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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Can Gizmodo Win the iPhone Legal Battle? — As we move into the second week of the iPhone-left-in-the-bar saga, the plot is moving from a technology news story to a legal one — and entering a cul-de-sac of speculation. — As I reported today with my colleague Brian Stelter …
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Mary Duan / bizjournals:
Apple asked for ‘lost’ iPhone criminal probe
Apple asked for ‘lost’ iPhone criminal probe
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John Koblin / New York Observer:
At Greater New York Fete, Murdoch Tells Sulzberger to ‘Get a Life’ — It was a few minutes after 7 p.m. Monday night on Broadway and 36th Street, and Rupert Murdoch was addressing a crowd of a few hundred pinstripe-suited machers. “With tonight's launch of Greater New York …
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Bloomberg:
Comcast-NBC Deal Lets FCC Seek Web-TV Concessions — U.S. regulators may use their veto power over Comcast Corp.'s planned purchase of NBC Universal to demand concessions that help Web startups, analysts say. — The Federal Communications Commission extended its review of the deal this month …
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Editor and Publisher:
Honolulu Joining Ranks of One-Paper City As ‘Star-Bulletin’ Get Antitrust OK to Buy ‘Advertiser’ — CHICAGO Nobody will buy the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, whose owner was given U.S. Justice Department approval to buy its rival Honolulu Advertiser from Gannett Co.
Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
Hulu ‘abandons UK plans’ after broadcaster talks collapse — Hulu, the US video aggregator, has been forced to abandon plans to launch a UK version of its web TV service after talks with the major British broadcasters have collapsed, The Telegraph can reveal.
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
LAT to add paid links to stories, blogs — The Los Angeles Times will begin selling e-commerce links in selected stories and blog posts — but not in news stories or columns — as “both a reader service and a revenue opportunity for the company,” editor Russ Stanton announced to the newsroom in a memo this morning.
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GQ Magazine: GQ:
Cancel Publish: A Call For the End of Tumblr Book Deals — On April 6, the proprietor of the popular Tumblr blog Hipster Puppies—a repository for photos of dogs dressed in Ray Ban Wayfarers, fake mustaches and Keffiyehs—announced that he had secured a book deal.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Businessweek's Relaunch Pitch: We're A... Business Weekly — Bloomberg's new-look “Bloomberg Businessweek” tasked WPP's JWT with its global relaunch campaign. The knock-out idea: reminding folk that it's... a business weekly... This print ad is the opening gambit in a 12-week cross …
Alex Weprin / Broadcasting & Cable:
HBO Launches ‘True Blood’ Webisodes — Shortform clips will premiere on Yahoo! TV before becoming available to other sites, VOD — HBO is launching original webisodes (or “minisodes” as the network is calling them) set in the True Blood universe. The first of six original episodes will premiere Tuesday …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
FiOS to offer YouTube, Net radio — Media Manager lets subscribers stream music from PC to TV — NEW YORK — Telecom giant Verizon's FiOS TV service has signed new deals that, it says, make it the first TV provider to offer both YouTube and Internet radio on the TV screen.
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Conan O'Brien Will Appear on ‘60 Minutes’ on Sunday — Conan O'Brien will break his post-NBC silence Sunday night when he gives his first interview about his departure from “The Tonight Show” to CBS's “60 Minutes.” — In the deal he signed that settled his contract with NBC …
Jim Barnett / Nieman Journalism Lab:
What advocacy nonprofits can learn from The Christian Science Monitor — When the nonprofit Christian Science Monitor announced in October 2008 that it would convert its daily printed report to a weekly edition and move its breaking news online, some people wondered whether the venerable newspaper would survive.
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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
McGraw-Hill Education Has Small First Quarter Gain — Revenue at McGraw-Hill Education rose 1.5%, to $317.2 million, for the first quarter ended March 31 and the operating loss was cut by 19.3%, to $61.8 million. The increase was led by the higher education/professional/international group …
Jin Hyun-joo / The Korea Herald:
Samsung eyes Google TV — Samsung Electronics, the world's top TV maker, is considering developing “Google TVs” which run Google's Android operating system, its executive told The Korea Herald yesterday. — The move came as Samsung's rival, Sony, is reportedly working with Google and Intel …
Media Week:
The Sun to publish 3D issue — LONDON - The Sun is to publish a 3D edition with 3D colour ads and editorial, including Page 3, a week before the start of this year's World Cup. — The News International-owned red-top is to be the first national newspaper to run ads and editorial in this format.