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10:25 AM ET, June 11, 2011

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Lmoses / Adweek:
Meredith Makes Big Sales Hire in Ad Slump  —  Mass women's brands publisher Meredith brought in Dick Porter in a new, supercharged sales role, a move that comes at a time when the company has seen ad sales soften as consumer packaged goods advertisers have sliced spending.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Reed Johnson / Los Angeles Times:
Sebastian Junger reflects on friendship, war and peace  —  After the death of photojournalist and friend Tim Hetherington in Libya, Junger resolves to cease front-line reporting.  But war, he says, remains one of humanity's master narratives.  —  Author Sebastian Junger
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
The Atavist: How Multimedia Should Be Done in Digital Magazines  —  As media consumption devices evolve, so too does the form content takes on those devices.  A great example is a new iPad and iPhone app called The Atavist, which is changing the way nonfiction stories are created and sold.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
On the Media: Patch.com's growing pains  —  Though the online media outfit continues to add to its numerous hyper-local websites, it still needs to do a better job with insightful community reporting.  —  Patch.com can blow you away with numbers.  From about 50 outposts a year ago …
Dbyers / Adweek:
Gawker Hires New Head of Sales From Condé Nast  —  Gawker Media has hired Andrew Gorenstein, currently senior executive director of digital sales at Condé Nast, as its new chief advertising officer, according to an internal Gawker email.  —  Gorenstein has been at Condé …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Jillian C. York:
Journalistic Verification, Amina Arraf, and Haystack  —  How did a Syrian blogger, who told beautiful and heartwrenching stories of life as a lesbian in Damascus, manage to trick so many people?  How did an American software engineer, whose passion for the Iranian cause led him to build …
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
‘A cautionary tale for anyone considering freelancing for The Daily’  —  Barbara Correa says she got an assignment from The Daily about the business implications of Oprah's final program and was offered 75 cents a word.  She wrote the story, turned it in and got an acknowledgement from an editor.
New York Post:
$1M hole in the wall  —  Conde Nast spent millions when it hired Frank Gehry to design its cafeteria in its current headquarters at 4 Times Square — but the big bucks spent on its upcoming move to 1 World Trade Center will be used for something a little bit different.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Sarah Palin Email Saga  —  Mother Jones requested Palin's gubernatorial emails during the 2008 election.  Almost three years later, the wait is over.  —  Today, at 9 a.m. local time in Juneau, the state of Alaska is scheduled to release 24,199 pages of emails Sarah Palin sent …
The Atlantic Wire:
Austan Goolsbee: What I Read  —  How do other people deal with the torrent of information that pours down on us all?  What sources can't they live without?  To find out, we regularly reach out to well-informed people to learn more about their media diets.  Austan Goolsbee is the chief White …
The Huffington Post:
Keith Olbermann Reveals What He Wants To Do With Current TV  —  NEW YORK — Keith Olbermann is showing off his office to a visitor.  —  His office is in the cozy production and editorial headquarters from where, starting June 20, he will originate “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” on Current TV every weeknight.
Ben Popper / Betabeat:
Google App Store Now Offering Way to Cheat WSJ Paywall  —  One of the more interesting dichotomies to develop in the software ecosystem over the past few years has been the open nature of Google's app stores versus the closed and controlled marketplace maintained by Apple.
 
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Cassandra Nicholson / BusinessJournalism.org …:
NYT's Bogdanich, JS's Fauber on how to get people to talk to you
Maria Popova / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and AdPulp
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal Executives Huddle for First Retreat Under Comcast
Discussion: The Corsair
James Robinson / Guardian:
Times is biggest year-on-year faller | May ABCs
Discussion: Media Week and The Wire
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Guardian iPhone app attracts more than 400,000 downloads
Discussion: Media Week
Nicholas Carlson / The Wire:
Confessions Of A Patch Editor: “The Model Isn't Sustainable”
Discussion: Digital Trends and VatorNews
Noah Davis / The Wire:
Bonnie Fuller: ‘Celebrity Couples Can Be Role Models’