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Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC Confirms Fallon Will Succeed Leno — “The Tonight Show” will begin a new era in February when Jimmy Fallon succeeds Jay Leno as host of the most storied and successful program in late-night television. — NBC plans to announce on Wednesday its plan to install Mr. Fallon as the show's sixth host …
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
NBC's ‘Tonight Show’ Succession: Third Time's the Charm? — Kimmel helped do what his hero Letterman couldn't: cost the top man in late-night his job — If third time is the charm in NBC's quest for a smooth “Tonight Show” transition, much of the charm comes courtesy of Jimmy Fallon.
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Broadcasting & Cable, Washington Post and Variety
AdNews:
Fairfax Media CEO Hywood's memo to staff on restructure — Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood sent a note to staff this morning detailing the second round of a sweeping restructure underway at Fairfax as it reengineers for structural change in the media sector. Here's his full message:
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Lara Sinclair / The Australian:
Fairfax Media in another major reshuffle
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Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Morning Herald, Gulf News, ninemsn, ABC News, Business Spectator, HeraldSun, AdNews and Sydney Morning Herald
Ryan Holiday / Medium:
Our Regressive Web — An entrepreneur friend of mine remarked to me recently that if someone invented the nightly news today—or a show like Brian Williams' “Rock Center”—we'd all think it was a great idea. — Think about it: Instead of having to follow all these different news sources …
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Beyond Search
Mike Shields / Adweek:
Warner Bros. Consolidates Digital Sales — Warner Bros. is consolidating its digital sales operations as it looks to build out an entertainment-focused ad powerhouse on the Web. — The company plans to announce the formation of the Warner Bros. Digital Entertainment Group …
Felix Salmon:
How paywalls are evolving — Last week, I hypothesized that the publishing industry was going to informally settle on a single management-consultancy company to ask for paywall advice from. That consultancy, having seen everybody's internal figures, could then tell everybody else what “industry best practice” was.
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@alessaprentice, GigaOM and Guardian, Thanks:@ianchaffee
Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press:
Arthur Frommer gets Frommer brand back from Google — NEW YORK (AP) — Travel guru Arthur Frommer said Wednesday that he has reacquired rights to his travel guidebook brand from Google, and that he intends to resume publishing Frommer guidebooks. — Google acquired the Frommer brand …
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
With New Weather Channel Deal, Twitter Aims to Make It Rain for Brands — Forecast: Cloudy, with a chance of promoted tweets. — Aiming to attract more big-brand ad dollars, Twitter and the Weather Company have a new deal to create custom content around weather-related Twitter activity.
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AdExchanger and Mashable
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Dara Kerr / CNET:
Twitter adds more ‘Cards’ for app and photo gallery embeds
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Digital Trends, Twitter Developers, Twitter Blog, SocialTimes, memeburn, Mashable, VatorNews, Digits, SlashGear, The Slanted, GigaOM, Engadget and The Verge
Jackie Spinner / American Journalism Review:
End of an Era — As many U.S. news organizations wind down their presence in Iraq, journalists reflect on an all-consuming, fascinating and sometimes career-defining assignment.Wed., April 3, 2013. — Jackie Spinner (jackiespinner@mac.com) is a journalist based in the Middle East …
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Intercontinental collaboration: How 86 journalists in 46 countries can work on a single investigation — On Thursday morning, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists will begin releasing detailed reports on the workings of offshore tax havens.
Discussion:
International Business Times and icij.org
Tom Pakinkis / Music Week:
Universal Publishing and SACEM sign global licensing agreement with YouTube — France's Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) and Universal Music Publishing have reached an international agreement with YouTube. — The agreement is for the use of music of SACEM's repertoire …
Discussion:
Mashable and The Slanted
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Online music licensing revenues pass radio for first time — Google Play and Xbox licensing agreements help digital revenues jump 32.2% in 2012, from £39.1m to £51.7m — British songwriters, including acts such as Ed Sheeran and Calvin Harris, netted a record total of £51.7m …
Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
It's a Crime for 12-Year-Olds to Read The New York Times Online — The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a word of warning: many teenagers are wantonly breaking the law every day by reading news sites on the web because the Department of Justice's weird implementation of vague laws has left …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Susan Currie Sivek / MediaShift:
Digital Magazines Dive Into Native Advertising — Ah, that awkward moment when you're interviewing someone about online advertising and you have to pause to quit your ad-blocking browser plugin so you can view a sample ad. Clearly, I'm part of the problem, not the solution …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney Halts Game Development at Lucasfilm in Licensing Push — Walt Disney Co. (DIS) is halting video- game development at its recently acquired Lucasfilm division in an effort to cut costs. — Disney, the world's largest entertainment company, will focus on licensing “Star Wars” …
Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
Extra! Print newspaper reports politicians' arrest before it happens — Arrested: Independent Democrat Malcolm Smith, Republicans Dan Halloran, Jay Savino and Vince Tabone — In the predawn hours of this morning, as the yellow trucks carrying today's editions of the New York Post …
Discussion:
Daily Download, Daily Download, Capital New York, Mother Jones, Gothamist and NY Daily News
Roger Ebert / Roger Ebert's Journal:
A Leave of Presence — Thank you. Forty-six years ago on April 3, 1967, I became the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Some of you have read my reviews and columns and even written to me since that time. Others were introduced to my film criticism through the television show …
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BBC, Los Angeles Times, The Reliable Source, @mcetera, @mickimaynard, @cosmicamericana, @fromedome, @aliarikan, nbcchicago.com, @davidaxelrod, Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, ArtsBeat, FishbowlNY, WebProNews, The Wrap, @esills, @brian_tallerico, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @jayrosen_nyu, @peterhowellfilm, @shawnlevy, @tvoti, @embeedub, @scottfilmcritic and @mattzollerseitz
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