Mediagazer: Seacrest's Role at NBCUniversal Will Span News, Sports and Entertainment (Brian Stelter/Media Decoder)

8:40 PM ET, April 27, 2012

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Seacrest's Role at NBCUniversal Will Span News, Sports and Entertainment — Look for Ryan Seacrest to be appearing soon on NBC's “Today” show and on the network's coverage of special events like the Olympics. — The appearances are included in a new contract between Mr. Seacrest and NBCUniversal.

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Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

As news shifts toward mobile, will text alerts get left behind? — In a blast text message to subscribers on Tuesday afternoon, The Washington Post announced that it's...ending blast text messages to subscribers, on April 30. So don't expect to get SMS headlines like “Mitt Romney sweeps GOP primaries in five states” for much longer.