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1:10 AM ET, March 10, 2011

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Mark Memmott / NPR:
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns  —  This follows yesterday's news that then-NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation) was videotapped slamming conservatives and questioning whether NPR needs federal funding during a lunch with men posing as members of a Muslim organization …
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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
NPR president Vivian Schiller resigns  —  Romenesko Misc.  —  NPR board chairman Dave Edwards says CEO and president Vivian Schiller's resignation was accepted “with understanding, genuine regret and great respect for her leadership of NPR these past two years.”
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Hearst's Carey: Tablets Will Provide 25 Percent Of Magazines' Circulation  —  The notion that the iPad was going to save newspapers and magazines had been diminishing somewhat lately, especially since publishers have tended to regard Apple's 70/30 revenue split for digital subscriptions coupled.
Richard J. Tofel / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Someday, the sun will set on SEO — and the business of news will be better for it  —  Editor's Note: Richard J. Tofel is general manager at ProPublica, a Wall Street Journal veteran, and author of a number of books, most recently Eight Weeks in Washington, 1861: Abraham Lincoln and the Hazards of Transition.
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
New York Times Editor Bill Keller Defends Fox News Comments  —  The Times' top editor stands by his description of Fox News' “Fair and Balanced” slogan as “cynical,” but tells Howard Kurtz his newspaper will provide fair and incisive coverage of the network.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
TV.com Head Anthony Soohoo Leaves CBS  —  More bodies moving around at CBS' digital division: Last week, the broadcaster bought Clicker.com for a reported $100 million, and put its CEO Jim Lanzone in charge of CBS Interactive.  Today, CBS Interactive entertainment head Anthony Soohoo says he's leaving.
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
It's Time For NPR to Get Off the Government Payroll  —  NPR gets about 2% of its direct funding from the U.S. government, through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  For NPR's member stations, CPB funding is about 10% of their total, with other federal, state, and local government sources kicking in another 6%.
Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
Why Selling Film Downloads Is So Difficult  —  Though the whole notion of ownership is called into question by the nature of streaming video, consumers would do more buying than renting of films online if studios seeking higher margins had their way.  But a new PricewaterhouseCoopers study offers …
Chris Dary / Readability Blog:
Meet the New Readability Mobile  —  With the re-launch of Readability as a full-fledged reading platform, we made a commitment to deliver the best possible reading experience not only in your web browser but on mobile and tablet devices as well.  —  Today, we're excited to announce the release of the new …
Discussion: MacStories and The Orange View, Thanks:steverubel
Neal Ungerleider / Fast Company:
Al Jazeera Launching English-Language Children's Channel  —  Al Jazeera isn't just news.  Their next project?  An English-language childrens' edutainment network on American TV by 2012.  —  Al Jazeera's banking that its newest project—an English-language children's channel …
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Magazines' iPad Editions Struggle to Keep Your Attention, New Study Finds  —  CP&B Now Using the Research to Develop Tablet Ad Formats  —  Readers have more trouble focusing on magazines' iPad editions than publishers initially predicted, according to the latest study in a growing effort to figure out tablet computers.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
The Atlantic Wire:
Megan McCarthy: What I Read  —  How do other people deal with the torrent of information that pours down on us all?  Do they have some secret?  Perhaps.  We are asking various people who seem well-informed to describe their media diets.This is from an email exchange with Megan McCarthy …
Discussion: @megan and Beet.TV
Marika Lynch / KnightBlog:
Knight welcomes new VP Journalism and Media Innovation, Detroit program director; promotes journalism exec  —  Today, Knight Foundation is announcing two new arrivals, and an important new position.  —  Michael Maness will become vice president of the Journalism and Media Innovation program.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: AOL Will Lay Off Several Hundred Employees, Starting Tomorrow  —  The AOL layoffs are finally here, and they are smaller than some had been expecting.  —  According to several people close to the situation, the New York-based Internet giant will lay off up several hundred staffers …
Katherine Boehret / All Things Digital:
A Digital “Magazine” With One Subscriber [The Digital Solution]  —  Each morning, the President of the United States gets briefed on the day's news by some of the smartest advisers around.  The rest of us aren't so lucky.  We have to sift through newspapers, magazines and websites to find out what's going on around us.
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