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1:10 PM ET, May 18, 2010

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Clifford J. Levy / New York Times:
It's Open Season on Journalists Near Moscow  —  Journalists have been attacked in a region along the M-10 highway.  More Photos »  —  “Last spring, I called for the resignation of the city's leadership,” Mr. Beketov said in one of his final editorials.  “A few days later, my automobile was blown up.
Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
GQ's Men of the Year Issue on iPad: 365 Copies Sold  —  GQ, one of the first magazine titles to appear on the iPad, has sold 365 copies of its December 2009 Men of the Year issue, according to publisher Pete Hunsinger.  —  The issue was priced at $2.99 per download — $2 less than the newsstand price …
New York Times:
Cable Takes a Front-Row Seat at Upfront Week  —  FOR decades, the upfront week in mid-May — devoted to previewing the coming television season for advertisers — was reserved for the big broadcast networks.  Recently, however, the cable channels, emboldened by gains in ratings and advertising revenue …
Discussion: The Wire and Media Decoder
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Brooks Barnes / Media Decoder:
Judge Dismisses Suit Over Variety Review  —  The trade paper Variety has escaped from a legal tangle over a negative review for the independent film “Iron Cross.”  —  A Los Angeles Superior Court last week dismissed a lawsuit that charged Variety of illegally damaging the movie by luring …
Discussion: Gawker, Romenesko and LA Observed
Andrew Romano / Newsweek:
Tweet the Press  —  A NEWSWEEK reporter risks public embarrassment by attempting to profile controversial Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in 140-character bursts.  —  Cameron Wittig for Newsweek  —  Reaching Out?  Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann listens to a voter's concerns after a recent ‘jobs forum’ in her district
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk
Maureen Tkacik / CJR:
Look at Me!  —  A writer's search for journalism in the age of branding  —  When I was nineteen and chose to accept the creeping suspicion that I would turn out to be a writer and, by extension, chronically deficient of funds, I made the fiscally prudent decision to drop out of school.
Discussion: The Awl
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
“It's a totally new universe”: Digital media expert Mario Tedeschini-Lalli on the way forward for Italian media  —  While attending the International Journalism Festival in April, I met Mario Tedeschini-Lalli, one of Italy's premier new media thinkers.  Co-chair of the Online News Association's …
Discussion: George Brock
Kunur Patel / AdAge:
Will Growing Crop of TV Apps Engage Viewers, Advertisers?  —  ABC, MTV Already Are Making Mobile Part of Upfront Package, While Others Use It as Viewing Companion  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Gleeks have an app.  So do “Dancing with the Stars” addicts and “Beavis & Butthead” fans.
Discussion: MediaPost
Nick Bilton / Bits:
With a Kindle Hiring Spree, Amazon Gears Up for Battle With Apple  —  Since Apple announced its plans for the iPad, Amazon has shared few details about how it would respond to the competition for its Kindle.  But over the past few weeks, it has offered some more clues.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Why Bill Simmons isn't the cash cow you might think  —  Our own Jason Fry wrote a post worth reading on web economics at Deadspin, the Gawker Media sports site.  It's about Bill Simmons, the star columnist for ESPN.com and one of the bigger web-native journalism stars the Internet has produced.
Discussion: ESPN
Mike Reynolds / Multichannel News:
800-Pound Peacocks and Gorillas  —  Walking up to the Hilton on Avenue of the Americas, NBC had an armada of painted taxi cabs circling the hotel.  —  In tune with the network's “more colorful” pitch, each proudly displayed one of the shades of the Peacock's tail feathers …
Spencer Bailey / CJR:
Everyone's the Wine Expert  —  Wine critics and bloggers, professional and amateur, are mixed up in a social media web  —  In late 2003, just as wine blogging was starting up on the Internet, Eric Arnold, currently the editorial director of BottleNotes.com, had never written a word about wine.
Josef Adalian / New York Magazine:
The Glee Effect: How the Hit Show Reminded Fox Not to Be Boring Next Season  —  Fox didn't add another musical comedy to its 2010-11 schedule, but make no mistake: The success of Glee had a major impact on the network's new lineup.  After a couple of years in which it seemed hellbent on aping CBS (remember 'Til Death?
Media Week:
Magazine distributor MMC poised to fall into administration  —  LONDON - Magazine distributor the Magazine Marketing Company is expected to fall into administration within days, placing specialist publishers at risk of bankruptcy.  —  The Spectator is one of The Magazine Marketing Company's most high-profile contracts
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Rahm opened backchannel to Murdoch  —  Even as the White House waged war on Fox News last fall, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel kept a backchannel open to News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, telling him the White House “welcomed his ideas,” Jonathan Alter reports in his new book on Obama's first year.
Discussion: New York Observer
Liz Jones / Daily Mail:
To all 4,100 of you who answered my cry from the heart - thank you  —  I wrote last week in You magazine how I felt close to suicide.  The final straw had come at NatWest when Paula refused to let me withdraw £20 to get me through the next few days.  I begged.  I reminded her I'd been a customer since 1978.
Discussion: Guardian and Press Gazette
Bill Mitchell / Poynter Online:
200 Moments that Transformed Journalism  —  Funny thing about the transformation of media: there's often no way to tell, in the moment, whether any given development signals a passing fancy, a seed of destruction or a glimpse of tomorrow.  —  Thus were most of us puzzled, at the time …
Discussion: Strupp and Journalism.co.uk
Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
Mediagazer Leaderboard: A Ranking System That Isn't Insulting, That Actually Works  —  ​When Dan Abrams' media news site Mediaite debuted, they also unveiled a proprietary ranking system of media personalities they called the Power Grid.  It was met with a mixture of jeers and boos …
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Megan McCarthy / Mediagazer News:
Mediagazer Leaderboard brings you the top 100 media news sites
Discussion: Techmeme News and TNW Apps
 
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Robert Seidman / TVbytheNumbers:
Gleek Delight: “Glee” Gets Coveted Post-Super Bowl Time Slot
rbr.com:
Targeted web ads: a look at how they're regulated
Michael Cieply / Media Decoder:
Once P.R. Allies, Now Foes
Discussion: LA Observed
Guardian:
Tabloid tales: journalists' memoirs from kiss ‘n’ tell to quit ‘n’ tell
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
CBS Picks Up Sitcom ‘Bleep My Dad Says’
Discussion: From Inside the Box and Movieline
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Jonathan Alter vs. Michael Wolff: The Pissy Email War
Discussion: Newser and Newsweek
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
(Another) WaPo Digital Shakeup: Sheikholeslami Leaves; New CRO
Discussion: Poynter Online
Peter Lauria / The Daily Beast:
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Alexander Trowbridge / On Media's Blog:
Lehrer on journalism  —  Fresh off a book tour for his 20th novel …
Hunter Walk / The Huffington Post:
RIP Online Video; Long Live Video — 5 Predictions for the Next 5 Years
Discussion: YouTube Blog
Sean Blanda / eMedia Vitals:
The McDonalds of local news
Editor & Publisher:
EPpy Award Finalists for Best Media Web Sites Announced
Discussion: News On News and Romenesko
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Surprise: Traditional Blogging Platforms Still Reign Supreme
Discussion: PostRank Blog, The Toad Stool and Soup
Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
WaPo wades into HuffPo's unpaid content model