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    Erik Wemple is an editor-turned-blogger who’s obsessed with the media issues of the day, and of yesterday as well.

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Posted at 11:03 AM ET, 08/25/2011

Shafer, Romenesko as one

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Two big, insidery stories hit journalism yesterday. Jack Shafer, one of America’s top media critics, is losing his job at Slate. And Jim Romenesko, the master aggregator/reporter on the media industry, is moving into semi-retirement.

How big a deal is all of this? One story tells that tale. Back in April 2005, Shafer wrote a column titled “The Romenesko Effect,” a piece that showcases Shafer’s ability to pull together trends in the news business and that appropriately fetes Romenesko’s elevation of media writing.

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