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7:20 PM ET, May 20, 2010

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Salahuddin Choudhary / The Official Google Blog:
Announcing Google TV: TV meets web.  Web meets TV.  —  If there's one entertainment device that people know and love, it's the television.  In fact, 4 billion people across the world watch TV and the average American spends five hours per day in front of one*.
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Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Google Unwraps Its Long-Awaited TV Platform; Plans To Ship In Fall  —  With the introduction of Google TV, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is now the latest company to try to bridge the gap between the web and the TV.  The key feature of the long-expected platform, which the company is unveiling right now at Google I/O …
Dan Gillmor / Mediactive:
Microchanneling: One Big Implication of Google TV
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Google TV turns on at I/O: runs Android and Flash, partnered …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
As CNN Considers Prime-Time Changes, Spitzer's Name Is Mentioned  —  As CNN scrambles to replace Campbell Brown on its wounded prime-time lineup, the most intriguing name purportedly on the channel's list is that of Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former governor of New York.
Discussion: TVNewser and Inside Cable News
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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Will Eliot Spitzer land at CNN or host for another news outlet?  —  Eliot Spitzer likes being on television.  —  The former New York governor often rises early to banter on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” talk show.  On Monday, he taped an interview with Julie Menin, a community board activist for her show …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Guardian Looking For Money In API, New Readers Club  —  It may be sceptical that readers would pay to read its news site - but Guardian News & Media is today taking the wraps off two alternative new commercial models...  Readers Club  —  We've known for nine months that an equivalent …
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Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
Guardian announces commercial launch of Open Platform  —  The Guardian today introduced the second phase of its Open Platform initiative, expanding the content-sharing service to commercial partners.  —  A comprehensive set of developer tools and resources, the commercial launch …
Discussion: GigaOM, Editors Weblog and Media News
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter Online:
Ben Franklin Project's ‘Digital First, Print Last’ Approach Produces First Products  —  In April, Journal Register CEO John Paton presented the newspapers in the company with a challenge: create a Web and print product in 30 days using only free tools, and seek help from the community to do it.
Discussion: The Ben Franklin Project and INMA
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Fox News targets Latinos with new website  —  (Reuters) - Fox News plans to launch this fall a website aimed at a Latino audience as it seeks to build its coverage and links with one of the fastest-growing U.S. communities.  —  Fox News, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp …
Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:
Will Mort Zuckerman Move the New York Daily News Downtown?  —  The employees of Conde Nast, the glossy magazine publisher, may not be relishing the prospect of a corporate move to downtown Manhattan, but at least they should have some company down there.  Mort Zuckerman, the owner …
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Freelance Journalism Site True/Slant In M&A Talks  —  More M&A may be on the way in the freelance content space, although on a much more modest scale than yesterday's Yahoo-Associated Content deal.  True/Slant, a freelance news startup that encourages “entrepreneurial journalism,” …
Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:
Wiki journalism: the experiences of WikiCity Guides  —  I asked Pat Lazure, co-founder of the wiki journalism project WikiCity Guides, to tell me more about his experiences with the project.  This is what he said:  —  Key Factors Driving Citizen Journalism
Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
How local TV could go the way of newspapers  —  This is the first of two posts adapted from testimony I am scheduled to present at a Media Ownership Workshop being conducted Friday by the Federal Communications Commission at Stanford University.  —  The tipping point is not yet at hand …
Discussion: Romenesko
Jim / Gannett Blog:
Urgent: Gannett is launching new start-up focused on small, midsize firms; Robertson named its chief  —  Confirming months of speculation, Gannett disclosed this morning that it is establishing a new business unit that will offer marketing advice to small and midsize companies.
the nytpicker:
Ignore The Rumblings.  He Lied About Serving In Vietnam.  The Blumenthal Scoop Stands.  The NYT Got This One Right.  —  We got several emails throughout the day and night yesterday from readers who wanted us to weigh in on the latest developments with the NYT's blockbuster scoop on Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal.
Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Web vets bet online video is ready for a TV takeover  —  Jason Calacanis is a betting man.  —  The poker enthusiast gambled that blogging would break out when he founded Weblogs Inc. in 2003.  He was right on the money and cashed out in a sale to AOL for $25 million.
Simon Dumenco / AdAge:
Greyson Chance, 12-year-old YouTube and Twitter Superstar: How He Really Happened  —  Dumenco's Trendrr Chart of the Week  —  First, take a look at the Trendrr chart above.  Note that Greyson — Greyson Michael Chance, a 12-year-old Oklahoma boy whose parents blessed him with an awesomely Twitter-ready …
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Facebook's privacy crisis must thrill Hollywood  —  Recent changes to Facebook's privacy controls, as well as a litany of new products that share more user and demographic information with third-party partners, are ticking off a lot of users.  —  Weblogs and Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis …
 
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
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Reporters Without Borders:
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Discussion: Guardian
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New York Observer:
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Jon Slattery:
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Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
MSNBC.com, BermanBraun in Talks for New Political Site
Discussion: paidContent
Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Rebecca Campbell Named President of ABC Owned Stations
Discussion: TVWeek.com and Variety
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Tribune deal has TV reporters donning L.L. Bean jackets
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
John Koblin / New York Observer:
Explained: Why Jill Abramson is Getting a New Job
Paige Albiniak / Broadcasting & Cable:
Fox to Test Kilborn in Seven Markets This Summer
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
CNBC Launching Movie Night
 

 
From Techmeme:

Bloomberg:
Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan's phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a new free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions and chat via text, voice, or camera, as well as use conversational Gemini Live

Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted
 
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