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9:32 AM ET, February 2, 2011

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Dan Duray / New York Observer:
The End of Blogging … “I don't really see a blog business,” said Nick Denton over gchat.  He still wasn't sold on the idea of an interview regarding his sites' redesign, scheduled to debut tomorrow, and seemed to be attempting an escape.  “I should find you that old post …
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Ben Popper / New York Observer:
Nick Denton on Gawker Redesign: Only Facebook Matters  —  Gawker went live with its redesign on two of its web sites this morning, io9 and Jalopnik.  —  Interestingly, the Gawker redesign has stripped out Twitter and Stumble Upon—which used to sit next to each article …
Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
LEAKED: AOL's Master Plan  —  Two years into his tenure as AOL CEO, Tim Armstrong is stepping on the gas.  —  By April, he wants AOL editorial to increase its stories per month from 33,000 to 55,000.  —  He wants pageviews per story to jump from 1,500 to 7,000.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
I Worked on the AOL Content Farm & It Changed My Life  —  Five years ago this week I began writing for AOL's blog network Weblogs Inc. I wrote 5 technology news stories each day and was paid a mere $5 per article.  It was grueling, that was just one of 3 jobs I had at the time - and it was great.
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
New York Times Staffers Using Apple iPhone 4 for Video News Gathering, “A Huge Game Changer” Says Paper's Video Chief  —  WASHINGTON, DC — The New York Times is providing reporters with the Apple iPhone 4 to record and upload videos via an Aspera App to the paper's server.
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
The Daily Is Doomed! the Daily Is a Hit!
Discussion: Garcia Media
Bloomberg:
Apple Rejects Sony's E-Reader Software Amid Concerns About Sales Erosion  —  Apple Inc. rejected a proposed digital-book application by Sony Corp. amid concerns that the software's payment-handling system would erode Apple's sales.  —  Sony's e-reader application wasn't allowed …
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New York Times:
Apple Moves to Tighten Control of App Store
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Apple responds: we want a cut of Amazon, Sony e-book sales
Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
Comcast, Time Warner Expand TV Everywhere  —  It's been approximately 18 months since Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) first talked up TV Everywhere, but their authentication strategy has finally come to pass: a multi-year commitment to put hundreds of hours …
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Two Hints at Stepped-Up Media Rivalry in Online Streaming  —  The increasing importance of Internet rights for television channels and shows has been vividly demonstrated twice in the last few days.  —  Comcast and Time Warner announced an unusually comprehensive pact on Tuesday that covers …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Al Jazeera Finds New Paths In U.S.  —  New ways to watch Al Jazeera English in the United States keep popping up — but not on cable or satellite systems.  —  On Monday, YouTube started promoting a live stream of the channel, supplementing the channel's own Web stream.
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Steve Safran / Lost Remote:
Al Jazeera now streaming on TV in U.S. via Roku
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
Through Egypt, Al Jazeera English has an American moment
Damon Kiesow / Poynter:
The Daily staffers we identified came from NY Post, AP, The Atlantic, AOL News, national media companies  —  The staff of The Daily — Rupert Murdoch's new iPad newspaper that launches tomorrow — bring a wide range of print, online and broadcast experience, mostly at national media outlets …
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Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:   The Daily Columnists Will Include Dan Wolken, Soo Yoon, and Jessica Valenti
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Rupert Murdoch Gives Guests a Sneak Peek of Tomorrow's “Daily” …
New York Times:
A Hacking Case Becomes a War of the Tabloids  —  LONDON — It was a classic tabloid scoop: a young woman's account of a two-year affair with the actor Ralph Fiennes, spiced up with racy details of what he liked to do and how he liked to do it.  Three newspapers — The Sunday Mirror …
Discussion: Guardian
Kat Stoeffel / New York Observer:
The Power Booker: Katie Thomson Is Piers Morgan's New Fixer  —  When The Observer met Katie Thomson at Landmarc restaurant in Columbus Circle, we wanted to congratulate her.  We were beaten to it.  —  “Monica Lewinsky sent a note saying congratulations,” she said.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
AOL Sells Content Recommender Surphace to Content Recommender Outbrain  —  Tim Armstrong has disposed of another asset that AOL bought before he showed up: The company has sold Surphace, its content recommendation engine, to Outbrain, which does the same thing.
Nick Summers / New York Observer:
Talk To Me, Malcolm Gladwell!  —  “I think in the last year I've done, I want to say—it's tough—a few dozen?  Thirty to forty would be my guess?”  —  Jonah Lehrer, a contributing editor at Wired, was on the phone from Los Angeles Monday evening, trying to recall how many paid speeches he had delivered in 2010.
Discussion: Poynter
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Time Warner Cable Buys Enterprise Hosting And Cloud Services Company NaviSite For $230M  —  Time Warner Cable has just announced that it has acquired NaviSite, a provider of enterprise-class hosting, managed application, messaging and cloud services, for $5.50 per share in cash, or $230 million.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Interview: John Menzies Reboots Its Digital Publishing Business  —  John Menzies is returning to digital publishing by launching a consultancy agency to jump aboard booming publisher interest in digital editions.  —  In 2008, the UK newspaper and magazine distributor launched John Menzies Digital …
Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:
Two authors' stories illustrate why some journalists profit online, and others fail  —  By Robert Niles: An e-mail and a tweet last week pointed me to two blog posts that expressed completely different ways that two writers have addressed the challenge of a changing media marketplace.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Robinsloan / Twitter Media:
Tracking Egypt with Tweets on TV  —  If you've been following the news from Egypt on TV, chances are good you've seen some Tweets on air.  If you haven't, here's a quick sampling of segments to give you a sense of how Twitter is being used to tell the story.
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
‘Angry Birds’ Flock to the Super Bowl  —  Secret Code for Popular Mobile Game to Be Embedded in 30-Second ‘Rio’ Spot  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The biggest craze in mobile games is coming to the biggest game on TV: 20th Century Fox is teaming up with Rovio's “Angry Birds” …
Garrick Schmitt / AdAge:
How APIs Are Changing the Way Brands Connect With Consumers  —  Brands and Retailers Doing It Right?  Best Buy, Sears, Etsy and North Face  —  What ever happened to the mashup?  —  It seems like it was only a few years ago that we were breathlessly talking about mashing up Flickr photos …
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Paresh Dave / Wired:
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Reuters:
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