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10:10 AM ET, September 28, 2010

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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Breaking: AOL Close to Buying TechCrunch  —  AOL, the New York-based online media company, is on the verge of acquiring TechCrunch, the online blogging network started by former attorney, Michael Arrington.  The deal is at a sensitive stage and might fall apart yet, but I don't think so.
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
The Pros and Cons of a TechCrunch/AOL Deal  —  Could AOL buy TechCrunch-a possibility that both Om Malik and the Wall Street Journal say is on the table?  Sure.  —  Does that make sense?  Good question.  —  TechCrunch is a big, successful Web site, and big successful Web sites are very hard to build.
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Why I am Not a Journalist: A True Story  —  The short answer is: I wanted to be, but I screwed it up, so I couldn't be.  —  Discovering journalism in college saved me.  At the time (1976) I was on a track that would have led to an assistant manager's job at an Applebees.
Discussion: Romenesko
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Huffington Post fires back at ex-blogger Fowler  —  The Huffington Post is firing back at Mayhill Fowler, one of the site's many unpaid bloggers, who scored a major political scoop during the 2008 presidential campaign.  —  Huffington Post spokesman Mario Ruiz took issue with Fowler's decision Monday …
Discussion: Romenesko
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Mayhill Fowler:
Why I Left The Huffington Post  —  Yesterday The Huffington Post “posted” the last piece I will write for them, probably, barring the serendipity of life.  Below is my email exchange with Roy Sekoff, the founding editor, on the subject.  Arianna Huffington, for her part …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Exclusive: Here's a Deal That Is Happening-AOL Buying Web Video Distributor 5Min  —  Here's a deal we can confirm: AOL is buying Web video start-up 5Min Media.  —  The price for the deal is between $50 million and $65 million, sources close to the situation said.  AOL (AOL) plans to announce the deal Tuesday morning.
Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
How Angry NYT Editors and HBO's Bored to Death Make the Case for Media Reporting  —  ​Well, it's media reporting day-a-palooza here, which means that seven more people are reading this blog than they are on the average day.  So while we're at it, here's how to explain the relevancy …
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Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:   Direct Line: Peter Kaplan on The John Koblin Hire, An iPad App, and WWD's Future
Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
Breaking: John Koblin Quits the New York Observer (Updated)
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Exclusive: Want Twitter to Help You Find More Followers?  Pay Up For a “Promoted Account.”  —  Twitter is still working to get its first two ad products up and running.  But it's going to launch a third, anyway: Tomorrow the company will show off “Promoted Accounts” at an ad industry conference in New York.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Analyst: NBC Network Is Worth ‘Negative $600 Million’  —  USA's estimated value: $11.7 billion.  —  NEW YORK — USA Network is the most valuable part of NBC Universal at $11.7 billion, but the NBC network is worth a negative $600 million, according to Wunderlich Securities analyst Matthew Harrigan.
Joe Pompeo / The Wire:
TheWeek.com Staffs Up With Radar Refugees  —  For years, The Week didn't concern itself much with the web.  It's a publication, after all, that already performs the same basic function as most blogs and aggregators — curating and contextualizing the news cycle; only it does so in print, and on a weekly basis rather than a daily one.
/ Jonathan Stray:
Designing journalism to be used  —  There are lots of reasons people might want to follow the news, but to me, journalism's core mission is to facilitate agency.  I don't think current news products are very good at this.  —  Journalism, capital J, is supposed to be about ideals such as “democracy” and “the public interest.”
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Authors Feel Pinch in Age of E-Books  —  Author John Pipkin worries about the e-book business model: 'I've had to rethink my plans in terms of supporting my family full time as a writer.'  —  When literary agent Sarah Yake shopped around Kirsten Kaschock's debut novel “Sleight” this year …
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
AOL Loses Star Media Reporter Jeff Bercovici To Forbes  —  Veteran media reporter Jeff Bercovici is quitting AOL and going to Forbes, a source tells us.  —  Forbes is undergoing a transformation under Lewis Dvorkin, who came to the company through its acquisition of True/Slant last spring.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
There Are Stories Out There On Twitter, Flickr, YouTube — Build Them With Storify  —  The main reason I love services like Tumblr and Posterous is that they make personal blogging simple.  While you certainly still can write long-winded pieces about whatever you want, you can also just use …
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Bloomberg hiring more than 100 people in D.C. area for Web-based government information venture  —  Bloomberg, the New York giant of financial news and data, is hiring more than 100 people in Washington and has leased new space as it prepares to launch its Web-based government information venture, Bloomberg Government.
Discussion: Romenesko
Lucia Moses / Mediaweek:
Condé Nast Creates Award, Perk for Business-Savvy Editors  —  Historically, Condé Nast editors have worked in a rarified world where they were encouraged to put out the best quality magazines possible, without regard to costs.  —  Now come new signs that editors are being encouraged to adopt a business mind-set.
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Dailymotion Hits 70 Million Monthly Uniques with 57 Percent Jump in North America: Launches in Australia, Next Morocco  —  PARIS — Dailymotion, the Paris-based online video site, has registered a 21 percent rise in unique visitors around the globe to reach 70 million, according to the latest numbers from comScore Media Metrix.
David Kaplan / paidContent:
AOL's Project Devil Aims To Update The Banner Once And For All  —  Just in time for the first day of New York City's Advertising Week, AOL (NYSE: AOL) sought to get a jump on attention getting news with its latest effort to build a better advertising business.
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
‘The Wire’ writer David Simon among MacArthur genius grant winners  —  David Simon bristled as he listened to the voice mail.  A lawyer in Washington wanted to talk about a “personal matter.”  Expecting a lawsuit or subpoena or worse, Simon dialed her back after a lunch in Baltimore two weeks ago.
Steve Pond / The Wrap:
IMDb CEO on Growing Pains — and Turning 20  —  Back in 1990, Col Needham, a frequent user of the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.movies, began combining user-posted lists to create a searchable database of actors, actresses and directors.  It might not have seemed like much at the time …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
OneTrueFan Is The Foursquare For Websites  —  The Foursquare model of checking into a location, earning badges and tapping into your social network to share that location has become one that has been able to be applied to other platforms.  For example, GetGlue allows users to check-in to shows …
Kunur Patel / AdAge:
TVGuide Using Facebook Technology for Check-in Feature  —  Users Will Be Able to Share on Social Networks What They're Watching  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — For TV, check-ins are the new black.  But as more and more networks and studios try it on, Facebook has yet to make a major move in the space.
Discussion: WebNewser
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The real-time curation wars (exclusive first look at Curated.by)  —  Back in March I wrote a post about the seven needs of real-time curators.  Over the next week or so no less than three companies are shipping services that will fulfill that dream with tools that comply with all seven needs.
Discussion: iMediaConnection Blog and PSFK
JP Mangalindan / Fortune:
Time Life: The last digital holdout  —  Get your box set via P.O. Box!  With dusty product offerings, outdated formats, and an aging demographic, the privately-owned company has nowhere to go but the selling block.  —  If you're up at night channel-surfing around the tube, you'll still see them …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Windows Live Outsources Blogging, Migrating 30 Million Users To WordPress.com  —  Back in 2006, we covered the launch of Windows Live Spaces, a blogging service for Windows Live users.  Today the service is headed in a new direction: Microsoft has teamed with Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com …
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Dean Starkman / CJR:
Of Hamsters and Values  —  “The Hamster Wheel,” my argument …
Steve Green / Las Vegas News from the Las Vegas Sun:
Executive says suing over R-J copyrights worth the negative publicity
Discussion: Romenesko and mediabistro.com
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Block by Block: Once you've launched, what's Phase 2 of a community news startup?
Guardian:
Afghan stringers are the bedrock of our reporting
Discussion: Gawker
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
Why children's television has to rely on merchandising deals
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Scott Rosenberg / Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard:
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Henry Blodget / The Wire:
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Tanzina Vega / Media Decoder:
Nielsen Introduces New Ad Measurement Product
Jack Neff / AdAge:
Cracking Viral Code: Look at Your Ads. Now Look at Old Spice
Discussion: newsfeed.time.com
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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