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8:20 PM ET, May 14, 2010

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Wall Street Journal:
New York Times to Begin Website Charges in January  —  The New York Times will begin charging for access to articles on its website in January, Bill Keller, executive editor of the newspaper, said at a dinner for the Foreign Press Association Thursday evening.
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Joe Strupp / Strupp:
Keller: Pay Model Will Affect Few Non-Subscribers  —  Executive Editor Bill Keller of The New York Times said most readers of the paper's website will likely never have to pay for access under the new pay model set to launch next January.  —  “Those who mainly come to the website via search engines …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Gizmodo Editor Brian Lam's Email To Steve Jobs Raises Question: Would Gizmodo Have Published IPhone Story If Apple Hadn't Spurned It?  —  After Gizmodo published its exclusive on the [stolen] iPhone 4.0, Steve Jobs called Gizmodo and asked for it back.  —  For a variety of reasons …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and The Wire
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Jim Goldman / CNBC:
Apple Was Behind iPhone Search Warrant  —  Apple the company, and not an individual employee, initiated the investigation into a missing iPhone prototype that found its way onto the Internet, according to the search warrant unsealed in this case earlier this morning.
Joe Eskenazi / The Snitch:   Media Dogpile For iPhonegate Warrant
Andrew Rice / New York Times:
Putting a Price on Words  —  Last year, Sam Apple got the idea into his head that what the world needed was a new kind of newspaper.  This was, to put it mildly, at odds with the consensus of the marketplace.  At the time, several large media companies were in bankruptcy …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Media Attacks On Facebook And Mark Zuckerberg Are Getting Out Of Hand  —  Friday is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 26th birthday.  My guess is he won't be enjoying it as much as he should, given that the top tech story of the day is a look at a private instant message exchange he supposedly had six or seven years ago at Harvard.
Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
The Washington Post Co. Adds State-Focused Blogs  —  The Washington Post company has rolled out a new network of blogs focused on state politics.  —  The new collection of sites, housed at Voices.washingtonpost.com/politics/ blog-network, was born out of a blog posting by Chris Cillizza, who pens The Washington Post's The Fix Blog.
Congressman Lamar Smith / Editor & Publisher:
Commentary: Why I Started a ‘Media Fairness Caucus’ in Congress  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. … Of the many complex issues our nation's founders debated, one subject they spent an immense amount of time discussing was freedom of the press.  A free, fair and vibrant press lies at the heart …
New York Post:
Newhouse cuts back  —  THE cost cutting seems to be picking up steam at S.I. Newhouse Jr. media empire Condé Nast.  —  Yesterday, the glitzy publisher of Vanity Fair, Vogue, Glamour and The New Yorker told its 3,000 employees that starting July 1 their pension plans would be frozen.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Oprah Opens Online Auditions, Voting For Her Next TV Star  —  When the Oprah Winfrey Network launches in January, we'll see whether her star power is enough to carry a whole network—and what it can do for one person in particular whose name we can't even imagine today.
Josh / Groundswell:
Lessons and Questions from New News Collaborations  —  On the last day of the Journalism Innovations conference a group of journalists gathered around a table at the University of San Francisco to talk about struggles and opportunities related to collaboration.
Discussion: DigiDave
Jason Fell / Folio:
Jet Publisher: ‘We Had to Completely Rethink’ Distribution Beyond Print  —  As print struggles, Johnson Publishing looks to online, mobile, e-readers.  —  As part of a bigger initiative to reposition Ebony and Jet beyond just their printed magazines, Johnson Publishing has launched MYJET247.com.
Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
NBC Bows ‘Fan It’ Viewer Rewards Program Online  —  As it looks to bounce back from another disappointing season, NBC is urging its viewers to become advocates of their favorite shows through a rewards-based program called Fan It.  —  Similar to Facebook's “Like” function …
Discussion: TechCrunch, The Wire and MediaFreak
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Gannett Folds Ripple6 Into Pointroll  —  As it continues its search to replace ex-digital head Chris Saridakis, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is trying to make the most of its two successful digital units by bringing them more closely together.  Under the new plan, rich media provider PointRoll will oversee social media marketing unit Ripple6.
Discussion: PointRoll and Gannett Blog
Michael Oneal / Chicago Tribune:
More roadblocks crop up as Tribune Co. tries to emerge from bankruptcy  —  Objections to Chapter 11 disclosure statement complicate company's efforts to win judge's approval  —  Objections to Tribune Co.'s Chapter 11 disclosure statement flooded into U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Thursday …
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Apple's Way  —  Why publishers should beware the App Store.  In a brilliant column published 16 years ago, the Italian philosopher Umberto Eco explained the difference between Apple and Microsoft in terms of the divide between Catholics and Protestants.  In the DOS-based universe, he noted …
Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Main Justice founder on the rise of niche news, when to turn down cash, and focusing on your focus  —  For aspiring political journalists, the Capitol Hill publication Roll Call has long been the place to cut your teeth covering Congress, make your mark, and then jump to a mainstream newspaper.
Rick Edmonds / The Biz Blog:
Civil Beat, TBD Model How To Start a News Operation From Scratch  —  This month and next we are getting an up-to-the-minute answer to what has become a familiar news industry question: If you were starting a news operation from scratch, what would it look like?
 
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