Mediagazer: Allbritton, parent of Politico and other DC media, making noise … (Joe Flint/Company Town)

Julie Bosman / New York Times:

As E-Books Gain, Barnes & Noble Tries to Stay Ahead — In the movie “You've Got Mail,” Tom Hanks played the aggressive big-box retailer Joe Fox driving the little bookshop owner played by Meg Ryan out of business. — Twelve years later, it may be Joe Fox's turn to worry.

Wall Street Journal:

Barnes & Noble Expected to Announce Burkle Pact — Barnes & Noble Inc. is expected to soon announce the settlement of a lawsuit filed by investor Ronald Burkle, who challenged the legality of a “poison pill” plan that would have prevented him from buying more shares of the company, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

Discussion: New York Times, DealBook, Law Blog and DailyFinance

Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:

Dan Abrams's Mediaite.com Tests the Limits of Fair Use — The boundaries of fair use — the legal doctrine that allows for the republishing and rebroadcasting of copyrighted material in order to encourage free speech — are awfully hazy when it comes to the Internet.

Discussion: The Wire and Romenesko

Nat Ives / AdAge:

Coupons Come to The Wall Street Journal — News Corp.'s SmartSource Moves Insert From Sunday Times to WSJ Weekend Edition — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Wall Street Journal will start delivering coupons inside its Weekend Edition this Saturday, furthering its push to become a full-service newspaper …

Discussion: CJR, Runnin' Scared, The Atlantic Wire, thefutureofpublishing.com, FishbowlNY, New York Observer, mediabistro.com, GalleyCat and Talking Biz News

Mike Shields / Mediaweek:

Internet Content Syndication Council Propose Content Guidelines — A group of Web content syndicators, which include the Associated Press, The Tribune Company and Procter & Gamble, believe that content quality—not to mention the actual utility of the Internet—is being seriously threatened.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals and NetNewsCheck Latest

Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:

How to Mix Big-Time Ads and Content — Demand Media, Which Cranks Out Web Articles and Videos, Works to Draw Major Sponsors for Its Sites — Demand Media Inc. is nothing if not prolific. It's next step is to spur demand from Madison Avenue heavyweights and not just Web surfers.

Discussion: Romenesko

Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:

Dirty Apps? How Magazines Are Handling Apple's Erratic Censorship — Steve Jobs' dictate that apps for Apple's iPad and iPhone contain no pornography or nudity affects plenty of major magazines, including Playboy and Cosmopolitan. How are they dealing with it? — Continue reading Dirty Apps?

Erik Huggers / About the BBC blog:

BBC Online - Putting Quality First — In March this year, the BBC announced a new strategy - Putting Quality First. These proposals, which are subject to BBC Trust approval, chart a new long-range direction for the BBC and would enable the BBC to deliver on its public purposes in the digital age.

Discussion: One Man & His Blog, WebNewser, paidContent:UK, Journalism.co.uk and The Next Web

Julie Bosman / New York Times:

Pete Hamill, Patriarch of Print, Goes Direct to Digital — It makes perfect sense that Pete Hamill, 75 years old, chronicler of vintage New York City and newspaper tabloids and boozy Greenwich Village literary haunts, prefers print books to electronic. — Far more surprising is this …

Discussion: New York Observer

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

CNBC Names First ‘Chief Revenue Officer’ — CNBC is creating a new position at the network: Chief Revenue Officer, and has tapped Tom O'Brien to fill the role. — CNBC president Mark Hoffman made the announcement in an email to staffers this morning. In it, he outlined why the channel was creating the position:

Discussion: AdAge

Hunter Walker / The Wrap:

Piers Morgan (Still) Taking Over for Larry King — Depite reports to the contrary, Piers Morgan is taking over as Larry King's replacement — and an official announcement is expected early next week at the latest, TheWrap has learned. — TheWrap broke the story on July 30 that the …

Discussion: TVWeek.com, Inside Cable News, TVNewser, Mediaite and On Media's Blog

Slate:

Slate Has an iPad App! — Your favorite stories, videos, and podcasts, now available—free!— on your tablet. — IPad users rejoice! Slate now has an iPad app, and it's available—for free—in the iTunes App Store. (Get Slate's iPad app.) — The app gives Slate readers ready access …

Discussion: Bits, WebNewser, FishbowlNY and Change of Subject

Michael Schneider / Variety:

TV Land's generational experiment — Kutcher-backed reality show ‘Forever Young’ examines age gap — TV Land is minding the generation gap, giving a greenlight to “Forever Young,” a reality skein from 3 Ball Prods. and Katalyst. — Cabler has ordered six episode of the series …

Discussion: PopWatch

Joe Flint / Company Town:

Allbritton, parent of Politico and other DC media, making noise about Comcast - NBC deal — Allbritton Communications — the parent company of Politico, the influential Capitol Hill news operation; WJLA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.; and NewsChannel 8, a local cable news network …

Discussion: Multichannel and MediaPost

Mike Taylor / FishbowlNY:

Playboy Hits the iPad, Sans Nudity — Playboy, the magazine famous for its photos of naked women, has launched an app for the iPad, with the same Apple-imposed iTunes restrictions (no nudity!) that govern its iPhone app. — minOnline reports: … “Gatefolds of skin”? Sounds worse than it is.

Discussion: Poynter Online, paidContent, minonline.com, Media Week, eMedia Vitals, The Wrap and New York Magazine

Discussion: UnBeige

Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:

Here's Johnny, digitized: A searchable database created for Carson's ‘Tonight Show’ — The search tool for existing footage will be available for professional use, but many clips will also be posted for public viewing. — Johnny Carson is getting an upgrade for the YouTube era.

Discussion: WebNewser

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Switched, Speakeasy, The Atlantic Online, The Huffington Post, Variety, Movieline, TVWeek.com, New York Magazine and TV Tattle