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1:00 AM ET, June 14, 2010

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Eric Pfanner / New York Times:

Other Countries' Newspapers Are Faring Better Than U.S. Counterparts — PARIS — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is looking for ways to “support the reinvention of journalism.” Possible measures to help the troubled U.S. news business, outlined in a paper published last month and scheduled …

Robert G. Picard / The Media Business:

Getting It Wrong: The FTC and Policies for the Future of Journalism — Following hearings on the state of newspapers this past year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission staff has now prepared a discussion paper of potential policy recommendations to support the reinvention of journalism.

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David Carr / New York Times:

The Media Equation: BP's Managing of Information on Gulf Oil Spill — The three journalists crept along in a boat captained by James Ledet in a bayou near Golden Meadow, La., one early afternoon. We were all looking for the same thing as we traversed narrow stretches of water framed by swamp grass …

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

Once Just a Site With Funny Cat Pictures, and Now a Web Empire — SEATTLE — Three years ago Ben Huh visited a blog devoted to silly cat pictures — and saw vast potential. — Mr. Huh, a 32-year-old entrepreneur, first became aware of I Can Has Cheezburger, which pairs photos of cats with quirky captions …

Discussion: BigDoor Media

Darren Murph / Engadget:

ESPN bypasses corporate red tape with iPad and Xbox 360, wannabe innovators should take note — So, there's two ways to look at this. One would be to gawk at the fact that ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports broadcasting, is using iPads and Xbox 360 consoles — common devices …

Lucia Moses / Mediaweek:

Despite Recession, Teen Vogue ‘Haute’ to Trot — Despite questions about the strength of consumer spending, Teen Vogue is going into the retail business. — The Condé Nast title is signing a one-year lease at the Westchester Mall to operate the Teen Vogue Haute Spot, building on its pop-up store by the same name.

Deadspin:

Abby Sunderland Sails Into A Media S**tstorm — Sixteen-year-old sailor Abby Sunderland may not have circumnavigated the globe, but headlines of her ordeal certainly did. She's only the latest teenager to push herself to the limit while barely pushing puberty.

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parislemon:

Why This Is News — A few people have pinged me about the comments in the latest Calacanis/Facebook story (part III from last night). Basically, there are a lot of comments amounting to “Why Is This News?” Certainly there's an argument to be made there — at first the story was about just how hard it was to quit Facebook.

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Clark Hoyt / New York Times:

A Final Report From Internal Affairs — THIS is my last column as public editor of The Times. — For the past three years, my assignment has been to try to help this newspaper live up to its own high journalistic standards as it covered a historic presidential election, two wars …

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

Bloomberg:

Cablevision Systems Agrees to Buy Bresnan for $1.36 Billion — Cablevision Systems Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. cable operator, agreed to buy Bresnan Communications Co. for $1.36 billion, people close to the negotiations said. — Cablevision competed against bids from TPG Capital …

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Takashi Kitazume / search.japantimes.co.jp:

Shift to charging for online news inevitable, Dow Jones chief says — Newspapers around the world will soon have no choice but to start charging for Web content, according to Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton, who called it “madness” to give away “expensive and valuable journalism for nothing.”

Nick Bilton / Bits:

The Defense of Computers, the Internet and Our Brains — If you're reading this blog post on a computer, mobile phone or e-reader please stop what you're doing immediately. You could be making yourself stupid. And whatever you do, don't click on the links in this article.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Rough Type and GigaOM