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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

MediaNews Group Consolidates Eleven Bay Area Papers Into Two — California's Bay Area residents are a couple months away from losing many of their local newspapers, as the Bay Area News Group—a division of MediaNews Group—consolidates eleven newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, into just two: The Times and the East Bay Tribune.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, LA Observed and Future of Journalism

Discussion: Dublin Patch

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Does StumbleUpon Really Drive More Traffic Than Facebook? — StumbleUpon, the social discovery service, has about 15 million users. Is it possible it could be directing more traffic to outside websites than Facebook, which has more than 700 million? — That's what StumbleUpon founder Garrett Camp claims.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, Editors Weblog and Click Here Blog

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Carlos Slim Adds to Stake in Times Company — Carlos Slim Helú, the Mexican billionaire who is by some accounts the world's richest man, has added to his holdings in The New York Times Company. — In a regulatory filing Monday, Mr. Slim and members of his family …

Discussion: MediaPost, Poynter, Future of Journalism, New York Magazine, On Media's Blog and FishbowlNY

Leslie Horn / PC Magazine:

Report: As Tablets Market Grows, Paper Media Will Have Steep Decline — As print goes increasingly digital, many wonder if the growth of the tablet and e-reader space mean the death of traditional paper media. A new report from RISI, a company that monitors the paper industry, says it doesn't look good for print.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, Future of Journalism, Publishing Executive News, Noted and BtoB Magazine

Gina Lovett / New Media Age:

Specific Media to launch video creative testing tool — Specific Media is to launch a video version of its creative campaign testing technology that uses eye-tracking. — The tool for display advertising analyses the impact of advertising creative by tracking user eye movement.

Discussion: Medacity

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Online Video Platform Company Brightcove Files For $50 Million IPO — Online video platform company Brightcove this morning announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC in connection with a proposed IPO of its common stock. The company is looking to raise up to $50 million through the offering.

Discussion: paidContent

Adrian Chen / Gawker:

CNN Thinks All Tripolis Look the Same — According to this CNN screenshot (apparently from Monday), Libyan rebels are advancing on Tripoli, Lebanon. Wrong continent, guys! They all do sort of look the same, if you are a 4th grader trying to pass her geography pop quiz. — Let's give them a break.

Discussion: The New York Observer, TVNewser and Mediaite

Erik Wemple:

Washington, D.C., earthquake: The coverage, assessed — A frenzied roundup of D.C. earthquake coverage, featuring no particular order or logic: — Huffington Post, as per usual, masters the great teaser: QUAKE! Media goes nuts. The coverage, delivered in SEO splendor (Washington …

Discussion: Washington Post, DCist and TBD All News

Colby Hall / Mediaite:

CNN's Sara Sidner Gets Grazed By Bullet Casings During Live Report In Tripoli — While reporting live from Tripoli and the fall of the Gaddafi regime, CNN's Sara Sidner was so close to the gunfire (celebratory or other) that she actually was grazed by a shell while reporting live on television.

Discussion: mediabistro.com, The Wire, Forbes and TVNewser

Discussion: The Wire and Big News Network.com

David Higgerson:

How the NCTJ proved that asking the wrong question is one of the most basic fact-finding failings — “Asking the right question, that's the key to journalism.” It's one of the many pieces of advice I received from the experienced and wise old hands who mentored me during my first job …

Amber Jamieson / Crikey:

The quality journalism project: investigating Wendy Bacon — Shining a light on injustice and corruption isn't an easy, but it's a critical aspect of journalism and democracy. Walkley award-winning journalist Wendy Bacon has done just that, examining official corruption in NSW …

Joanne Ostrow / Denver Post:

Al Jazeera is reliable and often ahead of the curve in its coverage of Libya — Libyans watch an Al Jazeera channel at freedom square in Benghazi, Libya. The news network's coverage has been lauded as reliable and often ahead of the curve. (Gianluigi Guercia, AFP/Getty Images )

Discussion: Future of Journalism and Mediaite

Edan Lepucki / The Millions:

Shutting the Drawer: What Happens When a Book Doesn't Sell? — 1. — In May, after my novel manuscript had been read and rejected by a healthy number of editors, my husband rewrote my author bio. It read as follows: … As an American woman living in an uncool neighborhood in Los Angeles, I thought this hilarious.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Why the MP3Tunes Case Is a Big Deal You Won't Notice — Yesterday, a U.S. District Court Judge handed down a decision which slapped around a big music label and put an entrepreneur on the hook for what could be a very big legal bill. — What does that mean for the rest of us?

Discussion: Michael's Minute, CNN, Softpedia News and VentureBeat