Mediagazer: PostDesk launches to give long-form journalism and online discussion a shot in the arm (Paul Sawers/The Next Web)

1:55 AM ET, April 14, 2012

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Melody Guyton Butts / Durham Herald-Sun:

Ailes lectures young journalists — CHAPEL HILL - Fox News chief Roger Ailes offered more than a few words of advice Thursday in a room filled mostly with young journalists, starting with a recommendation that elicited at least a few eye rolls: “I think you ought to change your major.”

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Jim Romenesko:

The Fox Mole numbers — * “I think it's pretty safe to say my career in cable news is over,” says Muto. (NYDN) — * Is Muto a whistle-blowing hero, or disloyal self-promoter? (csmonitor.com) — * “What is Gawker?” asks Ailes. “Is that a pornographic website?” (Hollywood Reporter)

Noam Cohen / Media Decoder:

The New Republic Hawks Access to a ‘Once in a Lifetime’ Dinner — Chris Hughes, the Facebook co-founder who recently bought The New Republic, has promised to use his tech savviness to breathe life into the magazine. On Friday, however, his methods tilted toward old-fashioned hucksterism.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Apple Fires Back at the Feds, Amazon — Nearly two days after the Department of Justice filed antitrust charges against Apple and major book publishers, Apple is responding. Here's a comment from Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr: … Apple's response is similar to ones made by Penguin Group and MacMillan …

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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

PostDesk launches to give long-form journalism and online discussion a shot in the arm — We've previously written that the death of the printing press doesn't mean the death of the press. However, media organizations must evolve and work in new ways, a message that is starting to trickle throughout the press.

David Lieberman / Deadline.com:

CBS' Les Moonves Lands $69.9M In Compensation For 2011, Up 21% — For perspective, Moonves' increase is far less than the 40% rise in CBS' stock in 2011. Still, the CEO's $69.9M package makes him by far the highest paid media CEO for the year among companies that have already filed their annual proxy statements.

Brent Dirks / App Advice:

New York Designer Putting Together Unofficial Spotify iPad App — Max Petriv is my hero. — My utter disgust at Spotify's inability to produce an official iPad client has been well documented. And Petriv, an interactive UI/UX designer and developer from New York, is taking it upon himself to beat Spotify to the punch.

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Patrick Walters / Business Week:

Developer: Put Philly casino by newspaper building — PHILADELPHIA — A powerful developer wants to build a casino and entertainment complex near the headquarters for Philadelphia's two largest newspapers, an iconic building that he now owns. — Bart Blatstein owns the building that houses …

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David Roberts / Grist:

HuffPo science editor asks readers: Is climate science true? — [SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM] — Hey, Huffington Post: I'm not one to tell you how to do your business — your budget for the time it takes me to write this sentence is bigger than Grist's budget for the year, so you must be doing something right …

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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Bloomberg Businessweek goes magazine-y on the iPhone — Bloomberg Businessweek is testing a question: How well can magazine content work on the iPhone? — Magazine companies have jumped feet first into the iPad marketplace, attracted to the idea that a lean-back medium like magazines …

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David Teicher / AdAge:

Tumblr Tests New Tools for Users and Brands — Can the Company Be a Business Without Traditional Advertising? Founder David Karp Explains — This may be Instagram's week, but through April, it's been the Year of Tumblr. On Wednesday, the social platform announced a partnership with Spotify.

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

With Punch, Tablets Get Their Own Humor Magazine — Have you ever wanted a chance to dress Rick Santorum? What about listening to a playlist of your favorite dictators tackling your favorite musical standards? Now you can, thanks to a new iPad app called Punch.

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