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8:10 PM ET, August 8, 2011

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Michael Wolff / Adweek:
How Bad Is News Corp.?  —  In my biography of Rupert Murdoch, I referred to News Corporation as Mafia-like, provoking the annoyance of my publisher's libel lawyers.  I explained to them that I did not mean to suggest this was an organized crime family, but instead was using “mafia” …
Discussion: Mixed Media
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David Carr / New York Times:
News Corp.'s Soft Power in the U.S.
Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:
Apple's rumored ‘Replay’ service a ways off  —  Warner Bros. is one of at least four top film studios from which Apple has yet to obtain streaming-movie licenses, sources say.  —  The rumors from last week about Apple being “on the edge” of launching a cloud movie service …
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
What journalists need to know about libelous tweets  —  Rumors that CNN had suspended Piers Morgan due to the News of the World phone hacking scandal spread on Twitter earlier this month, sparking an important discussion about whether journalists need to verify information before tweeting.
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Current TV Taps David Bohrman as President  —  Former CNN Washington bureau chief David Bohrman has been named president of Current TV, the cable TV channel founded by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt.  Current has switched its focus in recent months from non-fiction and user-generated content towards news …
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Why Huffpo Would Be Better Off Without ‘Zombie’ AOL  —  Tim Armstrong.  Image by AOL via CrunchBase  —  Back in February, Arianna Huffington said that selling her company to AOL was like “stepping off a fast-moving train and onto a supersonic jet.”  In terms of creating value for shareholders …
Discussion: Future of Journalism
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Austin Carr / Fast Company:   AOL iPad Mag “Editions” Missed The Memo About The AOL Way
The Politico:
Rick Perry to make 2012 intentions clear Saturday  —  Rick Perry intends to use a speech in South Carolina on Saturday to make clear that he's running for president, POLITICO has learned.  —  According to two sources familiar with the plan, the Texas governor will remove any doubt …
Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
After Much Ado, a Google Book Deal in France  —  PARIS — France has caused plenty of headaches for Google.  Its politicians have denounced the U.S. Internet giant as a cultural imperialist; its publishers have called it a copyright cheat.  —  Yet France is suddenly the only country …
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
‘Extreme Couponing’ show blamed for rise in newspaper thefts  —  A 34-year-old Arkansas woman was charged with misdemeanor theft last week after she stole 185 unsold copies of the Springdale Morning News that were left outside a grocery store for a carrier to pick up.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Hawaiian punch!  A paywall showdown in Honolulu  —  It looks like Honolulu just turned into a two-paywall town.  Last week, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser began charging for online content.  And it's a hard wall, too: no monthly allowance for stories like, say, The New York Times offers …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Another Cool New Yorker App.  And This One's Free.  —  Like the New Yorker's iPad app, but don't want to pay for it?  Here's a sort-of alternative: The magazine's new entertainment listings app.  —  It's not the New Yorker, but it's built using the magazine's intellectual DNA.
Zeke Turner / WWD Media Headlines:
The New Yorker Under the Microscope  —  Last week, The New Yorker ran a play-by-play about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  It was quickly accepted as one of the most impressive pieces of magazine journalism so far this year — ASME bait and bound to be a major motion picture screenplay.
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Why the Web's New TV-Style Ratings Might Not Mean More Ad Buys  —  Nielsen's ‘Campaign Ratings’ Isn't a Cure-all, Could Expose Other Ills  —  It's become an article of faith among digital folks that once online media can be measured apples to apples to TV, big dollars will flow to the web.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Curation Tool Storify Partners With MSNBC's Breaking News For Sourced News Content  —  As you may know, content curation platform Storify, which launched at TechCrunch Disrupt last fall, brings together Tweets, Facebook Status Updates, videos and more from social networking sites to create a realtime view into a story or issue.
Ellie Behling / eMedia Vitals:
Using watermarks to add digital content to print  —  Using smartphone apps to connect the printed page to the Web has gained traction, particularly among consumer magazines, which have experimented with a number of ways to use scan technology to augment their content.
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Why 500 Channels Means 19 Shows About Pawnshops  —  As the FCC Considers New Rules to Grant Access, Networks Stick With What Works: Stealing Their Competitors' Shows  —  Five hundred channels and nothing to watch, unless of course you're into pawnshops, weddings, cupcakes or guys rummaging through attics, barns or storage units.
Discussion: Multichannel, Thanks:learmonth
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Interview: Digital's Second Age Begins Now, FT CEO Says  —  Financial Times chief executive John Ridding tells paidContent that data and mobile will fuel digital publishing in to a 2.0 phase.  But he may need to score a victory against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to get there.
 
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Dino Grandoni / The Atlantic Wire:
America's Newspaper History Gets Mapped
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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
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Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
London riots needed Twitter news curators, but where are they and who pays for them?
Neil Thackray / TheMediaBriefing:
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Adweek:
First Mover: Frank Rich
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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
20% of the UK online population use iPlayer. Here's how the BBC plans to grab the rest.
Discussion: Fast Company and ZDNet
Steve Outing:
The stupidity of our current media age (print-digital edition)
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Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:
Magazine Publishers Cast Wide Tablet Net
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New York Times:
Ad Money Reliably Goes to Television
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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Facing their own troubles, Berlusconi and Murdoch square off
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Nat Ives / AdAge:
New York Times Introduces Beta620, a Public Site for its Experimental Projects
 

 
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