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5:35 PM ET, June 2, 2010

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Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Steve Jobs: If your app does not fit, you must resubmit  —  Last night, Apple CEO Steve Jobs spoke at All Things Digital's D8 conference, where among other topics he discussed the touchy matter of apps being rejected from the iTunes store for political content.
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Steve Jobs on Letting Gizmodo's Leak Slide: 'I'd Rather Quit'  —  Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave a ringing defense of journalism, while explaining that he couldn't let Gizmodo's leak of the company's new iPhone go, in a rare interview on Tuesday.  —  “I'd rather quit,” he said he told colleagues …
Peter Kafka / D8 Conference:
Steve Jobs: I Can Help Save the Media Business, If It'll Wise Up and Cut Its Prices  —  Here's the pitch Steve Jobs is making to media companies: Cut your prices, and I'll help you move a lot of product.  —  Speaking at the D8 conference, the Apple CEO said he wants to help save journalism because …
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
@ D8: Jobs: 'We Didn't Start Out To Have A War With Adobe'
Discussion: TechCrunch
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Newsmax Media bidding to buy Newsweek  —  It's been almost a month since the Washington Post Co. put Newsweek on the market, and by 5 p.m. today the initial bids are due.  Despite skepticism over whether there will be bidders, Yahoo! News can confirm there's at least one: Newsmax Media.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Handicapping the Newsweek mag sweepstakes  —  The field looks fairly light as the deadline for first-round “letters of interest” comes due today for Newsweek.  —  The weekly magazine lost $28.3 million last year, but cut red ink down to $2.3 million in the first quarter …
Discussion: TheWrap.com and Romenesko
Lee Siegel / New York Observer:   News-bleak! Or Is It? Grahams Succumb to Panic
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Exclusive: Google Buys Invite Media  —  Google has indeed bought ad technology start-up Invite Media, I've confirmed with multiple sources.  —  As I wrote last month, Invite is a three-year-old “demand-side platform” designed to help buyers navigate high-volume display-advertising exchanges-like the one Google launched last year.
John Koblin / New York Observer:
David ‘Mr. Paywall’ Remnick Defends His Turf  —  If you're an editor these days, grab a soapbox and talk about a paywall.  —  Last month, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger hit New York and went on Charlie Rose to talk about what a tragedy it would be for editors to charge readers for content.
Discussion: mediabistro.com and The Awl
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Scannell Takes Over at BBC America  —  The former Nickelodeon president Herb Scannell is taking over U.S. operations for the British Broadcasting Corporation.  —  Currently the chief executive of the digital media studio Next New Networks, Mr. Scannell has been appointed the president …
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
AP Stylebook Adds 42 New Guidelines for Social Media  —  The AP Stylebook has released its new social media guidelines, including the official change from “Web site” to “website” (a move first reported back in April) and 41 other definitions, use cases and rules that journalists should follow.
Claire Atkinson / Washington Post:
NBC boss eyes $30M+ exit deal from Comcast  —  General Electric has finalized details of Jeff Zucker's exit deal from NBC Universal, according to sources familiar with the situation.  —  Zucker will leave “a couple of months” after Comcast Corp. closes its agreement to acquire a 51 percent stake …
John Koblin / New York Observer:
More on M.I.A., The Times and Truffle-Gate  —  It's been nearly a week since Lynn Hirschberg's M.I.A. profile was posted to The Times' Web site, and the Truffle Kerfuffle continues.  —  Over Memorial Day Weekend, M.I.A. posted two audio recordings from her interview with The Times that she—eep!—secretly taped.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
iPad News Figs: UK's Times Sold 5,000, FT Shifted 130,000, WSJ 10,000 Subs  —  The Times' iPad edition, which went on sale along with the tablet's UK debut Friday morning, sold 5,000 copies in three days, News Corp.'s CEO Rupert Murdoch told AllThingsD's D8 conference Tuesday …
Gina Chen / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Step aside, brand loyalty; we're loyal to information now  —  The Pew Research Center released an interesting study last week that offers some sobering — if unsurprising — insights for the news business.  —  Researchers examined top news stories in the mainstream press as well as what news got traction on blogs, Twitter and YouTube.
Discussion: AdPulp
Peter Kafka / D8 Conference:
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Live at D8: There's a Reason We're Not Called National Public Radio Anymore  —  Radio was supposed to be gone by now-wiped out by iPods, on-demand streaming and an endless buffet of personalization options.  But the digital wave doesn't always break the way people predict …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Big Lead, Blog That Found Sports News and Gossip Sells, Is Bought  —  The Big Lead, an independent blog that Jason McIntyre began as a hobby, is fixated on sports media, news and gossip.  Along the way, it has built a devoted, if not huge, social media following.
Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:
Single Magazine Seeks Well-Heeled Partners  —  The courtship was smooth.  Glamour magazine approached dating site Match.com and within weeks they were readying the launch of Glamour Matchmaker, a dating service featuring men selected by the magazine's staff from the sea of singles on Match.com.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Sonic Solutions To Acquire DivX In $323 Million Deal  —  Sonic Solutions and DivX, both listed on Nasdaq, this morning announced that they are to become one.  Under the terms of the agreement, Sonic would acquire all the outstanding shares of DivX and merge DivX operations into those of Sonic.
Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:
ABC's Potential Online Subscription Service — Who Wins and Who Loses  —  ABC may be considering rolling out an online subscription service soon, based on a consumer survey that was unearthed by Engadget.  The survey, which details the possible terms of the subscription service …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair:
Something About Sally  —  Sally Quinn hit the nation's capital in 1969, becoming one of The Washington Post's most glamorous stars; sweeping Ben Bradlee, its legendary (and married) editor, off his feet; conquering Georgetown society—and making serious enemies along the way.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Pittman Invests In Another Newsletter: GeekChicDaily  —  Robert Pittman is investing an undisclosed amount in pop culture e-mail newsletter and blog GeekChicDaily, Pittman already has a track record with newsletter investments, scoring when DailyCandy sold to Comast last year for a $120 million.
Discussion: TechCrunch and VentureBeat
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Donny Deutsch Is Back On MSNBC (For Real This Time) - Tomorrow And More  —  After more than six weeks off the air, Donny Deutsch will return to MSNBC tomorrow as co-host of Morning Joe.  —  But that's not all - look for Deutsch on MSNBC a lot more in the near future.
Discussion: The Wire and TVNewser
Jon Slattery:
Times editor quits NUJ after job cuts complaint  —  James Harding, editor of The Times, has resigned from the NUJ after being subject to a union complaint over the way job cuts were handled at the paper, the union revealed today.  —  The NUJ said Harding, who had been a member of the NUJ for 16 years …
Discussion: Guardian and Press Gazette
Mike Reynolds / Multichannel:
Bravo Media Boosts Berwick To President  —  Executive Rewarded For Net's Rise In Ratings, Original Productions, Improved Financials  —  NBC Universal has promoted Frances Berwick to president of Bravo Media.  —  Bravo has seen its ratings and original programming output climb significantly under Berwick's watch.
Peter Kirwan / Media Money:
Best case scenario: editors to start hiring by Christmas  —  If anything stops the cuts, and prompts new hiring, it's going to be advertising (not slowly declining circulation revenues).  Or as Peter Williams, the finance director at DMGT, put it last week: “Advertising is probably the thing …
 
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Will Richmond / VideoNuze:
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Michele McLellan / Knight Digital Media Center …:
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Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
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Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:
Why Magazine Editors Should Stick to Editing
Chad Catacchio / The Next Web:
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
@ D8: Murdoch: 'What's An iPod Without Music?'
Discussion: Poynter Online
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Liz Shannon Miller / NewTeeVee:
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Ben Widdicombe / Gawker:
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
That Pesky DVR Is Now Killing Off Bigger Pieces Of The TV Industry
Jon Friedman / MarketWatch:
Brian Williams: a Cronkite for the 21st century
Ivanoransky / Embargo Watch:
So what does it take to get an embargo lifted early?
Joe Pompeo / The Wire:
Lady Gaga Will Be On Larry King's ‘Tone Deaf’ Show Tonight
Discussion: Media Decoder, The Awl and The Wrap
Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
MinnPost's Joel Kramer on the pull between big audience and big impact
Discussion: PJNet
C.W. Anderson / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Aggregators, curators, and indexers: There's a difference, and it matters
Discussion: WebNewser and The Atlantic Online