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1:05 PM ET, May 10, 2011

Top News:

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

For Journalists, a Call to Rethink Their Online Models — COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY has surveyed the state of digital journalism, and it has concluded that journalists must rethink their relationships — and their audiences' relationships — with advertisers. — That does not mean yielding editorial control …

Discussion: paidContent, Poynter, CJR, Noted, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, eMedia Vitals, @iwantmedia and @jayrosen_nyu

CJR:

Introduction — The story so far: what we know about the business of digital journalism — To download the complete version of “The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism,” a new report on digital news economics from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, click here.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Editors Weblog, NetNewsCheck Latest, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR and CJR

Felix Salmon:

The business of digital journalism — CJR, in its worthy manner, has come out with a 146-page report entitled “The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism”. It includes the story of Gabriel Sherman's 463-word story on nymag.com about Roger Ailes and Sarah Palin …

Discussion: CJR, Poynter and CJR

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Google Launching Its Cloud Service Tomorrow, Without Big Music's Approval — You've seen Amazon's cloud music service. Now get ready for Google's music service. — They're going to look pretty similar. — Google is preparing to show off a new music service at tomorrow's I/O conference.

Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:

Google to Unveil Online Music Service — Google Inc. is preparing as early as Tuesday to unveil a new online music service similar to a service recently launched by Amazon.com Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, a move that escalates the battle to create the next generation …

Discussion: TechCrunch, New York Times, rbr.com, The Atlantic Wire, ReadWriteWeb, PC Magazine, Techland, ZDNet, MarketBeat, GeekWire, VentureBeat, GottaBeMobile, Softpedia News, PC World, L.A. Times Tech Blog, msnbc.com, The Next Web and SEO Book.com

New York Post:

Huge Ellies upset — Harper's Magazine last night pulled an upset win for excellence in reporting over the heavily favored Rolling Stone and perennial winner The New Yorker at the National Magazine Awards in Manhattan. — The award was for “The Guantanamo Suicides” by Scott Horton, which appeared in the March issue of Harper's.

Discussion: The Wrap, AdAge, mediabistro.com and On Media's Blog

MPA:

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NAMED MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR AT 2011 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS DINNER — Katie Couric Hosts Awards; Tom Wolfe Honored — The winners of the 2011 National Magazine Awards were announced tonight at the annual awards presentation at 583 Park Avenue in New York City.

Discussion: Mixed Media, Folio and The New Yorker Blog

Matt Kinsman / Folio:

Liveblogging/Tweeting the 2011 Ellies — Minute-by-minute updates from consumer publishing's big night. — The consumer magazine elite will gather tonight at 583 Park Avenue for one of the biggest events in publishing—the 46th annual presentation of the American Society …

Discussion: Gawker, FishbowlNY, The Wire, Media Decoder, TVNewser, Adweek, Poynter, WWD Media Headlines, The Paris Review and The Wire

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

The Sun may stay outside a paywall after all — Do I detect a change of policy at News International about paywalls? If I read correctly between the lines of statements made last night by the publisher's chief marketing officer, Katie Vanneck-Smith, then The Sun is not going to follow …

Discussion: The Next Web and Journalism.co.uk

Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
News Corp. Appears To Favour Softer Paid Model For Britain's Biggest Paper

Discussion: Press Gazette and Mogulite

Al Tompkins / Poynter:

Steve Kroft explains why he broke interviewing rules when questioning Obama about bin Laden death for ‘60 Minutes’ — When Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama last week about the raid on Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Pakistan, the “60 Minutes” veteran violated many of the guidelines …

Discussion: National Review

Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:

FT Still Negotiating With Apple On iPad Subscriptions — With a month to go until publishers must either fall in with Apple's new in-app purchasing terms or quit iOS in June, The Financial Times is not yet amongst the small early group to have consented to the new rules.

Discussion: MacStories, eMedia Vitals and CNET News

Nat Ives / AdAge:
Time Inc. on iPad Subscriptions in the App Store: ‘We Have Chosen Not to Do That’

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Folio, Media Week, NetNewsCheck Latest, TheMediaBriefing, Mixed Media, MacStories, Journalism.org, Adweek and Publishing Executive News

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

With New App, Ustream Aims To Take Live Streaming On Facebook “To A New Level” — Exclusive - Ustream is today launching a new and improved Facebook application that it says will take live streaming within the hugely popular social networking site “to another level”.

Discussion: Future of Journalism and Lost Remote

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

HBO Go Gets It Right; More Than 1 Million Downloads On iOS, Android — HBO's best production this year may not be a program. I had a few doubts at times with the browser version but HBO Go as an app is everything Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes promised with TV Everywhere and then some.

Discussion: Multichannel

The Atlantic Wire:

The Associated Press's Case for Releasing the Bin Laden Photo — President Obama's decision to withhold the visual evidence of Osama bin Laden's death has created a fundamental disagreement between the White House and one of the largest journalism organizations in the world.

Discussion: Mediaite

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

AddThis Indeed: Clearspring Raises $20 Million As It Rides Social Sharing Boom — The name Clearspring Technologies may not be terribly familiar to you, but chances are you've often clicked on or at least come across its AddThis buttons, which are plastered on publisher sites Web-wide.

Discussion: VentureBeat and paidContent, more at Techmeme »

Chris Dale / YouTube Blog:

Welcome to the future of video. Please stay a while. — It's a Saturday and you want to watch your favorite YouTube star's show, a big Hollywood movie, a clip of your friend's weekend in Austin, a newly-released music video, a global sporting event, a live concert and breaking news from Japan.