
SoundCloud in discussions to raise about $150M at a valuation expected to top $1.2B
Discussion: RAIN News, hypebot and Inc.com