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4:00 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)
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.
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
Andy P / WordPress.com News:
We All Like to Reblog  —  Have you ever come across a blog post that you enjoyed so much you wanted to easily share it with the readers of your own blog?  Sure, you can copy and paste the link and perhaps even a snippet of text with your own comments, but overall it's not a particularly enjoyable experience.
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.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Adobe reveals magazine iPad-izer software  —  Flash Player may be banned from the iPad, but that's not keeping Adobe Systems from other efforts to leave its mark on the Apple devices.  The latest development: new viewer software announced Monday that lets publishers create splashy digital versions of their magazines.
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 …
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.
Steve Busfield / Guardian:
Carla Bevan quits Marie Claire for AOL  —  The magazine's online editor is moving to become editor-in-chief of AOL's UK content sites  —  Marie Claire's online editor, Carla Bevan, is to join AOL as editor-in-chief of its UK content sites.  —  Bevan will run AOL's family of lifestyle sites such as Eleven …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Cable wars loom  —  It's shaping up to be a long, hot summer for local cable operators.  —  Both Time Warner Cable and Cablevision are facing the expiration of agreements to carry some of TV's most popular channels, setting the stage for another round of public battles in which viewers run …
Discussion: Company Town
Fred / A VC:
Ad Spend Trends  —  This chart is from a deck put together by Hal Varian, Google's Chief Economist  —  The thing that jumps out at you is the long and structural decline in newspaper ad revenue as a share of the total market.  And that's why Hal put this slide in his deck.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
 
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Broadcasting & Cable:
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MinOnline:
Steve DeLuca Named ‘Departures’ Publisher
Discussion: Mediaweek
P. J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
Not Dead Yet  —  Introducing the pre-obituary: a few choice words before you go.
Kegill / WiredPen:
What Does It Mean To Be “Critical”?  Wired Column On Facebook Privacy Questioned
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Apple Pulls the Plug on Lala, Replaces It With...Nada
Discussion: VentureBeat and hypebot
Martin Ivens / Times of London:
Le Monde ready to trade ideals for survival
Discussion: Editors Weblog and Guardian
Elihai Vidal / Haaretz:
Is being media savvy and having a camera enough to be a journalist?
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
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Discussion: MediaPost and paidContent
Natalie Harrison / Apple:
Apple Sells Two Million iPads in Less Than 60 Days
Kipp Report:
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Discussion: New York Times and BabyBarista
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