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News Sites Integrate Live Video into Debate & Election Coverage

1.	News Sites Integrate Live Video into Debate & Election Coverage 9:59 PM Oct 15, 2008
2.	What's the point of broadcasting dial-testing results during a debate? 5:00 PM Oct 15, 2008
3.	Beetles -- Lots of Beetles -- Eating Pine Trees 2:30 PM Oct 15, 2008
4.	Journalists Should Follow President Bush's Example 10:04 AM Oct 15, 2008
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Financial crisis coverage.
(Gawker)

Hiring chill
At Conde Nast.
(NY Observer)

Gillmor blasts Politico
For Game Day.
(seattlepi.com)

Krugman's Nobel
Forces Dowd to aim "much higher."
(New York Times)

BusinessWeek solicits story ideas
From readers.
(BusinessWeek)

NYTer: I'm no Dell shill
Santora ad raises questions.
(Valleywag)

POSTED TUESDAY
CNN's Brown on political reporting
How it's changed since '04.
(Beet.tv)

Lauren Rich Fine
Joins ContentNext.
paidContent)

"Geezers" and online news
Outing's prediction.
(Steve Outing)

Rick Redfern
Now blogging.
("Doonesbury")

Where was the press?
In run-up to financial mess.
(CJR)

Mason joins DC Examiner
After leaving Houston Chron.
(Fishbowl DC)

POSTED MONDAY
Newspaper endorsements
Obama has a 28-11 lead.
(E&P)

Bingo Gossip
An 18,000-circ paper.
(DMN)

Vatican's newspaper
Now includes hard-hitting news.
(WSJ)

Online giants become print allies
Papers embrace Google, Yahoo.
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Is there a saturation point when it comes to "TV news lite"?

USA Today
Communications prof Tom McPhail probably won't be tuning in to the fourth hour of the "Today" show when it debuts in September. "Dressing up 'Today' anchors on Halloween is one thing; to deliberately move toward coverage of the latest gossip and dysfunctional lifestyles as a strategic choice is a new low, even for NBC," he tells Peter Johnson. NBC News boss Steve Capus counters: "Just like a newspaper has several sections from the front to lifestyle pages, I think we should offer all things considered -- and I say that unapologetically."

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