Mediagazer: Rush To Buyout: ‘NY Daily News’ Gossip Columnist May Exit (David Goetzl/MediaPost)

7:00 PM ET, May 22, 2010

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FTC Closes its Investigation of Google AdMob Deal — After Thorough Review, Agency Finds Transaction Not Likely to Harm Competition — The Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation of Google's proposed acquisition of mobile advertising network company AdMob after thoroughly reviewing …

Discussion: New York Times, VentureBeat, Tech Daily Dose, Silicon Alley Insider, The Life and Times of AdMob and Wall Street Journal

Tricia Duryee / paidContent:

FTC Approval Paves Way For Microsoft To Make A Move In Mobile Advertising — There's one thing for sure now: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) won't have a chance to buy the largest mobile advertising network now that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has received approval to go-ahead with its $750 million acquisition of AdMob.

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David Goetzl / MediaPost:

Rush To Buyout: ‘NY Daily News’ Gossip Columnist May Exit — “Page Six” may have less competition before Memorial Day. George Rush, the long-time gossip columnist at the New York Daily News and half of the “Rush & Molloy” team, has applied to take a buyout from the paper, a source said.

New York Times:

Tragedy in Detroit, With Reality TV Crew in Tow — DETROIT — The house where Aiyana Stanley-Jones lived on the East Side here is quiet now, a makeshift memorial of teddy bears and balloons on the porch where the police lobbed a stun grenade through the front window last Sunday.

Discussion: Movieline

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: L.A. City Hall reporters howl after access to City Council is limited — Restrictions had been imposed after complaints about noise and distractions. Media contend that access restricted often means access denied. — At L.A. City Hall, one of the challenges for journalists …

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

Crystal Retiring From ‘NewsHour’ — President of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions to retire Aug. 31 — Les Crystal, president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, will retire effective Aug. 31, but will remain a senior advisor to the company through the end of this year.

Discussion: TVWeek.com and TVNewser

MobileActive.org:

Mobile Done Right? How National Public Radio Embraces the Mobile Web and Apps … Branching out into the mobile space can have big rewards for media organizations that take the time to do it right. However, recognizing the right moments, investing in the right technology, and marketing to the right audience are tough to do.

Nat Ives / AdAge:

TV Guide Magazine Teams With Its Former Website and Network — Separately Owned TVGuide.com Will Once Again Host the Magazine's Content — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — TV Guide magazine has struck a deal with the TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com, properties that have operated under …

Discussion: TeleRead, MediaPost and paidContent

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:

Newsweek Has 6 Employees In “Dining Services” — Rafat Ali at paidContent scored a copy of Allen & Co's preliminary marketing book for Newsweek. The book provided some helpful financial detail. — As expected, Newsweek is losing a boatload of money—$56 million last year. — Why?

Discussion: paidContent

Edmund Lee / AdAge:

Yahoo Aims to Double Original Content in Ambitious Publishing Strategy — Plan Includes Snapping up Journalists, Buying Associated Content — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Despite Yahoo's well-publicized strategy to corner a broad array of online businesses from advertising to search to content …

Jason Fell / Folio:

Source Interlink Launches Magazine with Emphasis on Newsstand, Not Advertising — ‘Bound by ink’ to chronicle the impact of art on tattoo culture. — When a pair of longtime Source Interlink Media executives began talking 10 months ago about launching a magazine, they wanted …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Erin McPike / National Journal Online:

Away From Prime Time, CNN Thrives — CNN STICKS TO ITS GUNS ON NEWS WITHOUT OPINION, EXCEPT ON THE HLN CHANNEL. — Smack in the middle of the worst economic decline since the Great Depression, when businesses everywhere are hemorrhaging money and news organizations are suffering through …

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