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5:30 PM ET, June 30, 2011

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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Mark Halperin apologizes for Obama gaffe  —  Mark Halperin, editor-at-large for Time, called President Obama “a dick” on Thursday on a popular MSNBC morning show and then quickly apologized.  —  “I thought he was a dick yesterday,” Halperin, who also is a senior political analyst for MSNBC …
John Cook / Gawker:
Roger Ailes' Secret Nixon-Era Blueprint for Fox News  —  Republican media strategist Roger Ailes launched Fox News Channel in 1996, ostensibly as a “fair and balanced” counterpoint to what he regarded as the liberal establishment media.  But according to a remarkable document buried deep within …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Fox News to debut ‘The Five’ in Glenn Beck Timeslot  —  Fox News Channel will debut a new program called “The Five” airing in Glenn Beck's soon-to-be vacated timeslot beginning Monday, July 11 and running through the summer.  —  The show, a “The View"-like ensemble program …
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Flipboard 1.5 Integrates LinkedIn, Adds A Content Guide For Curated News Browsing  —  An update to social news viewing app Flipboard goes live in the app store today, with a new souped up 1.5 version that optimizes the reader experience even further.  Earlier this week we had the chance …
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
A year after its big redesign, how Google News is thinking about the best ways to present news stories  —  It's been a year since Google News launched its big redesign, the first major update of the Google News interface since it launched in 2002.  The revamp put a new emphasis on customized news content …
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Tablet owners read print newspapers, magazines less often  —  People who use an iPad or other tablet device read printed newspapers, books and magazines less than they used to, according to a recent study by Forrester Research.  —  Almost one-third (32 percent) of tablet owners …
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of the British invasion  —  Editor's Note: Each week, Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of news for the Lab.  —  With the United Kingdom one of the countries suffering the economic doldrums …
Discussion: paidContent:UK
Dylan Byers / Adweek:
Forensic Art Expert Sues ‘New Yorker’ Author  —  Forensic art expert Peter Paul Biro brought a $2 million defamation suit Wednesday against The New Yorker staff writer David Grann and Advance Magazine Publishers (owners of Condé Nast, which publishes The New Yorker) …
Jennifer 8. Lee:
The Potential for Google+ Stream for News  —  I got invited to try Google+, which has been written about a lot.  Short summary: Facebook should be scared.  —  The Stream (similar to Facebook) is pretty nice UI/UX.  Intuitive icons, clean design.  Sparks, the newsy thing …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
A Year Behind The ‘Wall’, The Times Has 101,036 Digital Subscribers  —  One year after it introduced digital charges, News Corp.'s Times Newspapers in the UK says it has 101,036 digital subscribers across the web, tablets and e-readers.  —  Since the £2 weekly subscription subscription …
Discussion: Adweek and Press Gazette
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Birthers Sue Esquire Over Parody, Seeking More than $200 Million  —  Joseph Farah and Jerome Corsi have some pretty interesting beliefs.  They believe there's no proof Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.  * They also believe Hearst Corp. and a writer it employs ought to pay them hundreds …
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Next Issue Media Works To Build The Storefront Before The Audience Arrives  —  Magazine joint venture Next Issue Media is adding six titles to its digital storefront on the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android-powered Samsung Galaxy as it unveils an integrated app that allows users to keep their digital reads …
Discussion: Media Maverick
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Newspaper Chain Fights for Copyright Troll's Survival  —  Stephens Media, the Las Vegas-based media chain, is fighting to keep its latest business model alive: copyright-trolling.  —  After standing on the sidelines while professional content-troll Righthaven fights in court …
Discussion: Righthaven Victims
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Penske's MMC Rebrands, Promotes Racer To President  —  Jay Penske's Mail.com Media Corp is simplifying things a bit by rebranding as PMC and promoting Chief Revenue Officer Aly Racer to the role of president.  Also, CFO George Grobar will now add the COO post to his duties …
 
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