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12:10 AM ET, April 27, 2011

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Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Katie Couric: I Am Leaving CBS Evening News  —  After weeks of widespread speculation about her future, Katie Couric is finally ready to go on the record.  —  “I have decided to step down from the CBS Evening News,” Couric tells PEOPLE exclusively.  “I'm really proud of the talented team …
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
AOL's Patch Adding 8,000 Bloggers in ‘Full-On Course Correction’  —  Ah, memories.  Image via Wikipedia  —  Arianna Huffington must not be taking that class action lawsuit against her too seriously.  Not only is AOL's new content chief not cutting down on the use of unpaid bloggers, she's doubling down — literally.
Discussion: SAI, paidContent, FishbowlNY and LA Observed
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Breaking News on YouTube and the Emerging Role of the Citizen Editor/Curator  —  SAN BRUNO, CA — While YouTube is playing a unique role in providing raw video of the unrest in the Middle East to the Web, and to many of the the world's news organizations, the giant video site doesn't actually organize or vet video.
Discussion: eMedia Vitals
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
EXCLUSIVE: YouTube Finally Goes Hollywood With New Movies on Demand Service (Updated)  —  YouTube will imminently launch a movie-on-demand service charging users to stream movies off the world's largest video sharing site, TheWrap has learned.  —  The new service means a full-bore challenge …
Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Village Voice taps Harry Siegel as metro columnist  —  The Village Voice has been without a metro columnist since the abrupt departure of longtime staffer Tom Robbins back in January.  —  Starting in June, however, a new name will appear where Robbins' once did on the the masthead …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and FishbowlNY
Tanzina Vega / Media Decoder:
Faced With Declines, McClatchy Weighs Digital Subscriptions  —  The newspaper industry continues to take a major hit as reflected by earnings reported on Tuesday by The McClatchy Company, the parent company to newspapers like The Kansas City Star, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald.
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
What I Think I Know About Journalism  —  Next month I will have taught journalism at New York University for 25 years, an occasion that has led me to reflect on what I have tried to profess in that time.  —  Or, to put it another way, what I think I know about journalism.  —  It comes down to these four ideas.
Discussion: Poynter and FishbowlNY
Eric Athas / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Pearl Project: Bringing colleges into the investigative ecosystem  —  Does a piece of the future of in-depth reporting include a pack of students, a couple of veteran journalists-turned-academics and some college credit?  At Georgetown University, Barbara Feinman Todd and Asra Q. Nomani believe …
Discussion: AOL News
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
What's Left of the Left  —  Paul Krugman's lonely crusade.  —  If you are looking not only for clues into Barack Obama's character but for a definition of what his presidency will mean to the country, then the speech on fiscal policy that he delivered at George Washington University …
Wall Street Journal:
Bondholders Can Sue Over Tribune  —  Tribune Co. bondholders were cleared to sue former shareholders in state courts in an attempt to claw back more than $8 billion the old investors received in the media conglomerate's ill-fated 2007 leveraged buyout.  —  The bondholders argue the deal …
Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:
DirecTV Real Interested In Netflix, Contemplates Launching A Competitor  —  DirecTV (DTV) hit up some of their customers today with a web survey.  A very interesting web survey.  As it's nearly all about Netflix (NFLX) - usage patterns, both physical discs and online streaming.
Discussion: GigaOM, Engadget and Electronista
Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
Michael Kinsley Heads to Bloomberg View  —  New York Magazine National Affairs Correspondent John Heilemann released the tip just minutes ago of a possible job prospect for Bloomberg View.  He wrote, “Just ran into Mike Kinsley in lobby of offices of Bloomberg View, getting tour from DShipley.
Ben Popper / Betabeat:
Ask Josh Harris: A Fireside Chat on the Future of Media  —  This week we present a special live event edition of Ask Josh Harris in partnership with General Assembly.  —  Josh Harris sat forward in his chair, eyeing the circle of young men gathered around him in a tight circle of chairs.
Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Keith Olbermann's new show with a familiar name will premiere June 20 on Current TV  —  When Current TV announced in early February that Keith Olbermann was joining its prime-time lineup, the emerging cable news network set “spring” as the targeted launch date for the bombastic former MSNBC anchor's new show.
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SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
The Incredible Shrinking New York Times  —  The New York Times has righted its ship after a near-death experience during the last recession.  —  Thanks to sharp cost-cutting, the company has returned to profitability.  And thanks to frantic debt restructuring, the NYT has also removed …
Discussion: The Wire
Bradley Johnson / AdAge:
Tweet This: Agencies Get 28% of Revenue From Digital  —  Mad Ave Better Take Note — You Are Digital, or You Are Very, Very Unimportant  —  Digital services accounted for an estimated $8.5 billion (28%) of the $30.4 billion in 2010 U.S. revenue generated by the 900-plus advertising …
Discussion: Folio, Techland and MinOnline
Ivanoransky / Retraction Watch:
More details emerge on ScienceBlogs-National Geographic deal  —  Yesterday, we reported that National Geographic had bought ScienceBlogs.  We've now obtained a recording of a conference call between various members of National Geographic senior management, ScienceBlogs management …
Discussion: Crikey, Pharyngula, Poynter. and CJR
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The New York Times' Subscription Ad Campaign Costs $13 Million  —  The New York Times wants everyone to sign up for one of its subscription plans, so to help spread the word, the company launched a massive ad campaign.  —  WWD reports that the effort - which runs through 2011 …
Discussion: SocialTimes.com, UnBeige and TVSpy
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Zeke Turner / WWD Media Headlines:
Memo Pad: New York Times' Subscription Push... Mary Berner Opts Out...
 
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Tim Carmody / Snarkmarket:
Why Not? An overdue advance story on the Nook Color
Discussion: Folio
David Kaplan / paidContent:
IAC Profits, Revenues Surge; Cites Reduced Losses At Daily Beast
Discussion: Mixed Media and Forbes.com
Associated Press:
Public broadcasters gather in DC to discuss future
Joseph P. Kahn / Boston Globe:
‘Frontline’ team investigates its options for digital future
Discussion: Poynter and Free Press
David Hirschman / Street Fight:
‘Newsonomics’ Author Ken Doctor: ‘The Play Is for Tablets’
Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
The Times Gains New Subscribers With Groupon Discount
 Earlier Picks: 
David Hirschman / Street Fight:
EveryBlock's Adrian Holovaty: Enabling Community Conversation
Discussion: Poynter and Future of Journalism
Julie Moos / Poynter:
The obligatory and the original: 3 things I learned from our week as Romenesko
Discussion: The Atlantic Wire
Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Slate rethinks aggregation (again) with a Slatest redesign
Discussion: Slate, Editors Weblog and eMedia Vitals
Courtney Boyd Myers / The Next Web:
Here's one way TV stations can strategically cash in on the Internet
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
TV People Realizing That The Internet Is Global
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
Facebook introduces first private content-sharing tool with ‘Send’ button