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3:45 PM ET, May 24, 2012

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Steve Myers / Poynter:
Times-Picayune to publish three days a week, cut staff  —  A memo from Times-Picayune publisher Ashton Phelps Jr. confirms that the newspaper will cease daily publication, moving to three days a week in the fall: Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.  The memo also confirms staff cuts, though it doesn't say how large they will be.
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John McQuaid / Forbes:
The Digital Future of The Times-Picayune  —  I spent most of my journalism career at The Times-Picayune and have many friends there, so the news that its owners are slashing the staff, dismissing top editors, and cutting back publication days is very difficult to process.
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
New Orleans Times-Picayunes Faces Deep Cuts, Will End Daily Publication  —  The New Orleans Times-Picayune, the paper that became internationally famous for its courageous reporting during Hurricane Katrina, is facing steep cuts and will end its 175-year history of daily publication, the paper announced Thursday.
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Leveson Inquiry: Jeremy Hunt memo shows he backed News Corp bid for BSkyB before taking charge of decision  —  The Culture Secretary told the Prime Minister it would be “totally wrong” for the Government to “cave in” to News Corp's opponents and instead allow it to help the UK “lead the way” in the media industry.
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Reuters:
UK minister leaked information in Sky deal - News Corp
Discussion: Telegraph
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Amazon bans Kindle Store spam (finally)  —  Amazon is finally banning some of the junkier content in the Kindle Store, including “content that is freely available on the web unless you are the copyright owner of that content.”  —  The company is making new rules on public domain and “other non-exclusive content.”
Bobbie Johnson / paidContent:
New ‘radically simplified’ WordPress is on the way  —  Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress and Automattic (see disclosure) says that the service is preparing for a significant change of direction — by releasing a much simpler version designed to work on mobile.
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
The Case Against AOL, In Numbers  —  Starboard Value, the activist hedge fund that seeks to replace three of AOL's directors with its own nominees next month, has laid out its disagreements with the internet giant's current management in a 96-page presentation to investors.
Discussion: CNET
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Slams Professors Who Claimed Its Viewers Were Ill-Informed  —  The cable channel was mum the first time around, but now that Fairleigh Dickinson University has released a follow-up study that disparages its audience, FNC is striking back with some observations of its own.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Survey: NPR's listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Press scrambles to cover new Etan Patz developments  —  The news that a New Jersey man has claimed to have murdered Etan Patz on May 25, 1979, a date that became known as National Missing Children's Day in his memory, came too late for today's newspapers.  The question is whether the story will remain big enough for tomorrow's.
Discussion: Forbes
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Warren Buffett Won't Stop Buying Newspapers Until He's Dead  —  Warren Buffett is going to buy more newspapers.  Yes, in addition to the 63 his Berkshire Hathaway Media Group scooped up last week.  In a letter sent to the editors and publishers of those publications, Buffett says he …
Discussion: Lists and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Why rich people are investing in newspapers, again  —  In March, Chris Hughes paid around $5 million for a majority share of The New Republic.  On Sunday The New York Times reported he'd be doubling the magazine's staff and hiring former editor Franklin Foer to edit the magazine once again.
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
Daily Caller giving away guns to readers now through Election Day  —  The Daily Caller, the conservative website founded by Tucker Carlson, has launched an unusual publicity stunt to say the least: Now through Nov. 6—Election Day—the Washington, D.C.-based site will give away a handgun a week.
 
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Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Time and Newsweek Magazine Covers Catch Eyes and Clicks
Discussion: FishbowlNY and magCulture.com/blog
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Hachette is offering new e-books to some libraries
Michael Roberts / The Latest Word:
Denver Post program delivers ex-subscribers ads but not newspaper
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Apple: U.S. e-book lawsuit “fundamentally flawed”
Discussion: CNET, 9to5Mac and GigaOM
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New Woodward book to focus on Obama's handling of economy
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