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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Larry King Is Losing the Ratings War to Fox and MSNBC — The biggest interview on television last week, with the Senate candidate Rand Paul, happened at 9 p.m. But regrettably for CNN's Larry King, who used to rule that time slot by wooing newsmakers, the interview was booked by his higher-rated competitor, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.
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Mark Miller / Newsweek:
Welcome to the New Newsweek.com — When we began the process of rethinking our Web site many months ago, we started by talking with you, or at least many of you, to learn how you use the Web, what you like and don't like about many of your favorite Web sites, and generally what you want in a news site.
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Judy Berman / Flavorwire:
Publishing's Not Dead: The Industry Responds to Garrison Keillor — Stop us if you've heard this “news” before: Publishing is dead. We know, we know. You've read variations on this theme in the mainstream media for decades. But now, Garrison Keillor is saying it! Which means the New York Times is listening.
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Slap for Apple — Adobe's Flash video software has become a flashpoint in negotiations between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Big Media. — On a day when Apple execs probably cheered the fact the company had surpassed Microsoft as the world's most valuable tech company, Jobs was grappling …
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Kohl Wants Hulu Divestiture as Part of Any Comcast/NBCU Deal — Chair of Senate Antitrust Subcommittee calls for raft of strong conditions — Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, is calling for a raft of strong conditions on any Comcast/NBCU deal …
Newsweek:
BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill — Photographers say BP and government officials are preventing them from documenting the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. — As BP makes its latest attempt to plug its gushing oil well, news photographers are complaining that their efforts …
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John Koblin / New York Observer:
Lynn Hirschberg's Response to M.I.A. Tweet: ‘Fairly Unethical’ and ‘Infuriating’ — This morning, M.I.A. tweeted out writer Lynn Hirschberg's phone number in response to a piece in this weekend's Times Magazine. The tweet seemed to suggest that M.I.A. wasn't much of a fan of the piece.
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter Online:
Bay Citizen Embraces 4 Emerging Trends Among News Startups — The Bay Citizen, a nonprofit news site that will cover spot news and enterprise stories in the San Francisco Bay Area's nine counties, launched today. — In preparing for its launch, The Bay Citizen has focused on four key elements …
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Matea Gold / Show Tracker:
Fox Business replaces ‘Happy Hour’ with new show hosted by former CNNer Gerri Willis — Fox Business Network confirmed Wednesday that the network is cancelling its afternoon show “Happy Hour” and replacing it with “The Willis Report,” a consumer-oriented program hosted by former CNN personal finance editor Gerri Willis.
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Claudine Beaumont / Telegraph:
BBC iPlayer coming to Apple iPad — An iPad-optimised version of BBC iPlayer will be available for the Apple device on Friday — Erik Huggers, director of future media and technology at the BBC, told the Evening Standard that an iPad-optimised version of the iPlayer catch-up TV service …
Joe Pompeo / The Wire:
Here's The Real Story Behind David Faber's New Show At CNBC — CNBC is about to shakeup its lunchtime programming. — Starting Monday, June 7, David Faber will host “Strategy Session” at 12 p.m., a new show we first reported on back in April, and that the network officially announced earlier this week.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
FT: Actually, We're Not Planning To Stop Printing — Yesterday, an executive from Financial Times parent Pearson (NYSE: PSO) told us the news publisher was preparing to start “sunsetting” its printed newspaper, in favour of solely digital distribution, within five years.
Jay Yarow / The Wire:
Wired's Top-Selling iPad App Sells 24,000 Copies* (AAPL) — Updated: Originally we estimated Wired app sales of just 2,500-3,000 based on our previous discussions with app developers. Wired has released sales numbers which are much higher. — After its first day on the market …
Los Angeles Times:
A dramatic makeover for the Hollywood Reporter — Hollywood Reporter taps Janice Min to transform it from a trade to a slick weekly. — Janice Min oversaw most of Us Weekly's huge growth in readership. (Chris Pizzello, Associated Press / July 20, 2009) — A dramatic Hollywood makeover
Ryan Chittum / CJR:
Bad Redesigns — News sites regress in a bid to declutter their home pages — What's going on with these redesigns? — There seems to be a movement afoot to declutter news websites' home pages. Problem is, it makes them harder to read and, thus, harder to navigate.
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