Mediagazer: The TV Column: MSNBC still undecided on plans for guest-host Sharpton (Lisa de Moraes/Washington Post)

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

EXCLUSIVE: Halperin Reinstated at MSNBC — Will return to network this week — MSNBC senior political analyst Mark Halperin will be returning to the network this week, according to an MSNBC spokesperson, saying it had been a one-month suspension. — Halperin was suspended …

Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser, Poynter, The Huffington Post, On Media's Blog and Inside TV

Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:

The TV Column: MSNBC still undecided on plans for guest-host Sharpton — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — No decision has been made on whether to give MSNBC's 6 p.m. time slot to the Rev. Al Sharpton. — He was lobbied by Comcast and had given his blessing when Comcast was trying to buy MSNBC parent NBC Universal.

Discussion: On Media's Blog and Mediaite

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

How AOL's Editions iPad app seeks to master the digital magazine experience — AOL unveiled a centerpiece of its mobile content strategy this week — a new iPad app called Editions that blends some of the most-successful features of other popular news-browsing apps with its own new ideas.

Discussion: Epicenter, Media Week, Future of Journalism, CNET News, GigaOM, PC Magazine, Softpedia News and Bits

John Harris / Guardian:

Tom Watson: 'Phone hacking is only the start. There's a lot more to come out' — The Labour MP has won the admiration of fellow politicians for doggedly investigating the phone-hacking scandal. What has the experience taught him, how has it changed his life - and what revelations are still to come?

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Boing Boing

Joanna Geary:

Privacy and social media investigation: how I tracked down an entire family from one tweet — Last Saturday I presented to students taking part in the brilliant Young Journalist Academy. — The topic was “New Media” (not my title) and the primary aim was to get them up and running with their own blog and learn to publish online.

Discussion: Guardian and Future of Journalism

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

How USA Today Slips $82 Million a Year Onto Your Hotel Bill — People checking out of a hotel are usually in a hurry, whether on their way to catch a plane, return a rental car or get back to their families. Certainly they're too busy to notice or care about a measly extra charge for 75 cents for an unrequested newspaper.

Discussion: The Wire, Adweek and New York Times

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

The Wall Street Journal: Murdochification Watch — The paper runs a thinly sourced, and quickly denied, scoop on non-News Corp. bribes — Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, unsurprisingly, hasn't done a whole lot of digging on the News Corp. hacking scandal.

Discussion: On Media's Blog, Future Journalism Project, Guardian, Guy Fawkes' blog, Wall Street Journal and Mixed Media

Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:

Forthcoming HuffPost High Taps Precocious Politics Reporter Myles Miller — Is Myles Miller about to become New York's youngest editor? — The precocious politics beat reporter was recently named associate editor at the Huffington Post, to work on a not-yet-announced HuffPost vertical produced for and by high schoolers.

Lisa Richwine / Reuters:

Big media rings up sales as advertisers keep coming — (Reuters) - U.S. media giants are set to report quarterly revenue gains on the back of a booming advertising market that shows little sign of retreating. — Thanks largely to the strongest advertising spending in years …

Discussion: The New York Observer

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

Economist Launches Android App, All-Access Subscriptions — The Economist rolled out both an Android tablet edition and all-access subscription options Tuesday. — The newsweekly joins Sports Illustrated and Time in its multi-platform subscription offering, which enables readers to access …

Alphonso Labs / The Pulse Blog:

Pulse Gets Sporty with a Revamped Sports Category — Yes, the dog days of summer can be rough on sports fans, but as baseball season turns the corner, and with the NFL's glorious return finally imminent, hope is on the horizon. Pulse is here to add to this budding sense of optimism …

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Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:

Facebook snaps up e-book startup Push Pop Press — Facebook has acquired Push Pop Press, a San Francisco-based digital publishing platform startup purportedly aimed at “redefining the way we publish and experience books.” Terms of the deal have not been released.

Discussion: CNET News, Guardian, Gizmodo Australia, AppleInsider, AllThingsD, Bits, Softpedia News, Future of Journalism, VentureBeat, PC Magazine and MarketingVox News & Trends, more at Techmeme »

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Spanfeller Media Group Raises $6 Million Second Round — Spanfeller Media Group, which runs foodie site The Daily Meal has secured a $6 million second round funding led by VantagePoint Capital Partners, with participation from existing investors. The company plans to use the funds to expand the site …

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

Arianna Huffington: How HuffPo Got to 100 Million Comments — Readers of The Huffington Post like to share their opinions: That much is obvious from the comment counts on its stories, which can frequently number more than 10,000. — HuffPo recently celebrated a testament to the large …

Discussion: FishbowlNY