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7:05 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 …

Discussion: Multichannel, Apple, MacRumors, Folio, PC Magazine, ZDNet, paidContent:UK, CNET, Engadget, 9to5Mac, New York Post and Pocket-lint

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Here's What a Netflix-Cable Deal Could Look Like: The One That Netflix Just Announced With Apple

Discussion: CNET and PopWatch

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.

Discussion: Capital New York, City Room, The Wrap, The Awl, PopWatch, Broadcasting & Cable, Gawker, TVSpy, FishbowlNY, Gothamist, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Colorlines and mediabistro.com

Richard Huff / NY Daily News: New York TV news mainstay Sue Simmons to say farewell to WNBC audiences in June

Sandra Laville / Guardian:

Leveson inquiry: concern over police evidence — Attorney general is examining the testimony of Sue Akers amid fears her comments were potentially in contempt of court — The attorney general is examining whether the head of Scotland Yard's investigation into illegal news gathering …

Discussion: Press Gazette, Financial Times, Neville Thurlbeck, Deadline.com and The Independent

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 …

Vikram Dodd / Guardian: Yates ‘resisted handing over phone records’

Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
News Corp. Obstruction Evidence Mounts

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and This Is London

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.

Discussion: PC Magazine, Company Town, VentureBeat, @tcarmody, Gizmodo, Deadline.com, Online Video News, WebProNews and GeekWire

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 …

Discussion: Folio, MinOnline, TechCrunch, FishbowlNY, Media Buyer Planner, 10,000 Words, Noted and eMedia Vitals

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 is — wait for it — a liberal conspiracy. Shocking, right?

Discussion: Mediaite, Company Town, Forbes, Philly.com, Boing Boing, Business Insider and WebProNews

Elspeth Reeve / The Atlantic Wire:
46 Advertisers Have Quit Limbaugh's Show

Discussion: Erik Wemple, The Atlantic Wire and Adweek

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

@alexismadrigal: It's funny that people think iPad stories generate ad revenue for media companies. That's not how it works.

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.

Discussion: mediabistro.com

Jim Romenesko: Patch to start combining sites?

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”?

Discussion: Gawker, kottke.org, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and 10,000 Words

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 …

Discussion: Google Operating System, The Week, eBookNewser, The Official Google Blog and PC Magazine

Bloomberg:

Apple Unveils New IPad to Widen Tablet Lead — Apple Inc. (AAPL) introduced a new version of the iPad, beefing up the two-year-old mobile computer with a sharper screen and faster chip to widen its lead over Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Google Inc. in the tablet market.

Discussion: App Advice, PC Magazine, Fast Company, Apple, New York Times, Bloomberg Tech Blog, @carr2n, Digital Book World, The Verge, The Verge and MacRumors

Doree Shafrir / BuzzFeed: Why I Probably Still Won't Get An iPad

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

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

NBC partners with YouTube to deliver video services for the London 2012 Olympics — US TV company NBC has partnered with Google-owned video service YouTube to provide its video player and livestreaming infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games. — Comcast, which was recently acquired …

Discussion: WebProNews, PC Magazine, YouTube Blog and Techland

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

Bloomberg, Uncovered — A news organization that won't report on itself — Gothamist flags this gem down deep in a Bloomberg News story on its new Billionaire's Index: … Huh? — Now, let's see: Bloomberg does cover its founder Michael Bloomberg all the time, in his capacity as mayor of New York.

Discussion: 24/7 Wall St. and Talking Biz News

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

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.