Mediagazer: Did We Just Learn Disney's Selling ABC Through Ex-Employee's Arrest? (Daniel Indiviglio/The Atlantic Online)

11:10 PM ET, May 26, 2010

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Chris Anderson / Wired:

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Mark Fitzgerald / Editor & Publisher:

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Joe Pompeo / The Wire:
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:

Did We Just Learn Disney's Selling ABC Through Ex-Employee's Arrest? — Who knew federal prosecutors were so good at breaking news? A former Disney administrative assistant and her friend have been arrested for attempting to sell non-public information to investors — but that may not be the big news.

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Disney Said to Be In ‘Advanced Talks’ To Sell ABC

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Joe Pompeo / The Wire:

Richard Beckman' First Big Move At e5 Global Media: Putting Janice Min In Charge Of The Hollywood Reporter — Ever since Nielsen sold a bunch of publications—including Adweek, Mediaweek, Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter—to e5 Global Media back in December, media watchers have been wondering about the company's plans.

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The Huffington Post:
Janice Min Named Hollywood Reporter Editorial Director

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Stephen Foley / The Independent:

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Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:

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Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:

Atlantic Media Halts Work on Business Website — Atlantic Media's plan to start a business-news website has encountered another setback. The launch has been postponed indefinitely, and the editor heading up the project is leaving the company. — “Yes, it's on hold for now but we are still committed …

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Adriano Farano / Owni:

Burt Herman:|| “We should apply technology lessons to journalism” — Hacks/Hackers' founder speaks to OWNI about his brainchild, a group that tries to connect journalists and technologists. He talks about the genesis of the initiative during a Knight journalism Fellowship year.

Michael Roberts / The Latest Word:

Yahoo! to open major Denver office as part of Associated Content acquisition — Lately, major businesses like Frontier Airlines and Qwest have made news for decreasing their presence in Denver, not expanding it. — But Yahoo!'s acquisition of Associated Content last week brings more positive tidings.

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John Koblin / New York Observer:

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David Kaplan / paidContent:

Armed With Consumer Research, HuffPo Revenue Plan Moves To Phase II — Huffington Post President and Chief Revenue Officer Greg Coleman says that he's on target to reach his goal of doubling the news aggregator's ad sales this year thanks to two things that hadn't existed at the company before he arrived.

Yahoo! News:

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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:

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Reuters:

Redstone says CBS, Viacom not for sale — CBS Corp (CBS.N) Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone spelled out again that he has no interest in selling the network or its sister company, Viacom Inc (VIAb.N). — “I will never, N-E-V-E-R, sell Viacom or CBS,” Redstone said in response …

Nieman Foundation News:

Nieman Foundation announces Nieman Fellows in Class of 2011 — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected 25 journalists from the United States and abroad to join the 73rd class of Nieman Fellows. The group includes journalists who work in print, radio …

Lauren Kapp / nbcuniversal.presscentre.com:

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