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1:15 AM ET, June 7, 2011

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Nieman Journalism Lab:
Newsstand, Reader, iCloud: 3 takeaways for the news business from today's Apple announcement  —  Today's new-product announcement at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference was, overall, a doozy.  In addition to introducing the long-awaited OS X Lion and announcing a noteworthy Twitter integration …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Apple Flatters Instapaper.  Did It Kill It? … Instapaper developer Marco Arment, via Twitter, shortly after Apple announced “Reading List”, a new iOS 5 feature that appears to closely mirror the features in Arment's popular iOS app.  The silver lining, per Arment: “At least they're hitting a lot of other apps too.
iPhone Download Blog:
Newsstand Brings Newspapers and Magazines Directly to Your iPhone Courtesy of iOS 5  —  The second big iOS 5 enhancement announced at the 2011 WWDC was none other than Newsstand — a method to directly access magazines and newspaper content from your iPhone.
Chris Cuomo / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Anthony Weiner: ‘The Picture Was of Me and I Sent It’  —  Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York said today he has engaged in “several inappropriate” electronic relationships with six women over three years, and that he has publicly lied about a photo of himself sent over Twitter to a college student in Seattle over a week ago.
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Joe Coscarelli / Runnin' Scared:
Andrew Breitbart of Big Government Hijacks Anthony Weiner Press Conference
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:
Live TV, YouTube, Bing coming to Xbox Live  —  Updated: Xbox took another big step today in its quest to become the social TV hub of your living room.  Xbox Live's Marc Whitten announced a bevy of new features at E3 for Kinect-enabled systems.  “We believe TV is more amazing when you're the controller …
Amir Efrati / Digits:
Online Ads: Where 1,240 Companies Fit In  —  Online advertising is a remarkably complex field.  Terence Kawaja has a new way for potential investors to visualize it.  —  The market involves hundreds of small and large companies that help advertisers reach consumers and help website publishers …
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Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
Pulling Out Weeds Online
Discussion: AdExchanger.com
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Movie & TV streams still missing from Apple's iCloud  —  Here's one feature you won't find in Apple's new iCloud service: video syncing.  The cloud-based media storage service introduced at Apple's WWDC conference in San Francisco on Monday offers the ability to sync your personal music library …
Debbie Galant / Baristanet:
Coffee With ... David Carr  —  In a town full of media stars, David Carr still stands out.  Media columnist for The New York Times, Carr is also a prolific Tweeter with 324,431 followers and a Klout score of 66.  In 2008, he came out with a memoir about his years as an alcoholic and drug addict …
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Ali Velshi to Anchor 5 AM Show on CNN  —  Exclusive: CNN is planning to launch a new 5 AM program to be anchored by Ali Velshi, sources familiar with the matter tell TVNewser.  —  A name and launch date have not been set, but it will likely launch at the end of June or early July.
Jillian C. York / Global Voices:
Syria: ‘Gay Girl in Damascus’ Seized  —  Amina Arraf has seen a quick rise to fame.  Blogging pseudonymously, as Amina Abdullah, she writes about politics, the recent uprising, and being a lesbian in Syria.  A dual citizen of the United States and Syria, her powerful words have shown …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Matylda Czarnecka / Poynter:
7 reasons why journalists make good entrepreneurs  —  Recently, there has been an increase in journalists pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities.  Some have gone in full-force and found ways to build their ideas, while others have hesitated, questioning whether their media background makes them suitable entrepreneurs.
Esquire:
Bill Keller: The Esquire Exit Interview, with Scott Raab  —  In Bill Keller's office at the New York Times Building, June 3, the day after he announced his retirement as executive editor.  —  SCOTT RAAB: Ready to share your dating tips now?  —  BILL KELLER: I don't have dating tips.
Discussion: Gawker and The Wire
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why newspaper paywalls are still a bad idea  —  Media industry research shows that more and more newspapers are implementing paywalls, possibly inspired by the launch of a “metered” wall at the New York Times earlier this year.  Frederic Filloux argues in a blog post at The Monday Note …
Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
PROFILE: NBC Chuck Todd's Solo Act  —  NBC News Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd is a real charmer.  In some respects.  “You know, I'm never crazy about it to be honest,” he says at the onset of our phone interview late last week when I ask if he likes …
Discussion: TVNewser
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Quora effect?  Hacks/Hackers weighs the future of the niche Q&A  —  The broad goal of Hacks/Hackers is to connect journalists and programmers so they can learn from each other.  So it made sense for the group to provide, in addition to in-person meetups and hackathons …
Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
Paul Begala to Join Newsweek  —  This week's Daily Intel-style Newsweek cover, in which Mitt Romney's head is Photoshopped onto the body of Elder Price from Book of Mormon.  —  Political commentator and Democratic strategist Paul Begala has joined Newsweek and Daily Beast as a columnist.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and mediabistro.com
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Online, Beck Will Impose a Fee Model  —  Glenn Beck is planning to charge his fans a monthly subscription for his daily talk show online starting this summer, as he makes the move from being a Fox News host to the owner of his own Internet network.  —  On Tuesday, Mr. Beck will announce …
 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
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Wall Street Journal:
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