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6:00 AM ET, June 5, 2012

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Alexander Abad-Santos / The Atlantic Wire:
What Happened to GOOD?  —  In five days, GOOD went from being a media darling to the media's latest jerk when the company laid off most of its editorial staff.  Just what happened to the do-gooder publication is still pretty murky.  —  First off, if you aren't familiar with GOOD …
Discussion: Poynter, Folio and Canadian Magazines
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Walter Kirn joins The New Republic  —  The New Republic, on a hiring spree since it came under the ownership of Chris Hughes, has hired novelist and essayist Walter Kirn to serve as National Correspondent.  —  Kirn tells me he'll cover “politics and culture and their convergence,” and will start within the next few weeks.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
TNR: ‘The New Yorker’ of Washington D.C.?  —  The New Republic has a new goal: It wants to be The New Yorker of Washington, D.C.  —  Chris Hughes, who bought the 98-year-old magazine three months ago, has literally said just that, multiple sources who have spoken with the 28-year-old tech entreprenuer tell POLITICO.
Discussion: @pareene
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
GOOD Magazine posts thank-you video featuring laid-off staffers
Discussion: TIM FERNHOLZ and New York Magazine
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
If You're Expecting The TV Industry To Just ‘Collapse’, Keep Dreaming  —  The Internet has already changed the television industry significantly, and will continue to do so.  But the idea that the web will cause the TV business to “collapse” is fantasy.  —  Henry Blodget has just written …
Discussion: Fortune
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why MIT's Technology Review is going digital first  —  Magazines and newspapers of all kinds have been experimenting with paywalls, iPad apps and other methods of handling the ongoing disruption that the web and digital media have produced, but very few have taken a fully “digital first” approach.
Discussion: Technology Review, Thanks:@mathewi
Jaquetta White / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Times-Picayune Citizens' Group aims to stop publication changes at newspaper  —  About 50 business and civic leaders and organizations have joined together to express frustration at a recently announced plan to reduce print publication of The Times-Picayune.
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Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
Attacking Amazon, Authors Group Urges Opposition to E-Book Settlement  —  The Authors Guild on Monday will urge its 8,500 members to protest the Department of Justice's proposed settlement with three publishers, a proposal that clears the way for Amazon to lower prices on e-books.
Erik Wemple:
John Solomon to help out at Washington Times  —  A memo from Washington Times President Tom McDevitt indicates that a familiar face may be roaming the newspaper's hallways.  From the memo: … Saying that Solomon merely served as executive editor “from 2008-2009” sort of buries the lede.
Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Bradley Manning lawyer in struggle to have government documents released  —  The US government is in possession of 250,000 pages of documents relating to the transmission of state secrets to whistleblower website WikiLeaks, which it is refusing to disclose to defence lawyers representing the alleged source of the leaks, Bradley Manning.
Jim Romenesko:
Fired U-T San Diego sports columnist: I wasn't told my job was in danger  —  U-T San Diego sports columnist Tim Sullivan was fired on Friday after working at the paper for a decade.  “I was advised that my services were no longer required,” Sullivan tweeted.  “Simple as that.”
Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
New York Times Tacks on Two for Social Media, Values People Who Know Their Way Around Reddit  —  The New York Times is beefing up their social media S.W.A.T. team; one comes from inside the building, the other, ProPublica.  A memo from inside the Times, in which we learn what the social media masters …
Erik Wemple:
Roger Ailes wife's newspaper in state of denial  —  Elizabeth Ailes has a message for journalist Gabriel Sherman.  He's welcome to schlep to a local newsstand to buy a copy of her Putnam County News and Recorder.  But that's the only way he's going to get his hands on the community paper.
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Mayor of All Media  —  As Michael Bloomberg prepares for his post-mayoralty, his media company is also evolving.  For decades, Bloomberg LP saw profits soar by selling just-the-facts journalism and financial information to Wall Street traders.  That vision, while still wildly profitable …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Will Bloomberg buy the New York Times?
Discussion: Poynter, City Room and Capital New York
 
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Macmillan's Tor/Forge will launch DRM-free digital bookstore this summer
Discussion: Digital Book World
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Margaret Brennan Joining CBS News
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Business Insider
Pandora Young / FishbowlLA:
James Rainey Writes Moving Tribute to Murdered Brother
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Radio Host Neal Boortz To Retire, Will Be Replaced By Herman Cain
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
AOL Threatens Blogger With Copyright Infringement Charge... For Doing The Exact Same Thing AOL Has Done On A Large Scale
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Sales of Murdoch's New British Sunday Paper Slip
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Yahoo May Settle With Facebook On Patents, But CEO Levinsohn Has Another Legal Wrangle On His Hands
 

 
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