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New York Times:
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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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 …
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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BuzzMachine, The Daily Beast, @thisisjendoll, @jackshafer, @antderosa, @tomarnold, @dansaltzstein, @hamiltonnolan, @mathewi and @ajdaulerio
Max Fisher / Vox:
“Keep typing until it turns into writing”: David Carr's invaluable advice for journalists — David Carr, who died on Thursday at the age of 58, was so much more then just the New York Times' media columnist. He was a guiding light for journalists during some very difficult years for the industry.
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Fusion, New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, Capital New York and @scmassie
The New York Times Company:
Statements of Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and Dean Baquet on the death of Times media columnist David Carr — Statements on the Death of Times Media Columnist David Carr — Statement of Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., publisher of The New York Times on the death of Times media columnist David Carr:
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Quartz, The Huffington Post, @mlcalderone and The Huffington Post
Anthony De Rosa:
The generosity of David Carr — 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. David was incredibly kind and generous. He was also, as Alexis Madrigal said “a bad motherf**ker.”
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@antderosa, Washington Post, TimesTalks and Talking Points Memo
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
David Carr was a fierce rival and a dear friend — He was larger than life, a fierce rival and a friend. — I initially met David Carr when he first came to New York and was working for Powerful Media, a Web site that arched across the media horizon in 2000.
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@media_ink
Michael Schaffer / Washingtonian:
Why David Carr was a great boss
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Slate, @washingtonian, @brfreed and @jeremymbarr
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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Capital New York, Spectator, @jayrosen_nyu 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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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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USA Today, @niemanlab, @nacin and @danshanoff
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, Media Wire Daily, @andycohn and @msebastian
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
New Charges Brought Against Azerbaijani Journalist Ismayilova — New charges have been brought against independent journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova. — Ismayilova's lawyer, Fariz Namazly, said the new charges include embezzlement, illegal entrepreneurship, tax evasion, and abuse of power.
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Christopher Massie / Columbia Journalism Review:
Diehard sports fans find a variety of blogs covering smaller market and even defunct teams — Covering teams in untraditional ways pays off — Innovative sports blogs give die-hard fans an outlet — Among the 309 blogs on the SB Nation sports blog network, “Sonics Risings” …
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
Chris Sutcliffe / TheMediaBriefing:
Audit Bureau of Circulations figures show little change to print circulations over the last three UK general elections — Newspapers may love elections, but elections don't increase reader love for newspapers — Newspaper publishers put a great deal of stock in their own importance …
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
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.
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Media Wire Daily, @adage, Capital New York and WWD
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