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2:55 PM ET, June 3, 2011

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Why Bill Keller Stepped Down As Times Executive Editor And How the Paper's Staffers Staged an Intervention Over His Column  —  Today's announcement that Jill Abramson is succeeding Bill Keller as New York Times executive editor was, in many ways, expected.  The handoff to Abramson …
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Emma Gilbey Keller / Vanity Fair:
A Family Life in News: Emma Gilbey Keller on Bill Keller's New York Times Resignation  —  They say your children grow up fast.  But I can tell you that it happens at warp speed when set against the backdrop of breaking news.  Eight years ago, when my husband, Bill Keller …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
NY Times Editor Bill Keller: The Exit Interview  —  Bill Keller will have a lot more time for this sort of thing starting in September.  Image by Getty Images via @daylife  —  Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, caught media watchers off guard today when he announced …
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
NY Times columnist: 'I cannot believe it didn't leak out'  —  Lisa Belkin, author of the Times' parenting blog, The Motherlode, wasn't in the newsroom Thursday morning for the announcement that Jill Abramson would become the new executive editor of The New York Times.
Online NewsHour:
New York Times' Abramson on Role as First Female Top Editor, Challenges Ahead  —  Jill Abramson was named executive editor of the New York Times Thursday, becoming the first woman to hold the top editorial position at the newspaper of record.  Abramson speaks with Jim Lehrer about the milestone and the future of the news organization.
Discussion: Poynter
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
YouTube's Payouts to “Channel” Partners Comes With Strings  —  YouTube is trying to convince professional content makers to create stuff for the video site.  And it's offering some of them millions of dollars to make it happen.  —  But even though Google has plenty of money, it's not giving it away.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Michael Calderone / Huffington Post:
New York Times Movie Hits Screens Amid Management Shakeup … NEW YORK — The New York Times made it onto page one of Friday's New York Times.  —  In a management shakeup the day before, the paper announced that Jill Abramson would succeed Bill Keller as executive editor in September …
Discussion: Poynter
New York Post:
Time Inc.'s digital veteran Quittner logs off  —  Josh Quittner, one of the pi oneering digital journalists at Time Inc., is shoving off to do what he has been writing about for most of the past two decades — joining an Internet start-up.  —  Quittner, a 15-year veteran of the nation's largest publisher …
Nat Worden / Wall Street Journal:
Cable Company Eyes ‘Single Play’  —  Time Warner Cable Inc. Chief Executive Glenn Britt said Wednesday his company has an opportunity to win more broadband-only customers as broadband replaces TV as the cable industry's anchor product.  —  At an investor conference in New York City hosted …
Discussion: MediaPost and Multichannel
Janko Roettgers / gigaom.com:
Why YouTube Adopting Creative Commons Is a Big Deal  —  YouTube's new Creative Commons remix feature in its video editor.  —  Making legal YouTube mashups just got a whole lot easier.  The site's video editor is now allowing its users to remix existing YouTube videos without violating anyone's copyright.
Ellie Behling / eMedia Vitals:
What Twitter's changes mean for media companies  —  Twitter has managed to be in the news even more than usual over the past couple of weeks with a handful of developments big and small.  Content providers should take note of how they can use Twitter's new features, which range from a new Follow button to a new photo-sharing service.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
In Their Own Words?  Maybe  —  ASPIRING fiction writers, don't take it too hard, but the Kardashian sisters, best known for their skill in cozying up to reality-show cameras, are about to publish their first novel.  —  “As wild as our real lives may seem on TV, just wait to read …
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Media Law Prof Blog
David Zurawik / Z on TV:
Jim Lehrer on his last turn at PBS anchor desk tonight  —  I know where I'll be tonight at dinnertime: In front a TV set tuned to PBS to see Jim Lehrer's last broadcast as a regular anchor on public television.  —  Friday (June 3) is Lehrer's final turn as a regularly scheduled anchor on PBS after 36 years in the job.
Discussion: TVNewser
Lois Beckett / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The news/analysis divorce: Who gets custody of the cash?  —  Editor's Note: Lab contributor Lois Beckett is a freelance journalist who focuses on meta-media reporting and the future of long-form journalism.  Here, in a response to a much-discussed article predicting a “divorce” …
 
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Power in the Tower: Tribune Co. execs keep jockeying for position
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
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