Mediagazer: If You're Expecting The TV Industry To Just ‘Collapse’, Keep Dreaming (Dan Frommer/SplatF)

10:25 PM ET, June 4, 2012

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

As Newspapers Cut, Analysts Ask if Readers Will Remain — The news waits for no one. But newspapers might start asking readers to — at least for print copies. — Almost two weeks ago, The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, which is owned by Advance Publications, announced it would cut …

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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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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.

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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 …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
GOOD Magazine posts thank-you video featuring laid-off staffers

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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?

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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 …

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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Don't Mean To Be Alarmist, But The TV Business May Be Starting To Collapse

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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.”

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Sales of Murdoch's New British Sunday Paper Slip — LONDON — Rupert Murdoch has endured a litany of blows in the unending phone-hacking scandal at his British tabloids. But one setback isn't happening in Parliament, but on Britain's newsstands. The Sun, a brash daily tabloid …

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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.

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 …

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.

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

AOL Threatens Blogger With Copyright Infringement Charge... For Doing The Exact Same Thing AOL Has Done On A Large Scale — There have been plenty of accusations made against AOL's the Huffington Post concerning its habit of “over aggregating” content from other sites.

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