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- Bloomberg: No firings over Steve Jobs obit snafuToday
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New York Post
Bloomberg News editor-in-chief Matt Winkler is infamous for his impatience with gaffes, but his spokeswoman tells Kaja Whitehouse that reports that heads would roll over the publication of Steve Jobs' obit are "nonsense."
- Report: Some in media cheered, clapped for ObamaToday
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The Hill | New York Observer
Andy Barr reports that several members of the media were seen cheering and clapping for Barack Obama as he accepted the Democratic nomination. || Sun-Times (item #2): WGN-TV anchor Allison Payne was seen cheering and clapping. || John Koblin: Who was sitting where in the press box.
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- Spokane paper challenges AP's cancellation notice ruleToday
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Editor & Publisher
The Spokesman-Review is challenging the Associated Press requirement that a two-year notice be given to cancel its service. The paper says AP's new rate structure, set to take effect at the beginning of 2009, represents a new contract, so the paper isn't bound by the old agreement that requires the notice.
- CNN says it won Wednesday's convention ratings warToday
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Washington Post
CNN boasted that its coverage of Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention beat not only Fox News and MSNBC but also ABC, CBS and even usual top-dog NBC. "Hooey," responded NBC, according to Lisa de Moraes' report. NBC claimed it once again was the most-watched network from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, as it has been every night of the convention.
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