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New York Times CEO Robinson's Exit Compensation Package Tops $23 Million — Janet Robinson, the New York Times Co. chief executive officer who was pushed out in December, received an exit package, including stock options and retirement benefits, of more than $23 million.
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Reuters, Deadline.com and Media Decoder


Rush Limbaugh Scandal Proves Contagious for Talk-Radio Advertisers — Ninety-eight major advertisers—including Ford and Geico—will no longer air spots on Premiere Networks' ‘offensive’ programs. Insiders say the loss will rock right-wing talk radio. — Rush Limbaugh made the right …
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New York Magazine, Deadline.com, Radio-Info.com, The Raw Story, Boing Boing and Saint Petersblog


Pulse Goes Local: Discover What's Happening Around You — Today we're launching Local, a brand new category providing a simple and effective way to discover what's happening around you. With everything from breaking news, sports, food and deals, Pulse Local will always keep you in the know …
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App Advice, TUAW, VentureBeat, WebProNews and Fortune


Newspapers Are The Fastest Shrinking Industry In The U.S. — If you want to be a journalist, think online. — Newspapers have shed a greater percentage of jobs since 2007 than any other industry in the United States, according to data published today by LinkedIn.
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Poynter, Noted and The LinkedIn Blog

Obama did in fact enjoy a ‘media honeymoon’ with New York Times, says study — Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter used content analysis, “a technique that allows researchers to classify statements objectively and systematically according to explicit rules and clear criteria,” …


Billboard Publisher, Editor Out, Other Top Staffers Follow — Billboard Magazine is bleeding top talent, with publisher Lisa Ryan Howard and editor-in-chief Danyel Smith handing in their walking papers, TheWrap has learned. — In addition, deputy editor Lou Hau and other high-level staffers …


Twitter's Secret History As the World's Worst Tech or Media Business — Twitter Inc.'s been spinning quite a turnaround story in the press lately. The microblogging service “has finally turned a corner,” declares the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek. “It's a juggernaut,” a company executive tells the magazine.
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CNET, Business Insider, @benpopper, The Next Web and @pkafka
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Louis C.K. Drops Out Of Congressional Correspondents Dinner After Fox News Host Complains — Louis C.K. has dropped out of hosting the Radio & Television Congressional Correspondents dinner after Fox News host Greta Van Susteren threatened to not attend. — C.K.'s take-no-prisoners brand …
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Hollywood Reporter, Gawker, Show Tracker, The Caucus and Gretawire

Politico Planning Big Slate of Web Video Shows — WASHINGTON — Seeing an emerging playing field where Internet delivered video news will eventually be on par with cable, Politico will broadly expand its video programming this year, says Jim VandeHei, Executive Editor, in this interview with Beet.TV
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FishbowlDC, Thanks:@beet_tv


Vevo redesigns to become MTV for the online generation — Over the past two years, Vevo has become the default place to watch music online. But, like many other streaming video providers, it had a problem: For users, the act of watching videos tends to be a very disjointed process.


For tablet computer visionary Roger Fidler, a lot of what-ifs — COLUMBIA, Mo. — Roger Fidler, in jeans and a black turtleneck, is watching Steve Jobs, in jeans and a black turtleneck, introduce the iPad. Fidler is sitting in his stark white office — the late Apple co-founder adored white's simplicity …


Everything that converges must be workshopped: New York media flees town for SXSW conference — Sultan Al Qassemi, the Dubai-based Arab affairs commentator who was one of a handful of online personas to make a name for themselves last year via their 140-character coverage of the uprisings in the Middle East …


Yahoo Eyes More TV Partners as Layoffs Loom — A Content Deal With ABC News as a Model for Others — Amid a swirl of speculation about layoffs that could run as high as 1,000, Yahoo is pushing further into original video programming and discussing possible partnerships with TV networks beyond its current deal with ABC News.
Thanks:@delrey