Mediagazer: Delays dog Google's digital music service (Claire Atkinson/New York Post)

1:55 PM ET, November 24, 2010

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HarperCollins Resolves Lawsuit with Gawker — In a statement, HarperCollins revealed they have resolved their lawsuit against Gawker over a post containing photographed excerpts from Sarah Palin's memoir, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag.

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Joe Mullin / paidContent:
Why Gawker May Have A Strong Legal Case In Its Fight With Palin

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New York Post:

AM New York exec Spears arrested for assault — Tweet — A top publishing executive at AM New York, part of the Cablevision-owned Newsday Media Group, was arrested at the freebie newspaper's Manhattan offices on Thursday for a domestic violence assault and attempted strangulation of his girlfriend.

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Brian Steinberg / AdAge:

Fox to Use Hulu Inventory for Advertiser ‘Make-Goods’ — Network's Maneuver Pushes TV, Online Audiences Closer — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Fox has secured agreements with about a dozen advertisers to supply them with inventory from online-video site Hulu to make up for ratings shortfalls …

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

A/B testing for headlines: Now available for WordPress — Audience data is the new currency in journalism. I don't just mean the traditional Costco buy-in-bulk kind — “our readers are 52 percent male, 46 percent over $75,000 household income, 14 percent under age 35,” and so on.

Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:

Why check in to TV shows? Miso's new answer: For the deals — Whenever I talk about apps that allow users to share what they're watching with friends by “checking in” to a TV show, the first question anyone asks me is, 'Why the heck would I want to do that?

Discussion: The Next Web

Nic Newman / paidContent:

How News Corp.'s Daily Can Succeed Without Paper — Nic Newman's Tigerspike, a digital design agency, has developed seven iPad apps for News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), including The Times' Eureka and The Australian, as well as for The Daily Telegraph, The Economist and others.

Discussion: mediabistro.com

Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:

‘Tonight Show’ Says It Will Credit Bloggers for Taylor Swift Montage — When Rich Juzwiak saw a series of video clips that Jay Leno played for Taylor Swift on Monday's broadcast of “The Tonight Show,” showing the country star reacting with similar expressions of surprise to a series of awards-show victories …

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Sree Sreenivasan / DNAINFO.com:

Six Ways Journalists Can Use Twitter Better — Sree Sreenivasan discusses how to make the most of Twitter. — For several months now, I have been thinking about how journalists can use Twitter in smarter ways. Here's a compilation of ideas - many of them found, of course, on Twitter itself.

Mike Henry / AdAge:

Why MTV Must Acquire Vevo Before It's Too Late — Music Labels Got Digital Right for Once, and Now MTV Is Playing Defense — Prior to 1981, music was a tightly controlled substance. You heard it on the radio. You bought the record. You relied on music labels to tell you what was cool.

The Independent:

Embedded journalism: A distorted view of war — ‘Embedding’ journalists is now the standard method for reporting conflicts. But, argues Patrick Cockburn, what makes a good story might not be the right story — Embedded journalism earned itself a bad name in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Discussion: Guardian

David Higgerson:

“Actionable news”: A dull phrase, but one which should shape what we do — If you were presented with the following three news stories: The promotion of Newcastle United to the Premier League, the death of Raoul Moat after a week on the run, or a story which revealed which restaurants …

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Delays dog Google's digital music service — Tweet — Google is having trouble getting its ambitious digital music service off the ground in time for the crucial holiday shopping season. — The major music labels are reluctant to wade into untested waters surrounding a “digital locker” …

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Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Bad Robot? Android Is Limiting Publishers' Payment Prospects — Publishers are increasingly confident about the prospects for tablet editions in the post-print area. But, when it comes to actually monetising the opportunity, Android's limitations mean iTunes Store remains the only real game in town for the forseeable future.

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