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12:10 PM ET, September 30, 2010

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James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
Anderson Cooper negotiating for daytime talk show  —  Exclu: CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is close to a deal for a syndicated daytime talk show.  —  The “Anderson Cooper 360” host is deep in talks with Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution for a program that would be pitched to stations next year.
John Koblin / New York Observer:
Hugo Lindgren Named New York Times Magazine Editor  —  In a stunning move, The New York Times is expected to announce that Hugo Lindgren will be the next editor of The New York Times Magazine, according to three people familiar with the deal (UPDATE: It's now official.  The announcement is at the bottom of this post).
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Major Meltdown at Yahoo as More Top Execs to Depart, Including U.S. Head Hilary Schneider  —  The executive turmoil at the very top of Yahoo continues, with the company poised to announce the resignations of three top execs, including U.S. head Hilary Schneider (pictured here), according to sources close to the situation.
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Joe Pompeo / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo Media Boss Disputes Censorship Claims
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Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Women ‘significantly underrepresented’ in the media, survey suggests  —  A research project which monitors the gender of those in and reporting on the news claims women are “significantly underrepresented and misrepresented” in media coverage.  —  It also suggests that gender bias …
Discussion: eMedia Vitals and IFJ.org
Kate Kaye / ClickZ:
Twitter Shuts Out Political Advertisers, For Now  —  Many political candidates and their campaigns have embraced Twitter, but when they've come calling about advertising there, Twitter has not reciprocated.  Twitter has only recently begun rolling out its paid products for advertisers …
Celeste Katz / The Daily Politics:
Breaking: Carl Paladino To Reporter: “I'll Take You Out, Buddy!”  Updated With Video  —  Now it's REALLY personal.  —  Actually, he really IS mad tonight.  —  Our Glenn Blain is up in Lake George at the Sagamore Hotel, where GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is making a stop …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Michael Arrington's Road to Millions  —  Earlier this week, AOL snapped up TechCrunch, a technology blog network started by former attorney Michael Arrington, for an undisclosed amount of money.  The final price is said to be somewhere between $25 million to $60 million.
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Bloomberg:
Armstrong Says TechCrunch to Boost AOL's Brand, Talent: Video
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Alexander Howard / ReadWriteWeb:
Katie Couric: We Need Better Filters for a “Tsunami of News”  —  Will hanging out with the geeks improve network news?  Judging from CBS News anchor Katie Couric's comments at the Web 2.0 Expo yesterday, the potential is there.  —  Will it matter?  In a news environment …
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Newsweek's Kushner jumps to National Journal Group  —  Press release.  —  Adam Kushner Joins National Journal Group as Deputy Magazine Editor  —  Washington, D.C. (September 30, 2010) — National Journal Group announced today that Adam Kushner is joining the organization as Deputy Magazine Editor.
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rbr.com:
ABC does Ad inventory exchange system with its affiliates  —  In an increasingly cooperative effort to create financial opportunities in the network/affiliate relationship, ABC Television Network and its Affiliate Board of Governors, which represents more than 200 affiliates …
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
In Study, Children Cite Appeal of Digital Reading  —  Many children want to read books on digital devices and would read for fun more frequently if they could obtain e-books.  But even if they had that access, two-thirds of them would not want to give up their traditional print books.
Mary Hamilton / Metamedia:
Data journalism at the Frontline  —  Last week I went to a Frontline Club event on data journalism.  There's a live stream of the talks and questions here along with a good brief rundown of who said what.  It's well worth watching all the way through for four good talks exploring four very different aspects of data journalism.
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Diller, Emanuel, Malone Hatefest: Inside the Live Nation Board Meeting  —  The Live Nation board meeting on Monday that concluded with Barry Diller anouncing he was to give up the chairmanship of the board is described as a “circus” by one participant.  —  You call this a corporation?
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Why Facebook Could Be the Next TV For Advertisers  —  With 165 million users in the United States spending almost two hours a week perusing pictures and wall posts, Facebook has an audience larger that last year's record-breaking Super Bowl and more dedicated than many sit-com fan bases.
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Facebook's Sandberg: In The Future, All Media Will Be Personalized  —  There will always be a place for mass marketing, but in the next three- to five years, a website that isn't tailored to a specific user's interest will be an anachronism, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told Arianna Huffington at the latter's Advertising Week event.
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
The Short Lifespan of a Tweet: Retweets Only Happen Within the First Hour  —  For some, Twitter is a social network and for others it is just a broadcast medium.  Judging from the latest data from social media analytics and monitoring service Sysomos, for the majority of users, Twitter is indeed mostly a broadcast medium.
Gabriel Perna / International Business Times:
Study Examines Online News Reading Habits  —  Despite the push by organizations such as Google and Yahoo!, a recent study found not everyone is a fan of web-based customization for news.  —  Through an extensive study, Penn State researchers found certain browsers and readers of online news do not prefer customization.
MediaShift:
How Journalism Teachers are Failing, and How to Stop It  —  Education content on MediaShift is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways.  See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.
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Penelope Pitstop / Media Week:
NatMag and Hachette tipped as early contenders for BBC Magazines
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
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Robinsloan / Twitter Blog:
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Melissa Maerz / Show Tracker:
An FCC complaint takes aim at TV news ‘experts’ paid to promote products
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Margaret Atwood on Twitter-as-performance, and why you should keep …
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
WSJ memo touts ad, circulation revenue gains
Discussion: MediaFile, Gawker and paidContent
Joe Pompeo / The Wire:
Mediaite's Dan Abrams: “I'm Doing This Because We're Making A Profit”
Discussion: Romenesko and WebNewser
Rob O'Regan / eMedia Vitals:
Consumer Reports, Sporting News tinker with paid content models
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Pandora's Ad Network Jumps From PC, Phone To TV, BluRay Players
Nicholas Carlson / The Wire:
Ex-AOL Media Boss Bill Wilson Takes On $144.9 Billion Local Ad Market …
Discussion: paidContent and WebNewser
CNN:
Fake pimp from ACORN videos tries to ‘punk’ CNN correspondent