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4:50 AM ET, September 11, 2011

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Bloomberg:
AOL Said to Discuss Deal With Yahoo Advisers  —  AOL Inc. (AOL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong is talking with advisers to Yahoo! Inc. to gauge its interest in combining the companies after the ouster of CEO Carol Bartz, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Siobhan Heanue / ABC News:
Social media looks to fill investigative reporting gap  —  YouTube is considering launching a service dedicated to investigative journalism in response to the decline of in-depth reporting at traditional news outlets.  —  It is in discussions with a non-profit group based in California …
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Meghan Peters / Mashable!:
How the Media Is Using Digital Tech to Tell the Story of 9/11  —  As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, news websites throughout the world have been organizing social and digital media projects that commemorate the day that changed lives forever.
Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:
Thoughts From Jill Abramson, Executive Editor  —  ON Tuesday, Jill Abramson succeeded Bill Keller as executive editor of The New York Times, the first woman to serve as top editor since the paper's founding in 1851.  I spoke with her about her new post.  —  •
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News Ends Relationship With Source of Bogus Steve Jobs Death Tweet (Exclusive) … CBSNews.com has severed its relationship with the host of a web show who sent out an erroneous Tweet yesterday saying that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had died.  —  The offending Tweet was sent …
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Unboxed: Computer-Generated Articles Are Gaining Traction  —  “WISCONSIN appears to be in the driver's seat en route to a win, as it leads 51-10 after the third quarter.  Wisconsin added to its lead when Russell Wilson found Jacob Pedersen for an eight-yard touchdown to make the score 44-3 ... . ”
Steve Green / VEGAS INC:
Righthaven says it might have to file for bankruptcy  —  Despite its backing by the billionaire Warren Stephens family, Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC warned today it may have to file for bankruptcy because of a series of setbacks in its litigation campaign.
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
What does “Digital First” really mean?  —  New Haven's final pre-primary mayoral debate in what has been a spirited campaign was held Thursday — and the New Haven Register, the Journal Register Co.'s flagship, didn't bother to cover it.  Instead, the Register linked to a story in the New Haven Independent, a nonprofit news site.
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Martin Langeveld / Nieman Journalism Lab:   A call for consolidation: Dean Singleton on John Paton, collective action, and the next waves of newspaper cutbacks
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
The Truth Hurts The Hollywood Reporter...  Today my parent company boss received a letter from lawyers for Prometheus Global Media, the owner of The Hollywood Reporter, claiming “it has come to our client's attention that your employee, Nikki Finke of Deadline.com, is now engaged in conduct …
Media & Entertainment:
Newsmax nabs NY office  —  Glenn Beck may be moving to Dallas from Manhattan, but another player in conservative media has just planted a flag in New York: Newsmax Media, based in West Palm Beach, Fla., has opened a bureau in midtown.  —  The publisher of the monthly Newsmax magazine has leased an entire …
Eve Batey / SF Appeal:
Departing Bay Citizen Editor In Chief Jonathan Weber To Be Reuters West Coast Bureau Chief  —  Previously: Jonathan Weber To Leave Post As Editor In Chief Of The Bay Citizen Next Week  —  As reported yesterday by both the Appeal and SF Weekly, editor in chief of local journalism nonprofit …
Yinka Adegoke / MediaFile:
UPDATED: News Corp's new independent director Breyer not so, says investor  —  Updated with official News Corp response below.  —  We don't know what quite to make of this but CtW Investment Group, a union-affiliated shareholder lobbyist, is raising a stink about News Corp's …
Discussion: Forbes and Media & Entertainment
 
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