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3:45 AM ET, April 17, 2010

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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter Online:
Some Cheer, Jeer AP Change from ‘Web site’ to ‘website’  —  When the AP Stylebook announced via Twitter that it was changing the style for “Web site” to “website,” some users let out shouts of praise: “Finally!”  “Yes!!!”  “Yeeha!”  —  The reactions aren't surprising …
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Doug Fisher / Common Sense Journalism:
AP Style - it will be “website” and spell out state names
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Steve Jobs Says Apple Made a Mistake in Rejecting Pulitzer Winner's App  —  Apple's chief executive apparently believes that his company made a mistake when it rejected an iPhone app from a cartoonist who is now a Pulitzer prize winner.  —  An Apple spokeswoman did not comment Friday afternoon …
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Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
Cartoonist: Apple Backs Down After Denying iPhone App
Ryan Chittum / CJR:
Goldman Sachs Fraud Charges Are a Business-Press Win  —  The New York Times's Louise Story and Gretchen Morgenson score a major scoop this morning with news that the SEC is charging Goldman Sachs with fraud over its structuring of CDOs, saying “the bank created and sold a mortgage investment that was secretly devised to fail.”
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Gillian Reagan / The Wire:
Here's What Fox Business Network Was Airing As The Goldman News Took Over The World  —  When the huge Goldman Sachs story broke this morning, Fox Business Network was airing an interview with reality star Tila Tequila on how she turned her fame into a business.
David Kaplan / paidContent:
USA Today iPad App Will Go Subscription Model This Summer  —  USA Today's free, solely ad-supported iPad app will switch to subscription in July when the app's exclusive sponsorship deal with Courtyard by Marriott concludes, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) CEO Craig Dubow said during the company's Q1 earnings call.
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Mark Fitzgerald / Editor and Publisher:
More Evidence of Newspaper Turnaround: Gannett Doubles Q1 Profit …
Discussion: Fitz & Jen and Jon Slattery
Ben Domenech / Media on HuffingtonPost.com:
The White House, Elena Kagan, and Me  —  It's an odd thing to get attacked by the White House for a blog post, and odder still when the attack is for something mentioned in passing, and intended to highlight a political positive about a potential Supreme Court nominee.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
White House complains about CBS News blog post saying that possible Supreme Court nominee is gay  —  The White House ripped CBS News on Thursday for publishing an online column by a blogger who made assertions about the sexual orientation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, widely viewed as a leading candidate for the Supreme Court.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
First Look: FT's iPad App Is Just Around The Corner  —  We got a sneak peak at the Financial Times' forthcoming iPad app during a digital briefing by parent Pearson (NYSE: PSO).  It looks, well, a lot like you'd expect...  I spent 10 minutes playing with the app, some content for which FT.com managing …
Discussion: The Wire
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Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg:   Financial Times Online Chief Sees Drawbacks From Google News
Phoebe Connelly / American Prospect:
The Library of Congress Is Now Following You on Twitter  —  TAP talks with the Library about why they're archiving tweets, if you can opt out, and who gets to be the Twitter Librarian. … That's a very impressive-sounding title.  —  Well, the name is horrible.  It's shortened to NDIIPP.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Tynt Gets $8 Million For Ctrl-C Action  —  Tynt, a relatively straightforward product that gives web publishers control over copying/pasting activity on their website, just closed a $8 million second round of financing.  The round was led by Panorama Capital, and partner Chris Albinson joined Tynt's board of directors.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Steve Myers / Poynter Online:
Brady: New D.C. Site to Rely on 3 Things for Delivering News on Every Block  —  People who visit Allbritton Communications' still-unnamed metro D.C. news site when it launches in June will see elements that have been employed elsewhere — aggregation, geocoding, community engagement — but not quite in this formula.
Richard Deitsch / Sports Illustrated:
Media Power Rankings for March … 1. John Smoltz, Turner and MLB Network: Of all who signed with baseball broadcasting entities this offseason, from Aaron Boone to Nomar Garciaparra to J.P. Ricciardi, Smoltz has the best chance for long term stardom.  The future Hall of Fame pitcher was pursued by ESPN …
Discussion: Romenesko and mediabistro.com
Steve Busfield / Guardian:
Grim month for all quality dailies  —  The Times, which a year ago was still selling more than 600,000 copies, is now hovering just over the half-million mark  —  A grim month for quality daily newspapers saw large across-the-board year-on-year circulation falls in March, although the comparisons with February were less dramatic.
 
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