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5:15 PM ET, April 14, 2011

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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:

About That Lawsuit... The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Jonathan Tasini is so utterly without merit, and has been so thoroughly eviscerated in the media — including being ridiculed as the “dumbest lawsuit ever” — I am hesitant to take any time away from aggregating adorable kitten videos to respond.

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

An Hour In A Room With Arianna Huffington (Guest Starring Biz Stone!) — As part of the AdTech conference yesterday, a gaggle of press got together to talk to Huffington Post Media Group's Arianna Huffington, a. k. a my bosses' boss and Tim Richards, VP of Ad Sales at AOL West Coast.

Chris Saad:
NYT Paywall, Huffpo Lawsuit - Symptoms of the same misconception

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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Does HuffPo even need its unpaid bloggers anymore?

Discussion: B2B Memes, Future of Journalism and Poynter

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of the digital cafeteria — Editor's Note: Each week, Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of news for the Lab. — Here's how newspapers sell what they do to would-be readers.

Ken Doctor / Newsonomics: Six Lessons for News Publishers from Seth Godin

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Why the Times Pays Writers Even When It Doesn't Have To — This guy doesn't need your stinkin' 50 bucks, okay? Image via Wikipedia — In the great debate over whether the Huffington Post should/must/will pay its bloggers, there's one refrain you keep hearing from the site's defenders …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, MediaPost and Poynter

Amelia Hill / Guardian:

Third News of the World journalist arrested — James Weatherup in custody as further searches of News of the World offices are expected — Profile: who is James Weatherup? — The police investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World has taken a dramatic turn with the surprise arrest …

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Press Gazette and The Wire

Dan Frommer / The Wire:

Meet The Guy Who Has Totally Reinvented Bloomberg Businessweek's Design — Bloomberg's Businessweek relaunch has been impressive. The stories are interesting, new editor Josh Tyrangiel has made some big editorial hires, and Bloomberg is even executing on the tech side with a great new iPad app.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, SAI and Future of Journalism

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Former Newsweek Editor Meacham Switches Teams — Writes cover story for Time magazine — Newsweek's loss is Time's gain, again. Ex-Newsweek editor Jon Meacham wrote the cover story for Time's forthcoming issue, which hits newsstands this week. For the piece, his first for the magazine …

Discussion: MediaPost and FishbowlNY

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Harman Family to Keep Its Stake in Newsweek — In the weeks before his death, Sidney Harman acted every bit the proud new business owner he was. He took part in meetings. When he could not be there in person, he dialed in by video conference. He answered his own phone when colleagues called.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Poynter, Deal Journal and FishbowlNY

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

Flipboard Gets Oprah — Big Partnership for Popular Social Magazine App Puts Oprah on Par With Facebook, Twitter — Oprah is getting equal billing to Facebook and Twitter in the latest update to Flipboard's iPad app. — The app, which allows users to create personalized magazines …

Discussion: Speakeasy, Media Decoder, paidContent and The Wrap

John Cook / Gawker:

The New York Observer's Trump Problem — Pouty fathead Donald Trump is a tailor-made character for the New York Observer, which purports to monitor Manhattan's smug oligarchy with a gimlet-eyed detachment. And his semi-coherent presidential grumblings, which count as news just about everywhere else …

Discussion: New York Observer, The Wire, FishbowlNY and New York Observer

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Love me, love my NPR: Public radio listeners can show off their loyalty — NPR executives have been known to brag that theirs is just about the only news organization to show up in people's personal ads. For example: “I am in need of some intelligent male company...I am an avid reader …

Tim Currie / Nieman Journalism Lab:

What works for news orgs on Foursquare? Opinion, reviews, evergreens, but maybe not the news — Editor's Note: At the International Symposium on Online Journalism earlier this month, one of the most interesting papers presented was from Tim Currie, an assistant journalism professor …

Nat Worden / Wall Street Journal:

Web Advertising Eclipsed Newspapers in 2010 — Web advertising in the U.S. resumed double-digit growth in 2010, outpacing traditional media and surpassing newspaper ad revenue for the first time, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. — In an annual report prepared …

Discussion: Street Fight and Noted

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation — Late last month, BoomTown posted about a huge venture funding effort by the high-profile and even more highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, Flipboard. — Today, its Co-founder …

Discussion: Mashable! and SAI

David Bauder / Associated Press:

Discovery launching network for rich men in Sept. — NEW YORK - Discovery Communications Inc. is launching a television network for rich guys and their toys. — Called Velocity, the new network will replace the current network HD Theater in some 40 million homes on Sept. 25, Discovery officials said Thursday.

Discussion: Company Town and Inc.com

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Former ABC News boss David Westin to head up News Licensing Group — Former ABC News president David Westin has been named president and CEO of the News Licensing Group, a digital rights organization established by the board of the Associated Press. — News Licensing will launch this summer …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, On Media's Blog and paidContent