Hearst Taps Demand Media’s Bradford and Yucaipa’s Johnson to “Redefine” the San Francisco Chronicle

Can the City by the Bay finally get the newspaper it deserves?
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Syrian Electronic Army Leaves Its Mark on the Financial Times

Another western media organization is attacked by the pro-Assad group of digital pranksters.
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Study: Online Media Pays Off for Consumers More Than Offline

Apparently, you can get digital media satisfaction.
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Next Up on Chinese Hacking Media List: The Washington Post

According to a report in the New York Times, along with that newspaper, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, another media organization targeted by hackers apparently originating out of China is the Washington Post. But, it might be worse than that. Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the issue in her final meeting with reporters, noting: “We have seen over the last years an increase in not only the hacking attempts on government institutions but also nongovernmental ones. [The Chinese] are not the only people who are hacking us.”

News Corp. Shutters The Daily iPad App

Official cause of death: The News Corp. corporate split. The real problem: A flawed concept.
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The New York Times Reports a Digital Success Story

That pay wall seems to be working.
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Hey Internet Girl: Aaron Sorkin’s TV News 2.0 Show Gets a Second Season (Video)

“The Newsroom” survives the Internet ice age.
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Hey, Internet Girl

Listen here, Internet girl. It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.

Aaron Sorkin, during a tense interview with Sarah Nicole Pickett of the Toronto Globe and Mail. His comments have spawned a site on Tumblr.

The New York Times Gets All the News That’s Fit to Print — All of It — Into Flipboard

It’s the first time you can read all of the Times on a site or app not owned by the Times. And it’s the first time Flipboard has gotten a big publisher to hand over all its content.
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A Sports Aggregator Finds a Home: Gannett Buys Quickish

The people who bring you USA Today also want to be known for online sports. Here’s another move in that direction.
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New York Times Sees Digital Ads Droop