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More Online Talent Departs The LA Times
8:00AM Ryan Tate | The Los Angeles Times is losing its online managing editor to CNN.com, editor Russ Stanton confirmed in a staff email, reprinted below. The departure marks the further dismantling of a team that relaunched the site starting about five years ago. More »
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Yahoo’s CEO “Wanted To Crawl Into A Hole And Eat Chocolate”
11:40AM Ryan Tate | Carol Bartz’s critics nearly put her into a chocolate-eating funk, the Yahoo CEO wrote in a recent memo. But now is no time for “staring at our navels… Get out of the sugar low.” Maybe with some chocolate! Wait… [AllThingsD]
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AP Tells Reporters To Muzzle Facebook Friends
7:34AM Ryan Tate | Someone sent us the Associated Press’ guidelines for staff social networking and, in keeping with company tradition, they’re on the paranoid side. You should probably read them, since basically everyone in the world must now follow them. More »
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Bloomberg’s Dubious Claim: Three Times Scoopier This Year
5:13AM Ryan Tate | Bloomberg retains a reputation as the most brutal and authoritarian of the news wires, so it’s no wonder the company is churning out internal memos that could pass for North Korean propaganda. Scoop production increased threefold, says the glorious regime. More »
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