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1:50 PM ET, June 1, 2010

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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
The Case Against Links  —  Links - are they a net negative for readers online?  That's the idea being deliberately explored by a number of publishers, says writer Nicholas Carr today.  —  The iconoclastic author says that he has grown sympathetic to the thinking of Steve Gillmor …
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Nick / Rough Type:
Experiments in delinkification  —  A few years back, my friend Steve Gillmor, the long-time technology writer and blogger, went on a crusade against the hyperlink.  He stopped putting links into his posts and other online writings.  I could never quite understand his motivation, and the whole effort struck me as quixotic and silly.
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
This isn't CNN's prime time  —  Campbell Brown's voluntary exit from the 8 p.m. slot illustrates the news network's struggles as it turns 30.  —  Campbell Brown says that she and her “colleagues here at CNN are still trying to do journalism.”  (CNN / April 22, 2008)  —  Reporting from New York —
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Lisa Horowitz / The Wrap:
Ted Turner's Little 24-Hour Cable News Network Turns 30 (video)
Wall Street Journal:
Publicis Aims for Digital Growth  —  After Buying Up Online-Ad Specialists, Publicis CEO Seeks to Make Them Grow  —  PARIS—Maurice Lévy has poured billions of dollars into making French ad company Publicis Groupe SA a leader in digital advertising.
Discussion: paidContent
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Stanford Graduates Release Pulse, A Must-Have News App For The iPad  —  Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta, two Stanford grads who signed up for the Launch Pad class at the University's Institute of Design (aka d.school), could have hardly chosen a better path to try their hands at startup life.
Hollywood Reporter:
Kim Masters joins The Hollywood Reporter  —  Veteran journalist named editor-at-large  —  Kim Masters has been named editor-at-large for The Hollywood Reporter.  The hire was unveiled today by Janice Min, editorial director of the 80-year-old brand, which is owned by e5 Global Media.
Kipp Report:
‘This could be very interesting’  —  With 36 million users, Guardian.co.uk is one of the giants of the Internet.  Mark Finney, the Guardian's head of client sales, tells us what Murdoch's paywalls could mean for it.  —  Mark Finney, head of client sales at UK publishing house Guardian News and Media …
Discussion: New York Times
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Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Yahoo signals major challenge to newspapers  —  Yahoo appears to be getting ready to produce local websites filled with original content that could compete with newspapers, posing a particular challenge to the hundreds of publishers who now sell advertising for the powerful portal.
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Parsing Panera: Could a name-your-own-price model work for news?  —  The former CEO of Panera Bread recently announced an intriguing experiment: The chain's store in Clayton, Missouri is doing away with prices.  The Clayton franchise, now run as a nonprofit restaurant and renamed the …
Discussion: Fitz & Jen
Elihai Vidal / Haaretz:
Is being media savvy and having a camera enough to be a journalist?  —  At the ‘Democracy and its Challenges’ conference sponsored by the French Embassy in cooperation with Haaretz, journalists express opinions on news in the age of the internet.  —  Having a laptop and cell phone …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Apple Pulls the Plug on Lala, Replaces It With...Nada  —  Remember a month ago?  When Apple announced that it would shutter Lala and everyone assumed that it was going to replace the streaming music service it bought in December with a streaming music service of its own?  —  Now Lala's gone.
Discussion: VentureBeat and hypebot
 
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P. J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
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Steve Busfield / Guardian:
Carla Bevan quits Marie Claire for AOL
Kegill / WiredPen:
What Does It Mean To Be “Critical”?  Wired Column On Facebook Privacy Questioned
Martin Ivens / Times of London:
Le Monde ready to trade ideals for survival
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
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Natalie Harrison / Apple:
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Stephanie Clifford / Media Decoder:
Dear Readers: Go Ahead and Shoot
Discussion: MinOnline
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Is Print Media Doomed Worldwide or Just In The US?
Leah McBride Mensching / Shaping the Future …:
Israeli bill would ban freesheets
James Robinson / Guardian:
Dylan Jones: 'News is oxygen and it's a very crowded atmosphere'
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
When politicians get caught, it's the media who catch the blame
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