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5:40 PM ET, September 10, 2010

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Jenna Wortham / Bits:
Betaworks and The Times Plan a Social News Service  —  Something is stirring deep within the technology incubator Betaworks: A personalized news service called News.me that is being developed in collaboration with The New York Times.  —  On Thursday, a cryptic placeholder for the service went live.
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
The New York Times Gets a Bite of Bit.ly  —  Here's a quick follow up to News.Me, the sort-of mysterious social news project that the New York Times (NYT) is developing alongside Betaworks.  An interesting deal point, really: As part of the partnership between the two companies …
Discussion: DealBook
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Coverage of Koran Case Stirs Questions on Media Role  —  A renegade pastor and his tiny flock set fire to a Koran on a street corner, and made sure to capture it on film.  And they were ignored.  —  That stunt took place in 2008, involving members of the Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka …
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Newsweek:
Exclusive: WikiLeaks Collaborating With Media Outlets on Release of Iraq Documents  —  A London-based journalism nonprofit is working with the WikiLeaks Web site and TV and print media in several countries on programs and stories based on what is described as massive cache …
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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Massive Cache of Iraq War Docs to Be Published by WikiLeaks
Discussion: Salon and Wonkette
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter Online:
Public Media API Could Be ‘Engine of Innovation’ for Journalism  —  Journalists from American Public Media, Public Radio Exchange, Public Radio International, PBS and NPR have spent months scoping out how they would create an online pipeline to share and distribute public media content on any platform.
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
USA Today Latest Media Co. to Realize Open is Better
Discussion: ProgrammableWeb
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Fallen Status of Books  —  Hard times for hardcovers.  —  No greater pride befalls a scholar, a thinker, a journalist, a business executive, or other writer than to have a party thrown in honor of the publication of his book.  A book party is like a wedding, a birthday party, a baptism …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   In Adding Book Section, the Journal Bucks Trend
Stephen Heyman / New York Times:
Technology Gives Everyone a Great Seat at Shows  —  THE hub of New York Fashion Week may have moved from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center, but a swirl of exclusivity still surrounds the event, with its security guards and glamazon gatekeepers.  How can an unaccredited clotheshorse crash the party?
Discussion: NewTeeVee, Jezebel and Guardian
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The Wall Blog:
Twitter in content push as it partners with Amex for New York Fashion Week
Libby Reinish / Save the News Blog:
No More Bleeding Ledes, Please  —  Sensationalism is rampant in our consolidated news system, where scandal, celebrity gossip and violence (or the threat of looming violence) lead the headlines.  Ever wonder why this is all we see and read and hear?  —  It isn't simply that scandal …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Leon Neyfakh / New York Observer:
Dale Peck, Choire Sicha and Friends Start a Book Publishing Collective; First Title Out Next Month … “I think that we recognize that we're way past the moment of panic,” said the novelist DW Gibson yesterday.  “And it now sort of feels like a land of opportunity.”
Discussion: tag me with a spoon
Jon Friedman / MarketWatch:
Can anything save ABC News from extinction?  —  Commentary: The division has sorely lacked a cable presence  —  NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Forget, for a moment, that ABC News is in disarray.  —  Forget, too, that the network news business is regarded as a dinosaur.
Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:
Tracking Songs All Over  —  Billboard Introduces Service to Help Aspiring Artists Monitor Their Exposure  —  For decades, appearing in the pages of Billboard magazine was a powerful symbol of achievement for musical artists.  Now the publication famous for its music-sales charts is grappling …
Discussion: hypebot
Laura Miller / Salon:
The trouble with Google Books  —  How rampant errors threaten the scholarly mission of the vast digital library  —  Depending on who you ask, Google Books — the pioneering tech company's ambitious plan to “digitally scan every book in the world” and make them searchable over the Web and in libraries …
Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:
Florida Runs Your News  —  Growing up in South Florida, I should have known I would someday end up somehow involved in TV news.  For better or worse, the state of Florida — and in particular the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale market — has had maybe the biggest impact on the television news industry outside New York and LA.
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Yes, That's The Wall Street Journal Tracking You  —  Aggressive Re-Targeting For Subscriptions and No Obvious Way to Opt Out  —  The Wall Street Journal is bringing some needed attention to the online privacy issue.  Its series, ‘What They Know’ has detailed the buying …
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Pentagon Loosens Restrictions for Press in Guantánamo  —  The Pentagon has agreed to revise some of the rules that have restricted what journalists are free to report on from Guantánamo Bay, resolving a conflict that peaked in May when four reporters were expelled from the naval base there.
Discussion: Romenesko
David Kaplan / paidContent:
U.S. News Partners With Loud3r On Content Aggregation Channels  —  U.S. News Media Group, the parent of monthly mag U.S. News and World Report, is working with content aggregator Loud3r on a series of real-time news feeds.  The first part of the effort is Congress Tracker, which is naturally timed for the upcoming midterm elections.
Discussion: WebNewser and Loud3r
Ethan Zuckerman / Nieman Reports:
The Attention Deficit: Plenty of Content, Yet an Absence of Interest  —  As news organizations wrestle with the challenge of discovering profitable reporting models for a digital age, at least three types of public service journalism are endangered species—investigative reporting …
Peter Lauria / The Daily Beast:
Michael Eisner on Media's Future  —  With rumors circulating about a likely move to run the Tribune Company, the formidable mogul talks with Peter Lauria about his new book on the greatest business partnerships—but artfully dodges any guesses on his future.
Discussion: Romenesko
Jason Zaragoza / posting.altweeklies.com:
Former Boston Phoenix Editor Lands at AOL  —  AOL says that it has hired former Boston Phoenix editor Lance Gould as its project editor.  —  In a release to AAN, programming director Saul Hansell says, “Lance's proven leadership creating compelling award-winning journalism …
 
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Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
Fidel Castro Thinks Jeffrey Goldberg is a Dick, Misunderstood by Blogger (Update!)
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
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Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
American Public Media, MPR founder Kling to step down as CEO in 2011
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Jon Sawyer / Nieman Reports:
The Sometimes Bumpy Nonprofit Ride Into Digital Foreign Correspondence
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Ethan / ...My heart's in Accra:
Media tracking and the quantified self
Jarvis Coffin / Burst Media Company Blog:
NYU Professor Jay Rosen Offers Advice to an Incoming Class of Journalism Students.
Discussion: Multimedia Musings
Emily Bell:
Newsrooms need more metrics, not fewer.
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Susan B. Glasser / Nieman Reports:
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China's Alibaba Steps Into the News Business
Philip Stone / FollowTheMedia:
What's More Important: The Money A Paywall Web Site Brings …
Discussion: Gawker
Helsinki Times:
Telanne: “Prepare to pay for online content”
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
Online Measurement Creates a Muddle for Web Journalists
Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:
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Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Gannett Not Eager To Join Righthaven's Campaign Against Bloggers
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