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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.
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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Steve Safran / Lost Remote:
Newsweek.com relaunches with “River of News” — Newsweek.com's latest iteration is following the newest trend of presenting information as a “river of news,” rather than a flood of unnavigable links. There is still a lead story presented at the top in a (too) big picture.
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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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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 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.
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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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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 …
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.
Bloomberg:
Yahoo, Facebook, EBay Urge End to Viacom YouTube Suit — Yahoo! Inc., IAC/InterActiveCorp, EBay Inc. and Facebook Inc. urged a judge to dismiss Viacom Inc.'s copyright-infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.'s YouTube video-sharing website. — The four Internet companies filed friend …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Mail Online breaks 40m monthly unique users and keeps daily lead — Guardian.co.uk remains in second place, with 1.8m average daily browsers to Mail's 2.3m, with Telegraph.co.uk in third — Mail Online remained the most visited UK newspaper website in April, according to the latest figures …
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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Marni Cordell / newmatilda.com:
Curtains For Newmatilda.com — It's with heavy hearts that we announce the end of newmatilda.com: the site will cease publishing on Friday, 25 June. — What's brought us to this? The short answer is: we've run out of money. — It probably won't surprise you to learn that newmatilda.com has never operated on a profit.
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
Washington Examiner:
Former Gawker editor comes to D.C., disses Denton — She has worked for one of New York's most controversial media figures, but is airing out her opinion about it in D.C. — Former Gawker.com editor Emily Gould told Yeas and Nays that she doesn't miss the gossip scene or her old boss, Nick Denton, former owner of Wonkette.
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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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Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Launching a site? Five tips to get you off on the right foot
Launching a site? Five tips to get you off on the right foot
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