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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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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
Here's What Fox Business Network Was Airing As The Goldman News Took Over The World
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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 …
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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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 …
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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.
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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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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
ON THE MEDIA: Don't close the door on The Entryway so fast — The blog by two young white journalists who have moved in with Latinos in a multi-family MacArthur Park apartment could yet yield good work. — We hear a fair amount about journalism's failure to cover local news, particularly in poor communities.
Billy Silverman / The Huffington Post:
Regulators Approve Movie Box Office Futures Market — LOS ANGELES — U.S. regulators on Friday approved the creation of a futures market for trading in forecast box-office receipts, but major Hollywood studios immediately trumpeted a bill that would ban it.
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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.
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Will Sturgeon / themediablog.typepad.com:
A “first class” performance by Cameron and ITV — Pundits, journalists and news reporters tried hard to talk in professional terms about David Cameron's poor showing in the UK's first ‘Leaders Debate’ but some critics were slightly less subtle. ITV be wishing it had read more carefully …
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David Cohen / WebNewser:
Main Street Connect Eyes Connecting with Entrepreneurs to Launch Hyper-Local News Sites — The Daily Norwalk, a hyper-local news site focused on Norwalk, Conn., that recently launched in beta, is the first example of what national community news company Main Street Connect is trying to accomplish.
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.
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 …