With "no Miranda rule, no PR people," reporters who were there that fateful day in Dallas 50 years ago when President Kennedy was shot  "dealt directly with the cops,” recalls Bob Schieffer, then a cub reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. His access was pretty amazing: he wound up giving assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's mother a ride to Dallas because she'd called the paper. ("Lady, we don’t run a taxi service here, and besides, the president’s been shot,” he first told her.) More stories here about that day that will undoubtedly receive a ton of press coverage the closer we …

NBC will supplement its on-air coverage of the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination with"an extensive online interactive experience that is designed to allow users to dig deeper into JFK's life and assassination," writes George Winslow.

CNN will be investing in a new series of unscripted shows by outside producers like “Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown” as a way "to reduce its dependence on coverage of big breaking news stories to attract viewers and advertisers," writes Alex Weprin. For example, if a Bourdain live special, "Live Bite," premiering this Sunday, does well, it could become a series of its own.

Time Inc. will unveil a video-only mobile content channel by the end of December, according to company video senior vice president J.R. McCabe.

As many as 3.5% of NBCUniversal's ad-sales staffers have been laid off "after the company announced a radical restructuring of its efforts in that part of its business," according to an anonymous source cited by Brian Steinberg. While the department's senior staff are still at the company,"the layoffs came after the restructuring resulted in some overlap among personnel," suggested the source.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is laying off about 75 full-time and 200 part-time employees as it outsources its printing and packaging to the The Dallas Morning News printing plant in Plano, in a deal that will start in 2014 Q1, according to Nicholas Sakelaris. "The Plano plant already prints the regional editions of newspapers like The New York Timesand USA Today."

Textbook definition of playing hardball? The Chicago Cubs said the Tribune Co. has 30 days to approve its new, higher broadcast rights fees for the 2015 season, or the team will open up bidding from other outlets or perhaps start its own sports cable channel.

To compensate for lackluster ratings, new channel Fox Sports 1 has been offering make-good ad time on its broadcast Fox sibling in high-profile sports events, including the World Series, college football games and pre- and post-game NFL programs. "And if FS1 continues to under-deliver, some buyers suspect very early pre-game inventory on Super Bowl Sunday could be made available," writes Jeanine Poggi.

Yes, the New York Times will survive. With help from its digital paywall, the paper "will be in decent shape for the long run," writes Ryan Chittum in this analysis -- including several charts -- of the Times' digital and print revenue, as well as "its viability as a digital-only business, which it will be in ten years (possibly excepting the Sunday paper)."  

The shelter magazine Dwell unveiled an online store that sells goods directly to the public, "rather than acting as a link between buyer and seller, like most magazine publishers getting into e-commerce," writes Matthew Flamm. Featured products are home goods curated by editors.