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11:15 PM ET, March 7, 2012

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
HBO Deals Keep Fox, Universal Out of New iCloud Movie Service  —  As widely predicted, Apple has updated its Apple TV accessory.  This isn't an overhaul, but an update: The new box offers better resolution, and software upgrades.  —  The new device will support video in 1080p …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Here's What a Netflix-Cable Deal Could Look Like: The One That Netflix Just Announced With Apple
Discussion: /Film and Pocket-lint
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Channel 4 booting anchorwoman Sue Simmons after 32 years  —  After more than three decades, WNBC/Channel 4 is tossing anchorwoman Sue Simmons overboard.  Last week, the station gave her the bad news that her contract would not be renewed — and come June, she's history.
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Richard Huff / NY Daily News:   New York TV news mainstay Sue Simmons to say farewell to WNBC audiences in June
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Fact-Checking Rush Limbaugh: The Real Impact of the Boycott  —  You're never going to believe this, but according to Rush Limbaugh, the claims that a boycott is hurting his show by depriving it of sponsorship are part of — wait for it — a liberal conspiracy.  Shocking, right?
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Michael Hinkelman / Philly.com:
Strange bedfellows: Maher jumps to defense of Limbaugh
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Natalie Peck / Hacking inquiry:
Ex-senior Met Police officer accuses newspaper group of skewing investigation into MP  —  A former senior police officer has accused a newspaper group of trying to skew an investigation into a Conservative minister at the Leveson Inquiry today.  —  Bob Quick, former assistant commissioner at the Met …
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Vikram Dodd / Guardian:   Yates ‘resisted handing over phone records’
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
News Corp. Obstruction Evidence Mounts
The Onion:
This Article Generating Thousands Of Dollars In Ad Revenue Simply By Mentioning New iPad  —  SAN FRANCISCO—According to industry sources, this news article is generating a veritable bonanza of highly lucrative advertising revenue by mere virtue of the fact that it mentions Apple's new iPad.
Discussion: TechCrunch and TechCrunch
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@alexismadrigal:   It's funny that people think iPad stories generate ad revenue for media companies. That's not how it works.
JP Mangalindan / Fortune:
Is Amazon getting into original TV?  —  Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are pouring resources into original content.  Now, Amazon may be, too.  —  FORTUNE — Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are all betting big on original content.  Now, Amazon may be doing the very same.
Doree Shafrir / BuzzFeed:
Why I Probably Still Won't Get An iPad  —  I don't have an iPad.  When I heard that Apple would be announcing a new iPad today, I figured I'd probably get one.  The time had come, I can afford it, and it would be nice, I decided, to have something that was a bridge between my iPhone and my MacBook Pro.
Discussion: New York Times
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Emma Carmichael / Gawker:
Columbia J-School Grad Submits Most Passive-Aggressively Vicious Alumni Update Ever  —  A friend and graduate of Columbia's journalism school noticed this incredible update in his monthly alumni update email blast today, and thought to pass it along, because oh my god, it is fantastic.
Rupal Parekh / AdAge:
Cosmopolitan Says It Has 100,000 Paid Digital Subscriptions  —  Achievement Is Encouraging for Brand and Magazines in General  —  Cosmopolitan magazine has reached what appears to be a milestone: 100,000 paid digital subscriptions.  —  The Hearst Magazines title seems to have beaten …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
What's Next For Google Play?  Audiobooks And Magazines  —  Yesterday, Google announced the launch of Google Play, a rebranded Android Market which consolidates all of Google's media offerings, including apps, music, movies and e-books, into one portal.  But it appears that Google's ambitions …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
“Practice, pray, and have redundancies”: On the imperfect science of liveblogging  —  When, a few months from now, someone asks the question — Where were you when the iPad HD was announced? — how many of us would answer: “Staring at my computer, manically switching between tabs, hitting refresh”?
Felix Salmon / Wired:
iTunes Pricing as a Model for Journalism  —  Stephen Morse doesn't Matter.  In fact, he calls the journalism startup — whose Kickstarter campaign broke past the $100,000 level in just nine days — “Snake Oil Salesmen 2.0″ and “a scam.  ” And after getting a smart explanation of exactly …
Discussion: Mother Jones and @mattyglesias
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
AOL Patch Sales People Are Getting Fired  —  AOL's local news network of blogs, Patch, is letting go sales people this week.  —  It's hard to tell how many, only that many people are being let go due to “underperformance.”  —  Last week, a Patch employee said it would be 200.
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Jim Romenesko:   Patch to start combining sites?
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Columbia renames j-school building after Joseph Pulitzer  —  Grab your footbag and head to Morningside Heights, because if you win a game there now, you can legitimately call yourself a “Pulitzer winner.”  Press release follows the jump.  (Note: If you write about this, be extremely careful about using Columbia's logo.)
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT's Berke offered Washington Post spot  —  A reliable source emails to confirm the news, first reported by Jim Romensko, that New York Times managing editor Richard Berke recently turned down an offer to serve as managing editor at the Washington Post, which has been vacant since Raju Narisetti left …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
Jim Romenesko:
Why Tony Auth is leaving the Philadelphia Inquirer  —  He adds: “I'm looking forward to the future” as digital artist in residence at NewsWorks.  (About that job title: “I made that up.")  “I have nothing but affection for the Inquirer and everybody there. ...  People who aren't in newspapers would say, ‘Oh you can work at home!’
Discussion: Washington Post
 
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Erik Wemple:
Breitbart.com hates getting scooped
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Fox News Draws the Most ‘Super Tuesday’ Viewers
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
After beating both tabloids to the tale of Madam Gristina, DNAinfo has the ‘News’ and ‘Post’ in a sweat
Discussion: DNAinfo.com and New York Magazine
Rebecca J. Rosen / The Atlantic Online:
The Magical, Revolutionary Telephone
Alistair Barr / Reuters:
PayPal sparks furor over limits on “obscene” e-books
Discussion: CNET
Ryan Chittum / CJR:
Bloomberg, Uncovered  —  A news organization that won't report on itself
Discussion: CJR, 24/7 Wall St. and Talking Biz News
Jim Romenesko:
Call the Lawyers! - Sincerest form of flattery?
Discussion: Willamette Week
Dylan Byers / Politico:
‘Rock Center’ profiles Gawker's Nick Denton
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
PBS ‘Frontline’ Exposé on News Corp. and Rupert Murdoch Slated for March 27
Discussion: Capital New York and Reuters
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
NBC partners with YouTube to deliver video services for the London 2012 Olympics
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Nicholas Thompson on leaving ‘The New Yorker’ to run newyorker.com: 'We're making big investments'
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Super Tuesday superfans like bare-bones Internet video coverage
Daniel Frankel / paidContent:
Epix, ABC Family Launch on iOS; So What About Their Hulu, Netflix Deals?
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
Erin Siegal / CJR:
Few Female Bylines in Major Magazines
Discussion: The Huffington Post and JAWS
Danny Gold / Gawker:
The Livestreamer Mission To Syria Was Not A Good Idea