Mediagazer: How politicians use Twitter to route around the media (Mathew Ingram/GigaOM)

4:05 PM ET, April 11, 2012

Top News:

Justice Dept. Sues Apple and Publishers Over E-Book Pricing; 3 Publishers Settle — Updated The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple and major book publishers on Wednesday, charging that the companies colluded to raise the price of e-books in 2010.

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

States pile on, claim Apple e-book conspiracy cost consumers $100 million — Apple and book publishers already have their hands full after the Justice Department sued them in New York today for allegedly fixing the price of e-books. — Now, state governments are seeking their own pound of flesh.

Discussion: VentureBeat, CT.gov Portal, CNET, Business Insider, WebProNews, Bloomberg and MarketingVox News & Trends

The United States Department of Justice:

Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the E-books Press Conference — Good afternoon. Today I'm joined by Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Sharis Pozen, and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, to announce the Justice Department's latest progress …

Tim Carmody / Wired:

DOJ Announces Terms of Settlement With 3 Publishers in E-Book Lawsuit — Along with filing a lawsuit against Apple and five of the “Big Six” publishers for collusion over e-book prices, the U.S. Justice Department also filed terms of a proposed settlement in the suit with Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster.

Discussion: SlashGear, The Digital Reader and Mike Cane's xBlog

Claire Davenport / Reuters: EU receives proposals to close e-book probe

Jon Bershad / Mediaite:

Fox News Spokesperson Tells Mediaite: We Found The Mole (UPDATE) — So, when we asked readers how long it would take for Fox News to find the mole that Gawker had in their midst, did anyone put money down on “24 hours”? If so, it would appear that you just won the jackpot.

Discussion: Gawker, Deadline.com, Erik Wemple, The New York Observer, TVNewser, Politico, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Slate, @daveweigel, @weareyourfek, The Daily Caller, @producermatthew, News on News, Business Insider, Gothamist, The FJP and Gawker

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Fox News Is Said to Have a Mole

Discussion: Gawker, FishbowlNY, The Caucus, UPROXX, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, TVNewser, Indecision Forever and Business Insider

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Some big-six publishers refuse to sign new contracts with Amazon — At least two of the big-six publishers are refusing to sign new annual contracts with Amazon. Though that could end with their “buy” buttons being turned off, it is more likely for now that the feud will result in less promotion of their titles on Amazon's website.

Discussion: GalleyCat, Bookseller news, Bloomberg, Forbes, Multichannel, CNET, Mike Cane's xBlog, Jacket Copy and TeleRead

Steve Myers / Poynter:

The Bay Citizen ends its relationship with NYT — Robert Rosenthal, executive director of the Center for Investigative Reporting, has confirmed a tweet from The Bay Citizen's Jeanne Carstensen saying that it is ending its relationship with The New York Times as of April 29.

Discussion: Center for Investigative …, Network News and News for Digital Journalists

Lauren Rabaino / 10,000 Words:
CIR Launching YouTube Channel For Investigative News Video

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Politico, @jcarstensen, LA Observed and The FJP

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Spotify launches Play Button for websites to stream music — Tumblr support for bloggers alongside big media websites, but no brands allowed — Spotify founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon want to become ‘the OS of music’ — Spotify has unveiled its latest attempt to beef …

Discussion: AllThingsD, paidContent, Spotify, blogs.independent.co.uk, TechCrunch, Inside Facebook, Shareaholic Blog, The Next Web, VentureBeat, CNET, Techland, The Next Web, Media Week and Journalism.co.uk

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Photojournalist sues cop, Suffolk County, N.Y., over right to videotape police — Photojournalist Phil Datz has sued Suffolk County, N.Y. and the officer who arrested him while he was filming a police scene last year. Attorneys for the National Press Photographers Association …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Thanks:@myersnews

CBC News:

CBC cancels shows, slashes 88 news jobs — The one-hour TV news program Connect with Mark Kelley, the radio show Dispatches and drama programming on Radio One will be eliminated as part of cost-cutting measures to CBC English Services to cope with planned budget cuts, the public broadcaster announced Tuesday.

Paul McNally / Journalism.co.uk:

Newspaper reporter: fifth worst job? US careers study seems to think so — It is not as hard work as being a lumberjack, or as dangerous as working on an oil rig - but a US careers website has published a study claiming that being a newspaper reporter or broadcaster is one of the worst jobs going.

Discussion: Jobs Rated, Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM and PR Newswire

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

YouTube adds pay-per-view to live streaming — YouTube is adding monetization options to its live streaming platform, including the ability for publishers to charge for live events. The new feature was announced on YouTube's publisher blog Tuesday:

Discussion: Marketing Pilgrim, SocialTimes, PC Magazine, YouTube Creator Blog, Softpedia News, Engadget and WebProNews

Globe and Mail:

Facebook's latest intrusion: Apps that 'tell everyone what I'm reading' — In the past few days, a couple of headlines from different news organizations caught my attention on Facebook: “Supermodels without Photoshop,” read one. “Kate Moss's daughter in Vogue airbrushing blunder,” read another.

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

How Bloomberg Broke The Washington Post's Santorum Scoop — NEW YORK — The political news cycle kicked into overdrive Tuesday afternoon when Bloomberg News staffers began tweeting that Rick Santorum was leaving the Republican race. — Bloomberg TV host Emily Chang tweeted the following: “Report: Santorum dropping out.”

Discussion: Poynter