Mediagazer: Will the Sun-Times buy the Chicago Tribune? (Jim Romenesko)

1:40 PM ET, May 10, 2012

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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:

Joe Weisenthal vs. the 24-Hour News Cycle — Joe Weisenthal wakes up around 4 a.m. most weekdays, afraid that in the five or six hours he has been sleeping, something happened that could move financial markets. His alarm is his cellphone, and after he silences it so that his wife can sleep …

Discussion: Capital New York and The Awl

Felix Salmon:

The brilliant Joe Weisenthal — Binyamin Appelbaum has delivered a 3,000-word day in the life of Joe Weisenthal for the NYT Magazine, complete with 18-page slideshow. ("7:06 am: Weisenthal catches the 6 train uptown from his apartment at the edge of the Financial district to the Business Insider offices in the Flatiron District.")

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Paul McNally / Journalism.co.uk:

IoS editor defends publishing Andy Coulson shares story — The editor of the Independent on Sunday has defended his decision to publish a story about former Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson's shareholdings in News Corp, which was published after the paper saw Coulson's …

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Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:

Leveson Inquiry: David Cameron was personally involved in vetting Andy Coulson — David Cameron personally took part in the vetting of Andy Coulson before his controversial appointment as his communications chief, the Leveson Inquiry has heard. — Mr Cameron rang the former News …

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Murdoch may have had ‘selective amnesia’ over Thatcher meeting — Rupert Murdoch's lack of recollection of a meeting with Margaret Thatcher over his proposed acquisition of the Times in 1981 may have been a case of “selective amnesia”, the Leveson inquiry has heard.

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Robert Booth / Guardian: Andy Coulson: I may have seen top-secret state material

Jim Romenesko:

Will the Sun-Times buy the Chicago Tribune? — In his story about the Chicago Sun-Times parent in talks to buy the Chicago Reader for $3 million, Reader media writer Michael Miner notes that a Crain's story has “hinted” that Sun-Times owner Michael Ferro and his allies might be interested in taking over the Chicago Tribune.

Discussion: Chicago Reader

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Sun-Times ownership of Chicago Reader would be unusual in alt-weekly world — Wrapports Inc., the Chicago Sun-Times' parent company, may buy the Chicago Reader soon, Lynne Marek reported Wednesday in Crain's Chicago Business. That would be a seismic change for a newspaper that's always operated …

Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
Sun-Times parent to buy Chicago Reader for $3 million

Discussion: Chicago Reader, @jcstearns, @sethlavin, @milesraymer and Change of Subject

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Colin Myler's ‘Daily News’ is working on a new national site, ‘Daily News America’ — Daily News editor Colin Myler recently hinted that the paper's “online operation” would soon be expanding its national footprint under the direction of incoming web editor Ted Young.

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Zuckerman Aims at Flyover Country — Word that the Daily News is working on a new U.S. news website confirms recent remarks owner Mort Zuckerman made on the subject. In a conversation with Adweek earlier this year, Zuckerman said the Daily News would launch a “national Web product” …

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

It's Official: Digg Engineers Are Joining Washington Post's SocialCode — Another bit of closure for Digg as the company continues to look for a buyer of its technology and its site: its engineering team is joining SocialCode, the social media advertising and analytics subsidiary of the Washington Post Company.

Discussion: AllThingsD, Digg Blog, CNET and Softpedia News

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

It's official: Digg's tech team going to Washington Post Co.'s SocialCode — The Washington Post Co.'s SocialCode advertising agency is hiring 15 members of Digg's engineering staff, the company announced today. Digg is not closing, writes Hayley Tsukayama:

Discussion: VentureBeat, Washington Post and NetNewsCheck Latest

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

News Corp.'s hacking tab so far this year: $167 Million — It may be years before anyone can figure out the real cost to News Corp. and its shareholders of the UK hacking scandal that has dominated the headlines for months. For now, whatever the reputation cost for Rupert and James Murdoch …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
News Corp.'s Chase Carey defends boss Rupert Murdoch, as price tag on phone-hack scandal reaches nearly $170 M.

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
News Corp. Tops Profit Estimates, Boosts Buyback to $10 Billion

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Tom Friedman elected co-chair of Pulitzer Prize — Apparently the Pulitzer Prize board does not go into hibernation immediately after handing out all of the newspaper industry's top journalism awards every April. Instead they keep themselves busy naming new members and shuffling around the current ones.

Charlie Warzel / Adweek:

ABC Bungles Obama Gay Marriage Scoop — President Obama's announcement of his support for same-sex marriages this afternoon was touted as a major win for network TV, getting the scoop over cable and the noisy clamor of the Internet. Yet, what looked to be an airtight scoop for the network appears …

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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
Robin Roberts interview with Obama a coup for ‘Good Morning America’

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Why Doesn't AOL Just Sell The Huffington Post? — There's not much of AOL that's not in play these days, one way or another. In response to a report that the company is looking to sell TechCrunch and Engadget, chairman Tim Armstrong has clarified that he's “interested in partnering …

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