Mediagazer: Giggs story heralds record traffic for Scottish title (Paul Linford/HoldTheFrontPage)

6:45 AM ET, May 25, 2011

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:

Times Reporter Served With Subpoena in Leak Case — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors, with the approval of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., are trying to force a reporter at The New York Times to testify at a criminal trial about who leaked information to him about a C.I.A. effort …

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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Barnes & Noble goes after Kindle with Nook Simple Touch Reader — Barnes & Noble has decided to expand its Nook line by offering a new device that is... less capable than its previous offerings? The company announced the simplified Nook during a media event in New York on Tuesday …

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Paul Miller / This is my next:
Barnes & Noble's new Nook goes back to basics

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Paul Wakely / BBC:

Moderation and ‘superinjunctions’ — I'm the Editor, Moderation Services for BBC Online, which means I oversee moderation of your comments across the BBC website. — I wanted to respond to some interesting discussions about the moderation we've applied to comments about the 'footballer injunction …

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Why The New York Times replaced its Twitter ‘cyborg’ with people this week — The New York Times is turning off the automatic feed for its main Twitter account this week in an experiment to determine if a human-run, interactive approach will be more effective.

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Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

BBC Global Digital Chief: The “ROI from Facebook is Staggering” — Social media is not a marketing solution but a “profit center” for the BBC's commercial Web sites, says Daniel Heaf, Director of Digital for BBC Worldwide, in this exclusive interview with Beet.TV

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Will Publishers Choose the Open Web Over Apple's Walled Garden? — More and more magazine publishers are signing up with Apple to offer subscriptions through their iPad apps, including Conde Nast — which rolled out in-app subscriptions for Wired and GQ today — and Hearst.

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Noreen Malone / Slate:

Em dashes—why writers should use them more sparingly. — According to the Associated Press Stylebook—Slate's bible for all things punctuation- and grammar-related—there are two main prose uses—the abrupt change and the series within a phrase—for the em dash.

Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:

The Rise of Political Fact Checking — Two good examples of news outlets holding candidates accountable. Posted: Tues. May 24, 2011 — Rem Rieder (rrieder@ajr.umd.edu) is AJR's editor and senior vice president. — One of the more encouraging developments in journalism in recent years …

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Paul Linford / HoldTheFrontPage:

Giggs story heralds record traffic for Scottish title — The Sunday Herald is boasting record web hits after naming Ryan Giggs as the footballer who took out a gagging order over an alleged extramarital affair - despite the story not initially appearing online.

Foster Kamer / New York Observer:

Closely Held Company: Is the Author of ‘Too Big to Fail’ Too Schmoozy With Wall Street? — A few hours after HBO's Too Big to Fail, the star-studded adaptation of New York Times financial reporting wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin's best-selling account of the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers …

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Oprah Calls and Reflects on 25 Years — “Hi, it's Oprah.” — A week ago, with only a few more episodes of her show left to tape and to promote, Oprah Winfrey picked up the phone herself to call The New York Times for a scheduled interview. — Having dialed a number that was one digit away …

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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

From radio reporter to graphic novelist, how Brooke Gladstone became a character in ‘The Influencing Machine’ — “On the Media” reporter Brooke Gladstone has long been identified by her voice on the radio. Now, readers can see her voice in a new graphic novel that comes out today.

Joe Flint / Company Town:

Dick Ebsersol's exit from NBC sends signal to rest of company — The abrupt departure of Dick Ebersol as chairman of NBC Sports Group last Thursday sent shockwaves through the network and the media industry. — It also sent a not-so-subtle message to other top NBCUniversal executives: Get with the program or hit the road.

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