Mediagazer: Trio of bidders close in on Le Monde (Josh Halliday/Guardian)

5:05 AM ET, June 23, 2010

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Megan Carpentier / TPM LiveWire:

How Rolling Stone Won The News Cycle And Lost The Story — In a multi-platform, multimedia environment, it's difficult for a magazine to break the kind of news that will lead every cable broadcast, every newspaper and every website for hours on end. But that's what the Rolling Stone profile …

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Michael Hastings / Rolling Stone:

The Runaway General — Stanley McChrystal, Obama's top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House — 'How'd I get screwed into going to this dinner?" demands Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

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Greg Marx / CJR:
The Day's Big Story, Hours before It Was Published

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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
McChrystal scoop goes viral before Rolling Stone publishes

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Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Civilian press aide resigns amid flap over McChrystal's ‘Rolling Stone’ profile

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Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

Conde Nast to Revive Shuttered Mag Gourmet as Mobile App — CEO Townsend Sees Digital Potential for Domino, Another Victim of the Downturn — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Conde Nast found something to do with one of the magazine brands thrown on the scrap-heap during the recession: turn it into a mobile app.

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John Koblin / New York Observer:
Gourmet Lives! ‘Pity’ Says Ruth Reichl

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Zeke Turner / New York Observer: Move Over James Truman! Stefano Tonchi is Fixing Up 'W's New Office

Vadim Lavrusik / Mashable!:

Newspapers Are Still Dying, But the News Is Not Going Anywhere — Despite newspaper share prices seeing a 380% increase in the last year, don't be swayed by the perceived recovery. The only way for newspapers to survive is by investing resources into innovation online.

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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:

New York Times' new public editor pledges to bring outsider's perspective — Veteran journalist Arthur Brisbane, who's been named the New York Times' next public editor, believes that his experience on both the business and editorial sides of newspapers will help him as in-house critic of the paper's coverage.

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

C-SPAN Crosses 100 Million Subscriber Mark — C-SPAN has crossed one of the most significant milestones for cable networks: the channel is now available in more than 100 million homes. — The 100 million subscriber club is a very small group, with the National Cable & Telecommunications …

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Ed Padgett / edpadgett.blogspot.com:

Los Angeles Times Suspends Pressman Blogger … The Pressman Blogger was suspended this afternoon from the Los Angeles Times, with possible termination following an investigation by a biased jury, for blogging the events of last Thursday and Friday at the Los Angeles Times Olympic Production Facility.

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Trio of bidders close in on Le Monde — French newspaper's future hangs in the balance as three separate bidders seek to buy title — The future of French newspaper Le Monde hangs in the balance as three separate bidders are reported to be closing in on the 66-year-old title.

Discussion: Media News, The Irish Times, Reuters and Financial Times

Choire / The Awl:

New Advertising Lessons from the Gay Media — Looking through the math on the “Annual Gay Press Report” [PDF], which samples gay publications each April, there's some really inexplicable facts. There were 24% fewer issues of gay magazines published from 2008 to 2009.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, MediaPost and New York Magazine

CNN:

CNN Expands Blog Network with Launch of Eatocracy — Passionate Community, Global Coverage, Novel Features Baked into New Food Blog — CNN.com today announced the launch of Eatocracy, a blog created to feed the minds, hearts and stomachs of food fanatics across the world.

Alex Weprin / WebNewser:

Internet a Key Point of Opposition to Comcast-NBCU Deal — Yesterday was the last day to file comments on the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger, and a number of individuals and companies weighed in. — Among those filing comments in opposition to the deal were Senator Al Franken (D-MN) …

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David Lieberman / USA Today: Comcast concessions smooth way for NBC Universal deal

John Consoli / TheWrap.com:

NFL Coming to Telemundo on Sept. 26 — The National Football League en espanol is coming to three Telemundo stations this fall as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. — The result of a unique deal between the league, NBC and its sister Hispanic network Telemundo, the Sept. 26 “Sunday Night Football” …

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Natalie Harrison / Apple:

Apple Sells Three Million iPads in 80 Days — Apple® today announced that it sold its three millionth iPad™ yesterday, just 80 days after its introduction in the US. iPad is a revolutionary and magical product that allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet …

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Victoria Espinel / White House.gov Blog Feed:

Releasing the Joint Strategic Plan to Combat Intellectual Property Theft — To view this content, please download the Adobe Flash Player — I am pleased to announce that today we unveiled the Administration's first Joint Strategic Plan to combat intellectual property theft.

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Los Angeles Times:

‘Phineas and Ferb’ to be Disney's next big marketing vehicle — Disney is giving its offbeat ‘Phineas and Ferb’ cartoon the full marketing treatment, with a full line of merchandise and a movie in the works. — As Disney Channel prepared to launch the cartoon series “Phineas and Ferb,” …

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Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:

CBS: We're In The (Retrans) Money! — Network On Track To Make $100 Million In Consent Fees — New York — CBS chief financial officer Joe Ianiello made it plain at an SNL Kagan conference last week: When it comes to retransmission consent, broadcast networks are taking the cake.

Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:

Brand-Only Ad Network Brand.net Raises $14 Million — Fast-growing ad network Brand.net has raised $14 million in a third round of funding. The company's display and video ad network caters exclusively to branding-focused advertisers; eight of the top ten consumer packaged goods companies …

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Knight News Challenge: CitySeed's mobile app wants to grow some fresh community engagement — Have you ever come across an overgrown lot in your neighborhood — and wondered what it might become? Have you thought, “You know, that could make a great playground” — or “Hey, why don't we make that into a community garden”?