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Matthew Lynch / WWD:
Newsweek Editorial Director Steps Down — Newsweek editorial director Mark Miller has resigned, several sources have told WWD. — Save for a yearlong stint with ABC News in the 1990s, Miller had been with the magazine in almost every conceivable editorial capacity since joining as a summer intern in 1985.
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Romenesko, Silicon Alley Insider, The Wrap, New York Observer, FishbowlNY and On Media's Blog
Eric Kohn / Speakeasy:
Heeb Magazine Suspends Print Edition, Goes On-Line Only … This morning, “Heeb” publisher and editor-in-chief Josh Neuman announced on the magazine's website that the snarky Jewish publication has ceased production of its print edition. This should come as no surprise to anyone following …
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Romenesko and FishbowlNY
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Joshua Neuman / Heeb Magazine:
So Much for Controlling the Media
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The Wrap, New York Observer, Gawker, New York Press and New York Magazine
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Yahoo Revs Up Its Local Content Efforts — Over the last year, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has talked repeatedly about the importance of both local content and local advertising. But, while the company has announced local ad partnerships with Gannett (NYSE: GCI) and direct marketer Valassis …
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Lost Remote and MediaShift, more at Techmeme »
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Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Yahoo readies San Francisco news site
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MediaMemo and HyperlocalBlogger
Ben Fritz / Company Town:
Blockbuster tells Hollywood studios it's preparing for mid-September bankruptcy — After dominating the home video rental business for more than a decade and struggling to survive in recent years against upstarts Netflix and Redbox, Blockbuster Inc. is preparing to file for bankruptcy next month …
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Variety, The Wrap, New York Observer and DailyFinance
John Mayer / one forty plus:
Huffington Post FULL OF S**T? (Yes!) — Ahh, Huffington Post, the internet Death Star. The world's first spectator banking website. Come watch a site's intelligence move in and out like bellows of accordion depending on whether or not there's ad dollars to be sucked out of any willing orifice.
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The Huffington Post, Gawker, The Wrap, Mediaite, Billboard.com The Feed, New York Observer, The Atlantic Wire and Just Jared
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Google Goes Hunting for a Music Boss — Anybody want to run the music division of the world's biggest media company? Because Google is hiring: The search giant is casting about for an executive to run its music service, which doesn't actually exist yet. — Industry sources tell me Google …
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Media Maverick and Electronista, more at Techmeme »
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Marc Ambinder says he would've outed Ken Mehlman earlier if he'd had proof — Marc Ambinder, the political junkie who writes for the Atlantic, says he suspected, like everyone else in town, that Ken Mehlman was gay. — In fact, years before the former Republican Party chairman acknowledged …
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Mediaite and The Atlantic Online
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
How Ken Mehlman's ‘open secret’ stayed hidden
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The Politico, NY Daily News, CJR, Think Progress, Romenesko and LA Observed
Mike McGregor / Business Week:
Hard Choices: Lauren Zalaznick on Rebranding Oxygen — The president of NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks talks about shaking up Bravo and creating her own empire — In November 2007, NBC Universal acquired the Oxygen Network. I had been running NBCU's Bravo unit for three years …
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
USA Today shaking up staff in ‘radical’ overhaul — SAN FRANCISCO — USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper, is making the most dramatic overhaul of its staff in its 28-year history as it de-emphasizes its print edition and ramps up its effort to reach more readers and advertisers on mobile devices.
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paidContent, PR Newswire, readingarefun.wordpress.com and Gannett Blog
Will Richmond / VideoNuze:
Over 88% of Hulu Plus Content is Already Available for Free on Hulu.com — A new analysis of all the content available on Hulu Plus reveals that over 88% of all the full-length TV program episodes available in the $10/mo subscription service are already freely accessible on Hulu.com.
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Fast Company, the Econsultancy blog and /Film, more at Techmeme »
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Hulu Plus By The Numbers: 14 Percent More TV Than Basic Hulu
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Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Cisco's ExtendMedia Purchase: TV Everywhere And Beyond — Cisco doubled down on TV Everywhere today, announcing the intent to acquire Massachusetts-based ExtendMedia in order to bolster its IP video delivery infrastructure. The company said in a press release that ExtendMedia's video CMS will be …
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Between the Lines Blog and TechCrunch
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Jason Fell / Folio:
Meredith Title Next Up to Insert Video Ad in Print Magazine — Successful Farming's August issue features a video ad from pesticide advertiser. — It was only a matter of time before more print magazines followed Entertainment Weekly's footsteps and start incorporating video elements into their print magazines.
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MediaPost
Jason Pinter / The Huffington Post:
Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner Speak Out On Franzen Feud: HuffPost Exclusive — What's Your Reaction: — With the publication of Jonathan Franzen's fourth novel, Freedom, which was extensively covered in the New York Times while Franzen himself appeared on the cover of TIME magazine …
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GalleyCat, The Awl, New York Observer, Jezebel, Gawker and Politics Daily
Rob ORegan / eMedia Vitals:
Economist seeks to replicate ‘immersive’ qualities of print on iPhone and iPad — The Economist's paid content strategy hinges on the quality of its journalism (more so than its clever advertising). It is one of the few magazine publishers to claim success with a partial online paywall.
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Poynter Online
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Tribune says it has about $1.6 billion in cash on hand — There's been a lot of media speculation lately regarding our Chapter 11 process — and the temptation is to let it distract us from the things that matter most: focusing on our business and serving our customers and communities.
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