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3:30 AM ET, May 11, 2010

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
‘Rupert will do anything’  —  The acerbic Vanity Fair columnist and Murdoch biographer is not shy of making personal attacks on those in the business.  But he was left shaken by the consequences of rattling Rupert's cage  —  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be at the receiving end …
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Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
Michael Wolff's Rupert Murdoch/CityFile/Page Six Conspiracy Theory: Shut Down!  —  ​Earlier today, an interview with media critic Michael Wolff went up on The Guardian, in which Wolff essentially told an interviewer that News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has taken steps to exercise …
Hitsville:
The case against non-profit news sites  —  It's understandable that journalists shocked at the financial state of their industry would at some point think about a non-profit business model.  —  Behind the cynicism of most reporters lies a romantic streak, for one.
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
The Huffington Post:
CNN Ratings Rebound?  Network Saw Big Dayside, Primetime Success Last Week  —  A funny thing happened on cable news last week: CNN — yes, the beleaguered, ratings-starved, down the middle cable news network that just can't find an audience — scored major ratings victories over Fox News and MSNBC.
Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser and TVbytheNumbers
Richard Prince's Journal-isms:
Lena Horne Was a Friend to the Press  —  She Made Remarkable Revelations," Biographer Says  —  Profs Concerned About Court Nominee's Hiring Record  —  Information Shouldn't Become “Distraction,” Obama Warns  —  Denied Weekly Column, Massey CEO Sued the Paper  —  National Project Compares the Races' Well-Being
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Magazines' Pitch to Marketers: Our Ads Will Work — We Promise  —  Time Inc. Works With Starcom MediaVest to Guarantee Performance Results, or Run Make-Good Advertising  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Magazines have always promised their advertisers a certain number of paying readers.
Julia Ioffe / New Yorker:
ROULETTE RUSSIAN  —  The teen-ager behind Chatroulette.  —  The random encounters of Chatroulette buck a decade-long trend that has made the Internet feel progressively more ordered. … KEYWORDS … Andrey Ternovskiy, an eighteen-year-old high-school dropout from Moscow …
Dan Gillmor / Mediactive:
Why I'm Going to Publish the Mediactive Book with Lulu  —  Some members of the traditional publishing industry don't care for what I write, and some who do aren't thrilled with one of the ways I try to spread my ideas.  So when Mediactive appears between dead-tree covers a bit later this year …
Discussion: Joho the Blog
Anna Leach / Shiny Shiny:
Apple's no-nipples policy means fashion mags are censoring their iPad editions  —  Magazines planning to launch iPad editions for the Apple's glossy e-Reader device will have to censor themselves to make into Apple's No Porn app store, I heard yesterday.  —  And we're not just talking about Nuts …
Discussion: Gawker
JSOnline:
Instant replay: Alleged yo-yo champ dupes TV shows  —  Kenny Strasser, who either lives in Antigo or Neenah or maybe somewhere else, says he a yo-yo champion, loves talking to schoolchildren and wants to save the Earth.  —  He's been divorced twice, doesn't have any kids, and has personal issues with members of his family.
Discussion: Deadspin and Romenesko
Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
Huffington Post Gets Down to Business  —  The Huffington Post has enjoyed meteoric traffic growth since launching five years ago, and buzz to match.  Now it's time for the site's business side to catch up.  —  Industry veteran Greg Coleman, who became the site's chief revenue officer last September …
Ian Schafer / AdAge:
How Facebook's Geo-Networking Plans Will Change Everything  —  What a Check-in on Facebook Will Mean for Foursquare, Gowalla and Marketers  —  As reported by Ad Age, Facebook is preparing to launch functionality that allows people to instantly broadcast their present locations and whereabouts …
Andrea Pitzer / Nieman Storyboard:
International Journalism Festival in review: talking story in Italy (or, “Is social media really more dangerous than terrorists?")  —  Last month, I went to the International Journalism Festival in Italy for a panel on the future of story in the digital era.
Brian Steinberg / AdAge:
Viewer-Engagement Rankings Signal Change for TV Industry  —  So Many Viewing Options Make Determining Which Shows Drive Fans' Interest More Important  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Imagine a day when the top 10 TV shows include cult hits such as “Chuck,” “Better Off Ted” and “Heroes,” …
Discussion: NewTeeVee and Company Town
Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
T-Squared: The Six-Month Stats  —  Last week we celebrated our six-month birthday (it's not too late to send a card — or a gift).  It seems like only yesterday, blah, blah, cliché, blah — but, actually, it does seem like only yesterday that the Trib went live, even if doesn't feel like it (ow, my aching lack of sleep).
Discussion: Romenesko and Fitz & Jen
Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
CBS's Showtime Said to Test Putting Shows Online  —  CBS Corp.'s Showtime is developing an online video service for subscribers, according to a person with knowledge of the plans, joining rival cable channels that are seeking to reach customers away from TV sets.
Tracy Rosenberg / Media on HuffingtonPost.com:
Geeks Rule: Why Media Ownership Still Matters  —  On May 21st, the FCC traveling road show will come to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California for the third of three field workshops on media ownership.  Academics, pundits, and various other mucky-mucks will debate whether the explosive growth …
Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Forbes new tool tracks advertisers' corporate reputation  —  Get past advertising.  It's a commodity — and who wants to buy a commodity?  But a service — that's a different story.  —  That's how Bruce Rogers, chief brand officer for Forbes, says the magazine is thinking these days.
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
‘Beat the Internet’ Is AOL's Official New Mantra  —  The official theme of AOL, the fast-fading internet giant, is to “beat the internet,” CEO Tim Armstrong confirms in an internal memo.  And by “beat” he apparently means “pummel into a bloody whimpering mess.”
 
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Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Study: Vast Majority of Live TV Viewers Sit Through Commercials
Discussion: rbr.com and MediaPost
Sally Law / The Book Bench:
Mouthing Off  —  On August 3, 2009, Justin Halpern …
Discussion: Asylum
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Kinsley's ‘Editor at Large’ debuts on The Atlantic Wire
Michel Comte / Agence France Presse:
Journalists cannot protect sources: top court
Discussion: Editors Weblog and Guardian
Felix Salmon / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: A Market for Movies
Bloomberg:
Advertising Rebound Means CBS, News Corp. Weigh Dividends
Jason Fell / Folio:
SI Digital Edit Packages Fuel Revenue, Traffic Growth
Zeke Turner / New York Observer:
‘48 Hour Magazine’: A Successful Time-Trial for Magazines
Discussion: Digits, Romenesko and National Media
 Earlier Picks: 
David Kaplan / paidContent:
EW Scripps Classified Declines Slow; Online-Only Ad Revs Soar
Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:
Cable industry to talk convergence at confab
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
CNN: Is This China's Harvey Weinstein?
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
How a Young Kara Swisher Got Her Big Break at the Washington Post
mUmBRELLA:
Google changes mean brands need to increase focus on content
Peter Preston / Guardian:
Will Lewis fell into the gap between Euston and Victoria
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Media Notes: one editor's balancing act on the high wire of modern journalism
Discussion: Romenesko