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Rick Levine, an executive for U.S. magazine giant Condé Nast, says that "we like this technology so much" that, by the end of the year, all of its 20+ magazines will have digital editions, The Wrap reports.

The Wrap's Dylan Stabeford writes: "But like plenty of other magazine publishers, Levine was critical of Apple -- and its leveraged position in the tablet marketplace. 'We frankly don’t want Apple to have a stranglehold on this business.' Levine said."

We all want to know what’s going to happen to journalism in the next 10 years, 5 years, three months. The good news? Journalism has a bright future. The bad news? Newsrooms are going to have to “rapidly and erratically downsize the legacy media part of the business” in order to survive, Emily Bell, director of Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism, told an roomful of journalists in Toronto on Thursday night. 

The New York Times' David Carr reports one of the few "bright spots" of the recently released State of the Media report is NPR, the "unlikely juggernaut" that was the only "large traditional news organization that added audience, reporters and revenue."

Global News has hired "legendary morning show icon" Bud Pierce as the consulting executive producer for its morning news program, Broadcaster Magazine reports. According to a Global press release, Pierce will "help create a show that will redefine the way morning news is presented in Toronto." The release notes that Pierce's appointment is the "first ina  series of announcements" from Global News. The release continues:

"Pierce developed, launched and produced the seminal morning program Breakfast Television for Citytv Toronto, where he worked for 24 years. Pierce also produced and directed Citytv's first 24 hour telethon, started the station's first on-air promotions department, and created the working model for CityVote, Citytv's multiple live location election coverage specials. Pierce was also the Supervising Producer of The NewMusic with Jeanne Beker and JD Roberts, one of the shows that laid the groundwork for MuchMusic. Most recently, Pierce served as Executive Producer Local Programming for Citytv Vancouver."