Mediagazer: Journalist expelled from China reflects on experience (Rosanna Xia/Los Angeles Times)

8:25 AM ET, May 15, 2012

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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Does Yahoo even know how to be a modern media company? — Now that Yahoo has managed to make its way through yet another CEO shuffle — its sixth in just five years — the former portal has to get back to the main task at hand: namely, figuring out what its future looks like.

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Nivedita Bhattacharjee / Reuters:

Amazon aims to launch front-lit Kindle in July: source — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will launch new versions of its Kindle e-reader and tablet, including a monochrome e-reader with front lighting, a source who has seen the prototype told Reuters. — The world's largest Internet retailer …

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

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As 17 more states join class action against book publishers and Apple, new details revealed — New York, the District of Columbia and fifteen other states have joined the e-book pricing class action suit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin, bringing the total number of states involved so far to 31 (if you include DC and Puerto Rico).

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

At the ‘Times,’ a letter to Sulzberger asks him to ‘reconsider’ firing beloved media lawyer George Freeman — A week after the beloved New York Times assistant general counsel George Freeman lost his job in a round of layoffs, nearly 60 New York Times journalists put their names to a letter …

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Rosanna Xia / Los Angeles Times:

Journalist expelled from China reflects on experience — Melissa Chan of Walnut is the first accredited foreign correspondent to be barred from China in 14 years. She is not sure what prompted her expulsion. — Melissa Chan and her Al Jazeera news team report on the Sichuan earthquake disaster area in December 2008.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

USA Today names Larry Kramer publisher — Gannett announced today that it has appointed MarketWatch founder Larry Kramer president and publisher of USA Today, effective immediately. — Kramer will be responsible for developing and executing the long-term strategic vision for USA Today across …

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

How the TV Industry Blew Its Best Chance to Kill Dish's Ad-Skipping Technology — Dish Network recently introduced a new DVR that will automatically delete commercials. A potential lawsuit will be even more bloody than what happened years ago to ReplayTV.

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