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10:05 PM ET, March 22, 2011

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
NY Times Asks Twitter to Shut Down Paywall Dodgers  —  There are plenty of ways to tunnel under or through The New York Times's new online paywall, but if you're not careful about how you do it, the Times will shut you down.  —  That's what's about to happen to FreeNYTimes …
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Glynnis MacNicol / SAI:
Lincoln Is Offering “Smarter” Readers Free Access To NYT.Com For The Rest Of The Year  —  Reader and frequent contributor Matt Kroll writes to inform us he just received an email from the New York Times offering them free access to the site once the paywall goes up, courtesy of Lincoln.
Discussion: The Wire and @scottkarp
Bob Buch:
Stop Calling it Content
Discussion: Fast Company and The Wire
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
The Leaky New York Times Paywall & How “Google Limits” Led To “Search Engine Limits”
Discussion: The Buttry Diary
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
NYTimes Paywall Limit To Extend Beyond Google To “All Major Search Engines”
David Kaplan / paidContent:
WSJ Launching Single-Issue Downloads For iPad  —  Looking to get more subscribers for its iPad app, The Wall Street Journal will start selling single-issue digital versions of its morning paper for $1.99 in the within the existing free app.  In a conversation last week with Alisa Bowen …
New York Times:
4 Times Journalists Held Captive in Libya Faced Days of Brutality  —  As the four of us headed toward the eastern gate of Ajdabiya, the front line of a desperate rebel stand against the advancing forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, a car pulled up alongside.  —  “They're in the city!” the driver shouted at us.
Discussion: Poynter
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
AOL Folds 30 Brands, Including Politics Daily  —  First it was the people.  Now it's the brands.  AOL just notified staffers of a major consolidation of its portfolio of content sites, undertaken as part of its merger with the Huffington Post.  All told, some 30 brands will be “integrated” …
Adrian Holovaty / The EveryBlock Blog:
EveryBlock's first major redesign  —  We've just launched the first major redesign of EveryBlock.  —  Driven by the feedback we've been getting over the past year, we've not only changed the way the site looks, we've also changed the site's focus.  In short, we're shifting from being a news feed …
Discussion: Poynter
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
Hyperlocal News Source EveryBlock Relaunches As Community Site
Discussion: Editors Weblog and Lost Remote
The Huffington Post:
Howard Stern Sues His Bosses  —  LOS ANGELES — Howard Stern and his agent are suing Sirius XM Radio Inc. for failing to pay stock awards they say are due for helping it exceed subscriber growth targets on its way to becoming the dominant satellite radio service in the country.
Tim Carmody / Nieman Journalism Lab:
In two years, Amazon moved from journalism savior to afterthought; is today the day the trend reverses?  —  In the brief moment between last week's unveiling of The New York Times's new smartphone- and tablet-centered subscription plans and today's launch of Amazon's Android Appstore …
Romaine Bostick / Bloomberg:
Women Hold Fewer Than a Third of Top News Media Jobs, Foundation Reports  —  Women represent less than one third of the main decision makers at news companies worldwide as gender inequality leaves top management and governance dominated by males, the International Women's Media Foundation said.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
The Guardian Hires A New Business Head In The U.S.  —  As part of an effort to reboot its U.S. strategy, Guardian News & Media is adding a new chief revenue officer based in New York.  Steve Howe, a former advertising executive at the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, joins this week and will lead the GNM's U.S. sales effort.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
T-Mobile's $412 Million Media Hole  —  Those “AT&T is a crappy network” ads will go away if regulators sign off on the carrier's $39 billion deal for T-Mobile.  And so will some $412 million a year in ad spending.  —  Or, perhaps $600 million.  Depends on which estimate you want to use for T-Mobile's annual marketing outlay.
Samantha Critchell / Associated Press:
WSJ. profile: The power of Anna Wintour  —  NEW YORK - In fashion circles and beyond — in the worlds of business, politics and entertainment — she's just Anna, a worthy peer to Oprah and Martha.  —  And even though Anna Wintour's name might not be as instantly recognizable as Oprah Winfrey's …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Noah Davis / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Gary Vaynerchuk Joins The Daily  —  Gary Vaynerchuk — prolific tweeter, self-promoter, and wine connoisseur — will call the House That Rupe Built home.  —  He joins The Daily as a video host, contributing a weekly feature called “The Next Wave.”  —  The segment will cover the world …
Discussion: The Next Web and Betabeat
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen Sues ComScore in Fight Over Web Traffic Measurement (Exclusive)  —  The battle between firms keeping score of Internet traffic is heating up as The Nielsen Company has just filed a lawsuit against ComScore for violating five patents relating to the collection, analysis and reporting of information concerning computer activity.
David Lieberman / USA Today:
In a renaissance for radio, more listeners are tuning in  —  Radio stations are receiving a surprisingly strong signal from audiences and the financial markets this year, even as they face intensifying competition from satellite and Web-based audio services including Sirius XM Satellite Radio XM and Pandora.
Discussion: rbr.com
 
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Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
Court Rejects Google's Book Settlement With Publishers
Mark Walsh / MediaPost:
Report: CBS News Top-Performing Media Site, MSNBC Most Improved
Discussion: Noted
Committee to Protect Journalists:
In Ivory Coast, journalists pick sides or flee
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Jennifer 8. Lee, Matt Thompson join CPI Board
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
INM discovers the digital world...
Discussion: Media Week and The Irish Times
Lauren A. E. Schuker / Wall Street Journal:
Tiny Channel's Big Gamble
Discussion: Speakeasy
 Earlier Picks: 
Ken Doctor / Newsonomics:
Nine Questions as the NYT's Pay Fence Gets Ready to Go Global
Discussion: New York Times
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Kadafi, Gaddafi, Qaddafi: In The Age Of Search, News Publications Still Struggle With Libya Leader's Name
Discussion: Editors Weblog
Robinsloan / Twitter Media:
The #TrumpRoast record  —  Last week, Comedy Central scored two records:
Discussion: MediaMemo and Splitsider