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8:00 PM ET, April 11, 2011

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Front-Runner for CBS Anchor Is ‘60 Minutes’ Reporter  —  Growing up, Scott Pelley's journalistic dream was very specific: he wanted to work at “60 Minutes,” which was and is the nation's pre-eminent television newsmagazine.  —  He checked all the television correspondent boxes — wars …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
After a Rocky Five Years, Talk of Couric Parting With CBS
Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:
Facebook for Journalists: More Work Than Twitter, but With a Bigger Payout  —  Last week, Facebook launched a Page called Journalists on Facebook in an effort to encourage the news community to use the site's Page feature as a distribution and research tool.
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Jonathan Alter out at Newsweek  —  The final member of the “Newsweek Six” has left the building.  —  Jonathan Alter, the only remaining member of the gang of television-loving newsweekly scribes so dubbed by Slate's Jack Shafer, is no longer with the publication.
Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:
Consolidation of Trade Publications Nears  —  The long-planned consolidation of three familiar trade publications into one is beginning at Prometheus Global Media.  —  Monday brought the final issues of two publications, Brandweek and Mediaweek, which have been published along with their sibling, Adweek, for almost 10 years.
Discussion: The Wire, FishbowlNY and Poynter
Alex Mindlin / New York Times:
More Media Time, on Various Screens  —  Americans are spending about 20 percent more time consuming radio, television and the Internet than they were a decade ago, according to a survey by two media measurement firms.  —  That jump reflects in part a rise by 26 percentage points in the number of Americans with access to the Internet.
Discussion: TVWeek.com and Noted
Heather Dougherty:
Impact of paywall on NYTimes.com  —  After months of speculation, the paywall for The New York Times went live at 2pm on Monday, March 28th, which limits online readers (non-print subscribers) to 20 articles each month.  For smartphone and tablet applications, only the top news section …
Discussion: paidContent and ReadWriteWeb
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Tessa Jowell phone-hacking admission changes everything  —  Am I alone in being troubled by the fact that News of the World journalists targeted the former culture secretary, the minister responsible for media policy?  —  Two days ago it seemed that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp had finally seized …
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and The Wire
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
Bloomberg BusinessWeek Launches iPad App With Monthly Subscription Plan  —  Bloomberg BusinessWeek could not have picked a better time to launch its iPad app.  A year after a major overhaul following the sale from McGraw Hill, the latest Publishers Information Bureau figures had BBW's ad pages up 49 percent …
Josh Tapper / Nieman Journalism Lab:
How Russia's top journalism school is revamping its curriculum to create a new culture of press freedom  —  The limitations on press freedom in Russia have been well-documented.  With the Kremlin holding a stake in each of the country's six national television stations …
Damon Kiesow / Poynter:
Bing's new iPad app is a newspaper in disguise  —  Microsoft's new Bing iPad app, released Thursday, does more than search — it begins to remake the newspaper experience in digital form.  —  The app is not being marketed as a news platform, but journalists should consider it one because it offers …
Thanks:dkiesow
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Film shoots to farmers markets: Users respond to Everyblock's community-focused redesign  —  Late last month, Everyblock launched an overhaul of its site — its “first major redesign,” and one “driven by the feedback we've been getting over the past year.”  The revamp marked a significant shift …
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Adam Hochberg / Poynter:
Twitpic, Flickr use by eyewitnesses raises questions for news orgs about image rights, compensation  —  When a Southwest Airlines 737 developed a six-foot hole in the fuselage in mid-air recently, some passengers screamed, others prayed.  —  Shawna Malvini Redden tweeted.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Simon / Bloggasm:
The New Yorker allows Facebook fans access to its paywall content  —  Though some of the articles published in The New Yorker each week are free, it still shelves many of them behind a paywall.  But on my Facebook news feed I just caught a glimpse of a new roll-out from the magazine: web content only available on its Facebook page:
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Judge to copyright troll: your “business model” isn't my problem  —  Ars Technica freelancer Eriq Gardner was recently sued over a photo that appeared in a piece he wrote for us last year.  The flimsy lawsuit was quickly dismissed, but the company behind it lives on—and has sued 50+ people in Colorado for their use of the same photo.
Discussion: Righthaven Victims
The Wrap:
Viacom's Philippe Dauman Is America's Top-Paid CEO, Report Says  —  Recession?  What recession?  A New York Times ranking of the top-paid CEOs says media-conglomerate chief made $84.5 million in just 9 months last year
Discussion: MediaPost
David Carr / New York Times:
At Gannett, Furloughs but Nice Paydays for Brass  —  Just in case Gannett employees thought 2011 might bring better news after years of layoffs and furloughs, the year was just four days old when a note landed in the in-box of people who work for the community news division saying, once again …
Lewis DVorkin / The Copy Box:
Forbes Update: Re-Imagining a Magazine as Digital Media Marches On  —  How do you re-architect a magazine like Forbes in a digital era?  What's the right content creation model to produce 22 issues a year?  How should a print product relate to a Web site, or tablet apps, or other digital products?
Discussion: Talking Biz News, Thanks:taylorbuley
Jim O'Neill / Online Video News:
Ooyala launches Ooyala Everywhere, Ooyala Personal Playback  —  White label online video platform Ooyala is rolling out a suite of services designed to help content creators and distributors deliver rich, personalized viewing experiences directly to consumers, helping to bring more premium …
Wall Street Journal:
Time Warner Eyes Headquarters Move  —  Time Warner Inc. is considering moving its headquarters to Manhattan's far West Side as Related Cos. tries to kick-start its $15 billion Hudson Yards development planned there, people familiar with the matter said.  —  The talks are in preliminary stages and could fizzle.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and New York Observer
Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:
When to hyperlink within an online news story?  —  By Robert Niles: When to hyperlink within an online news story?  —  That's a question that challenges even the most experienced online writers.  Hyperlinks imbue a news story with the power of the World Wide Web, allowing writers to source information …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Dan Abrams Hires Peter Lauria For Mogulite  —  Peter Lauria, who's covered his share of media moguls for the New York Post and the Daily Beast, is joining the soon-to-be-launched Mogulite as consulting editor.  —  Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein once jokingly dubbed Lauria the “No. 1 bastard” he knows.
Discussion: mediabistro.com and FishbowlNY
The Wrap:
Mark Burnett, Hearst Announce Joint Venture  —  Hearst and Mark Burnett announced a media, production and events-based joint venture Monday that will focus on media content, producing events around it, and spinning off television shows and other programming based on Hearst brands.
Simon Dumenco / AdAge:
How Twitter Can Stop Its Descent Into a Cable-News-Style Disinformation Network  —  It's Time to Make Sense of Those Disinformational Memes  —  Here's the ongoing problem with Twitter: It wants your love and respect, even as it wastes your time and insults your intelligence.
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
How One Man Is Trying to Make YouTube Talent Rich  —  Fullscreen Founder George Strompolos Looks to Bridge Gap Among Viral-Video Stars, Advertisers and Distributors  —  Want to make money on YouTube right now?  Talk to George Strompolos.  —  Mr. Strompolos, a former business-development …
 
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Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:
Going the Distance  —  Is nonprofit-funded investigative reporting sustainable?
Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
British Libraries Must Not Harvest Paywalled News Sites, Govt. Says
Ken Doctor / Newsonomics:
Nine Questions on Gannett Branding, Patch Widgeting, Stewart Becking, Bloomberg Viewing and Sunday Selling
Discussion: Poynter and Gannett Blog
PBS:
Former Washington Post Managing Ed to Join FRONTLINE
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Adam Thierer / Forbes:
Keeping The Video Revolution Going Strong
Brian Steinberg / AdAge:
Turner Experiments With Building a Smarter Ad for Its Cable Networks
Discussion: MediaPost
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Actors in Smaller Studios, Making Pictures for the Smaller Screen
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
Bravo's ‘Buzz Marketing’ Keeps Viewers Tuned in
Thanks:rawmeet
 Earlier Picks: 
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Qaddafi's Handling of Media Shows Regime's Flaws
Discussion: The Atlantic Wire
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Will iPad & Tablets Be Our Sunday Paper?
Terry Heaton / Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog:
“Accidental” clickthroughs in mobile ads
Crain's New York:
Martha Stewart can return to her ailing company
Discussion: Mediaite