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David Carr, Media Equation Columnist for The Times, Is Dead 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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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Editors at 11 Time Inc. magazines worked on a print ad campaign for Google Chrome mobile app last fall, CEO Joe Ripp tells investors — Time, InStyle Editors Helped Create Print Ads for Google Campaign — Cost Cutting Boosts Profits During Fourth Quarter — TV and Technology
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Tax rules stop Time Inc. from merging until after June 2016, but CEO Joe Ripp reaches out for partners “in a time of industry decline” — Time Inc. CEO: No Mergers Until at Least Next Year — Tax Burden Would Be Too Heavy — Don't expect Time Inc. to merge with any of its magazine rivals soon.
Jon Ronson / New York Times:
How One Stupid Tweet Ruined Justine Sacco's Life — Credit: Photo illustration by Andrew B. Myers. Prop stylist: Sonia Rentsch. — As she made the long journey from New York to South Africa, to visit family during the holidays in 2013, Justine Sacco, 30 years old and the senior director …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
NBC News internal probe into Brian Williams continues; third-party investigator may become involved, source says — What else has NBC News dug up on Brian WIlliams? — Brian Williams' future at NBC News may hinge on just how many other examples of exaggerations and fibs are found.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Lester Holt seen as heir apparent to Brian Williams at ‘Nightly News’
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
News Director Jared Keller fired from Mic.com after plagiarism accusations — Jared Keller out at Mic — Mic news director Jared Keller has left the company. A source with knowledge of the decision said that Keller's departure was not voluntary. — Keller's work was the subject …
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Kevin Draper / Deadspin:
Yahoo deleted blog post last year and considered firing its writer after the owner of Cleveland Cavaliers complained to Marissa Mayer — Dan Gilbert Didn't Like A Yahoo Blog Post, So Yahoo Deleted It — Quicken Loans is a predatory lender. It's impossible to read the numerous lawsuits …
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James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Disney's Bob Iger appears to settle succession planning by naming Thomas Staggs as COO — Disney Tackles Succession, This Time Without Drama — To the growing list of Robert Iger's accomplishments during his near-decade tenure as Disney's chief executive, add succession planning.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS Q4 2014 beats estimates with $3.68B revenue on football, local political ads, but net earnings down due to NFL payments — NFL Pushes CBS Revenue Up, But Cuts into Profits — CBS reported lower profits in the fourth quarter because of big payments to the NFL for Thursday Night Football offset gains in advertising revenue.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Los Angeles film czar talks about behind-the-scenes work to expand California's film credits and earn studios' loyalty for film locations — L.A. Film Czar Ken Ziffren Q&A: Tax Credits, Runaway Production & What's Next — EXCLUSIVE: Today the board of the California Film Commission …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How Bleacher Report is Facebook-proofing its traffic — While other publishers are guzzling at the social media traffic spigot, Bleacher Report is going against the grain in taking a more cautious approach to growing its social dependency. — It may be surprising, considering that Bleacher Report …
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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Jason Whitlock on The Undefeated, ESPN's site focused on race and sports launching this summer — Inside ESPN's plans for ‘The Undefeated’ — It's been 17 months since sportswriter Jason Whitlock returned to ESPN to launch a site about the intersection of race and sports …
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Chris Smith / Digiday:
Publisher departures, technical glitches, and lack of signups led to the failure of Piano Media's countrywide Slovenian paywall — How a countrywide paywall faltered — Publishers on the hunt for digital media are increasingly turning to paywalls or metered-access systems.
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