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David Carr, Times Critic and Champion of Media, Dies at 58 — David Carr, who wrote about media as it intersects with business, culture and government in his Media Equation column for The New York Times, died at the office on Thursday. He was 58. — For the past 25 years, Mr. Carr wrote about media.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Remembering a friend, a journalist and a journalist's friend — Remembering a friend, a journalist and a journalist's friend. — All the great New Yorkers were born and raised outside of the five boroughs and its environs. The city, which would otherwise suffer heat death and melt …
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A. O. Scott / New York Times:
David Carr, a Journalist at the Center of the Sweet Spot — For a while, a few years ago, there was a weekly video on the New York Times website called The Sweet Spot, taped during off hours in the cafeteria on the 14th floor. The idea was that it would be an informal …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
David Carr, friend of journalism — David Carr looked a bit awkward gathering kindling. His neck barely worked, so when he picked up a branch he looked as rigid as front-loader. But there was a job to do, so none of the ailments that failed to stop him in his rise to the top of journalism …
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
David Carr, Your Best Friend — There are hundreds and hundreds of people out there who believe that, secretly, they were David Carr's favorite. And maybe we all were. He had the rare emotional capacity to make each of us his favorite, one by one by one.
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Nick Bilton / Mediashift:
The Two Best Pieces of Advice David Carr Ever Gave Me — This remembrance of David Carr first appeared on Medium and is used here with permission. Over the last decade David Carr poured buckets of advice on me. He counseled me through my first and second book.
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John Cook / Gawker:
What I Learned From David Carr — Everyone has a David Carr story. Here is mine. — In the summer of 1999, I was 26 years old. I'd just impetuously quit a job at Mother Jones magazine in San Francisco, packed up a Saturn wagon, and moved into my mother's basement in Washington …
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@thisisjesschin, @michaeladams317, @johnjcook and @markleibovich
Anthony De Rosa / Mediashift:
The Generosity of David Carr — This remembrance of David Carr first appeared on Medium and is reprinted with permission. The impression David left on people is indelible. If you met him once, or if you knew him for years, he was someone you could not forget. The voice, the sly smile, his corny jokes.
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FishbowlNY and New Yorker
Max Fisher / Vox:
“Keep typing until it turns into writing”: David Carr's invaluable advice for journalists
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New York Times, Fusion, @scmassie and Capital New York
The New York Times Company:
Statements of Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and Dean Baquet on the death of Times media columnist David Carr
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Quartz, The New York Observer, @pamelapaulnyt, @brianstelter, @nytimes, The Huffington Post, @mlcalderone and The Huffington Post
Michael Schaffer / Washingtonian:
Why David Carr was a great boss
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Slate, @washingtonian, @brfreed and @jeremymbarr
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
David Carr was a fierce rival and a dear friend
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@media_ink and Washington Post
Guardian:
Four internal candidates for Guardian editor-in-chief job to address staff on Feb 25 prior to vote, paper has received 26 total applications — Four candidates for Guardian editor to take part in staff hustings and ballot — Guardian News & Media's NUJ chapel announces details of hustings …
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Spectator, @jayrosen_nyu, Capital New York and @jeffjarvis
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Crain's New York lays off 40 percent of editorial staff — Crain's New York Business on Thursday laid off a dozen reporters and editors — 40 percent of its full-time editorial staff — with publisher Jill Kaplan citing a need to “re-align the brand's costs with its revenues,” …
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Forbes runs native ad on cover without specifically stating that it is an ad — Forbes Puts Native Ad for Fidelity on Its (Actual) Cover — Another Taboo Broken — Ad Spending for 100 Largest B-to-B Marketers Nears $5 Billion — A native ad for Fidelity will appear on the cover …
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FishbowlNY, @andycohn, @msebastian and Media Wire Daily
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
New USA Today Sports app uses push notifications to alert fans to be best current action — The upset alert in your pocket: USA Today's new sports app wants to help cure your fear of missing out — FOMO — fear of missing out — can reach manic levels when it comes to sports.
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@danshanoff, @nacin, @niemanlab and USA Today
Michael Rondon / Folio:
Alliance for Audited Media: magazine circulation down 2.2% for H2 2014, digital editions up 11% — Magazine Circ Continues Downward Spiral — Consumer magazine circulation continued to decline in the second half of 2014, down 2.2 percent, according to data on nearly 400 titles released by the Alliance for Audited Media.
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Talking New Media and Press Gazette
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
Washington Free Beacon backtracks on authenticity of photos showing Russian tanks in the Ukraine, provided by senator — Senator “Duped” Into Using Old Photos to Promote New War With Russia — This afternoon, the Washington Free Beacon published EXCLUSIVE photos, obtained by Sen. Jim Inhofe …
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Washington Free Beacon, BuzzFeed, Mediaite, @adamweinstein, @eliclifton, Raw Story, The Lost Ogle and The Daily Caller
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