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12:55 PM ET, May 22, 2012

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Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
Tribune prepares to spin off business units  —  Tribune Co. is streamlining its corporate structure for the possible sale of publishing and broadcast units after its exit from bankruptcy.  The Chicago-based company recently filed a document with the Delaware court handling the bankruptcy …
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Saul Daniels / Northridge-Chatsworth Patch:
Tribune Restructures to Spin Off the Los Angeles Times  —  Tribune Co., the corporate parent of the Los Angeles Times, is streamlining its corporate structure for the possible sale of newspaper and broadcast units, according to ChicagoBusiness.com.  For years the company operated …
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
New Twist in Lawsuit Over Huffington Post's Origins; ‘Cover-Up’ Alleged  —  Two Democratic consultants who claim they supplied Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer with the idea for the Huffington Post have filed an amended version of their lawsuit, saying emails and other documents …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Huffington Post live video strategy takes shape with new hires, a new name  —  Huffington Post staffers got a progress report last week on the site's plans for live streaming video.  Originally billed during a splashy press event back in February as The Huffington Post Streaming Network …
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
5 qualifications The New York Times should require of its next public editor  —  The New York Times is in the market for a new public editor.  —  Erik Wemple broke the news yesterday that current public editor Arthur Brisbane will end his term this fall after two years.
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Erik Wemple:
New York Times public editor to leave in September
Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
NPR snags Brian Boyer to launch a news apps team (and they're hiring)  —  NPR has hired Brian Boyer, head of the Chicago Tribune's news apps team, to lead a new, similar team of data grinders and designers focused full-time on interactive storytelling.  That makes NPR the latest major outlet …
Discussion: CJR
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Steve Myers / Poynter:
NPR creates news applications team as part of strategy for ‘multimedia audio’
Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
OMG!  BuzzFeed to Open D.C. Bureau  —  The buzz around BuzzFeed opening a Washington bureau is true.  Political Editor Ben Smith confirms to FishbowlDC that the LOL-laden site is shooting to bring on new blood by summer to get the cat pic operation up and running.
Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley:
Broadcasters sue over political ad rule  —  The National Association of Broadcasters sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday to block the commission's order requiring TV stations to put political advertising data online.  —  In their filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals …
Discussion: Adweek, MediaPost, Multichannel and The Wrap
Ned Simons / Huffington Post UK:
Phone Hacking: Colin Myler, Les Hinton And Tom Crone Referred ‘For Punishment’  —  Three former News International executives accused of lying to parliament have been referred by MPs to a Commons committee that has the power to recommend punishment.  Ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler …
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
AOL'S Patch to Trim Staff  —  AOL's Patch.com, the online local-news network whose high costs have made it a lightning rod for criticism of AOL's strategy, is laying off about 20 people as part of a broader restructuring.  —  Patch will consolidate its four geographic zones into three …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Why the Waterstones/Amazon deal could hurt Waterstones  —  UK bookstore chain Waterstones announced today that it's partnering with Amazon to sell the Kindle in its 294 stores starting this fall.  —  The deal is bad news for Barnes & Noble, which was rumored to be working with Waterstones on a deal of its own.
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Tim Carmody / The Verge:
Amazon's Kindle deal with Waterstones deflates Nook's global balloon
Reuters:
Diller's Aereo wins dismissal of broadcaster claim  —  May 22 (Reuters) - Aereo Inc, an online television start-up backed by billionaire Barry Diller, has won the dismissal of part of a lawsuit brought by a group of broadcasters seeking to shut it down.  The dismissal of an unfair competition claim left …
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Roger Ailes Talks Negotiations With ‘Non-Neutral’ AP, His ‘Fluke’ Career  —  Fox News CEO Roger Ailes gave a very candid interview to WOUB, a public radio station in Athens, Ohio, where he was in town to speak at his alma mater, Ohio University.  —  Among other topics (many of them Ohio-centric …
Discussion: Poynter
 
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