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Some Publishers Wary of Sales on iTunes — Newspaper and magazine companies rushed to prep their titles for the debut of Apple Inc.'s iPad last weekend. But while publishers hail how the tablet computer lets them showcase their wares, some are working to develop ways to sell their publications separately from Apple's iTunes.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Three iPad design choices that will influence how we read news online — So we don't have to guess about what news apps on the iPad will look like any more. With Saturday's debut of the device — which is, oh by the way, amazing — we now know how about a dozen major news organizations …
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Apple Sold More Than 300,000 iPads On Day 1; Users Downloaded 1 Million Apps, 250,000 E-Books — Forget the speculation about how the iPad performed out of the gate. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) just released its own numbers: 300,000-plus sold as of midnight Saturday, including pre-order deliveries and Apple retail sales.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Can CNN Be Saved? — Listening to Jon Stewart helped destroy CNN. Now imitating him might be the network's only hope of salvation. — It was October of 2004, the heat of the presidential campaign, when Stewart showed up on “Crossfire,” long CNN's flagship political program, and delivered a now-legendary tirade.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
How Americans are propagandized about Afghanistan — On February 12 of this year, U.S. forces entered a village in the Paktia Province in Afghanistan and, after surrounding a home where a celebration of a new birth was taking place, shot dead two male civilians (government officials) …
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Editor and Publisher:
AP Creates Regional Investigative Teams — CHICAGO The Associated Press is creating four regional investigative teams that will provide reporting and presentation resources for the cooperative's reporters around the nation, AP Senior Managing Editor Mike Oreskes announced in a memo to staffers Monday.
Bess Levin / Dealbreaker:
Housekeeping: A Note From Dealbreaker HR — You've probably already noticed that we have a new guest writer. Perhaps you've heard of him? Zach Kouwe, formerly of the NY Times, was last in the news in a little episode a little while back when it came to light that he borrowed passages …
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Martin Langeveld / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Is print still king? Has online made a move? Updating a controversial post — A year ago, in a Nieman Journalism Lab post that garnered 88 comments and still has viral life out there, I maintained that just three percent of newspaper content consumption happens online …
MICHAEL WOLFF / Newser:
The New News: I Can Say Anything You Can Say Shorter — Follow him on Twitter @MichaelWolffNYC — Let me say it again: News used to be a scarce commodity; but then the Internet turned it into a vast surplus, too great for anybody to consume in what still remains only 24 hours.
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David Carr / New York Times:
The Media Equation: Sarah Palin's Lucrative Career in Mainstream Media — When Sarah Palin made her debut as the host of “Real American Stories” on Fox News on Thursday night, she described several triumphs of regular people over insurmountable odds, but she missed an obvious one: her own.
Publishers Weekly:
Former ‘PW’ Publisher George Slowik Buys Magazine — Publishers Weekly has been acquired by PWxyz, LLC, a newly formed company headed by one-time PW publisher George Slowik. The acquisition includes the Web site publishersweekly.com and Publishers Weekly Show Daily.
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Bob Garfield / AdAge:
Garfield Says Adieu, AdReview — After 25 Years, Ad Age's Iconic Critic Is Hanging up His Stars, but Not Before Recalling His Hits and Misses — and Yes, Having the Last Word — Twenty-five years, baby. Twenty-five. That's 50 Spanish-American Wars, 25 MBA programs, 10 stints in the Syrian army …
Lucia Moses / Mediaweek:
Hearst Looks for Traffic Jam — With the launch of digital-only brands ReakBeauty.com and Delish.com behind it, Hearst has now begun to turn its attention to its magazines' Web brands. — On April 8, Popular Mechanics' Web site will relaunch with more video and interactive tools.
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
NBC Renews Seinfeld's ‘Marriage Ref’ — NBC got Jerry Seinfeld back onto television again this season—and the network definitely wants to keep him around. — Yes, it is more as a producer than a performer; but Mr. Seinfeld's new show “The Marriage Ref” has helped save NBC from a precarious situation …
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Mike Taylor / mediabistro.com:
How That David Remnick Profile in The New York Times Came About — What was the origin of the glowing profile of The New Yorker editor David Remnick that appeared in this morning's The New York Times? New Yorker public relations director Alexa Cassanos says she pitched the story to Times reporter Stephanie Clifford.
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Mark Fitzgerald / Editor and Publisher:
Washington Post Co. Stock Soars on Report It Could Double to $900 a Share — CHICAGO Just before noon Monday, shares of The Washington Post Co. were trading up 8.9% after Barron's this weekend said the stock was way undervalued and could double to $900. — “Washington Post …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Death of the White House Press Corps — Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World — Blogs and Stories — With a Twitter-savvy president and their own ailing media companies, Lloyd Grove finds the boys in the briefing room more depressed than ever.
Media Week:
NME gets major new redesign — LONDON - NME has had a major overhaul with a new design, logo and editorial content, as publisher IPC seeks to reverse the music weekly's declining circulation. … The changes are revealed in the IPC music weekly this week, which carries ten different covers …
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David S. Cohen / Variety:
Lucasfilm eyes animated ‘Star Wars’ TV comedy — ‘Daily Show’ scribe, ‘Robot Chicken’ duo behind series — Lucasfilm Animation is developing a new animated “Star Wars” TV comedy series. — Daytime Emmy and Gemini Award-winner Jennifer Hill ("The Backyardians") will produce with Todd Grimes ("Back at the Barnyard") directing.
rbr.com:
Oxygen scores Ikea integration for “Tori & Dean” — Oxygen Media has secured a fully integrated sponsorship deal with IKEA for the fifth season of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.” The deal, the first ever with the home furnishing retailer, targets Oxygen's social and influential Generation O audience …
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