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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 …
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Joe Flint / Company Town:
News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch's strategy to get people to pay …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
@ D8: Murdoch: 'What's An iPod Without Music?'
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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 …
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 …
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
David Amerland / Journalism.co.uk:
Paywalls protect news organisations' bottom lines not journalistic integrity or quality — Journalist and search engine optimisation (SEO) specialist David Amerland on why paywalls could be a threat to and not the saviour of quality journalism: — If we take the view …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama's FTC plan to reinvent America's news media — What's widely-known is that Americans are not buying newspapers anymore in droves. — What hasn't been widely-known, until now, is that a year ago the new Democrat administration of Barack Obama launched a major internal study intended …
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Will Richmond / VideoNuze:
Mobile Video Ad Network Transpera Raises $9 Million — Mobile video ad network Transpera is announcing this morning that it has raised a Series C round of $9 million, led by BlackBerry Partners Fund, with participation from existing investors Flybridge Capital Partners, First Round Capital, Intel Capital and Labrador Ventures.
Newsdesk / Tower Ticker:
Brandon Copple, Crain's managing editor, to leave for Groupon — UPDATED 6/2 — Brandon Copple, who has been managing editor of Crain's Chicago Business since 2005, is leaving for a similar role at Groupon.com, the fast-growing social networking site that offers users daily discounts to businesses in their area since November 2008.
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Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Facebook Sees Fourfold Jump in Number of Advertisers Since 2009 — Facebook Inc., owner of the world's largest social-networking site, said its advertisers have more than quadrupled since the start of 2009 as marketers aim to get their products before a growing global audience.
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