Mediagazer: Sarah Palin's guest spot fails to give ‘Today’ a ratings jolt as it battles runner-up ‘GMA’ (Associated Press)

3:50 PM ET, April 4, 2012

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Associated Press:

Sarah Palin's guest spot fails to give ‘Today’ a ratings jolt as it battles runner-up ‘GMA’ — (NBC, Peter Kramer/Associated Press) - Sarah Palin, who is co-hosting NBC News' “Today” show, talks as Dr. Nancy Snyderman sits next to her in New York on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Time Inc. Hearst, Conde Nast, Meredith Launch “Netflix For Magazines” — Remember Next Issue Media, the “Hulu for Digital Magazines” consortium made up of the biggest names in publishing? It has finally delivered something worth talking about: Call it Netflix for Magazines.

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Dan Zak / Washington Post:

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Associated Press partners with Bambuser to bring citizen journalists' videos to the masses — Video-broadcasting service Bambuser was one of our top media apps of 2011, partly due to the role it played in helping to mobilize citizen journalists across the Middle East during the various periods of political uprisings.

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Dawn C. Chmielewski / Company Town:

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