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2:30 PM 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: Canadian Magazines
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
GOOD magazine addresses editorial staff layoffs  —  Since GOOD magazine laid off most of its editorial staff on Friday, I've called and emailed its owners multiple times requesting comment on what exactly their strategy is for the company; I received no response until late Monday.
Discussion: The Wrap and Folio
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
GOOD Magazine posts thank-you video featuring laid-off staffers
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Tribune search for CEO  —  Tribune Co. owners are again casting around for candidates to lead the troubled media outfit, which has been in Chapter 11 for more than three years.  Former NBCUniversal boss Jeff Zucker is a leading candidate to run the debt-plagued newspaper and TV station company, sources said.
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
New York Times' latest hire part of evolving social media team  —  The New York Times' social media team is expanding, and ProPublica's Daniel Victor is its newest hire.  —  Victor, who is currently social media editor at ProPublica, announced yesterday that he's joining the Times …
Discussion: Gawker
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Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:   New York Times Tacks on Two for Social Media, Values People Who Know Their Way Around Reddit
Kevin Allen / PR Daily News:
Reporter pressing charges against PR chief in Honeywell debacle  —  It's unlikely that many communications positions have the phrase “may be asked to falsely imprison reporters” in the job description, but perhaps Honeywell will want to consider it after this past weekend.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Jerry Sandusky trial starts today, with no tweeting or courtroom blogging  —  Jury selection begins today in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Gerald A. Sandusky, and reporters at the trial of the former Penn State assistant coach, who is accused of sexual assault of 10 boys, will not be able to tweet …
Discussion: msnbc.com
David Carr / Media Decoder:
Rally and Open Letter Signal Pushback to a Less-Than-Daily Times-Picayune  —  On Monday a rally was held and an open letter was issued from people in New Orleans who believe that Advance Publications' decision to reduce the publishing schedule of The Times-Picayune to three days a week …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Kobo launches e-book self-publishing platform, “Writing Life”  —  Digital reading company Kobo is launching a competitor to Amazon's KDP and Barnes & Noble's PubIt: Kobo Writing Life, a free self-publishing platform for independent authors and publishers.  —  Writing Life is in beta tests …
Discussion: PR Newswire and Kobo
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Atlantic, Economist Duke It Out for Elites  —  When Atlantic Media nabbed a journalist from The Economist for its new digital business news brand, Quartz, the poach had broader significance.  With the launch, Atlantic Media is opening up a second front in its battle with the Economist Group.
Discussion: Poynter and Talking Biz News
Erik Maza / WWD:
David Remnick Looks Into the Future  —  REMNICK'S CRYSTAL BALL: On Monday, David Remnick sat with Charlie Rose on CBS' “This Morning” for an old-hat discussion: What will The New Yorker look like in the future?  —  Much like it looks now, Remnick told Rose.
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
Yer A Wizard, Sony: PlayStation Introduces Wonderbook, The AR Ebook For Kids Complete With Harry Potter Content  —  Although the vast majority of Sony gaming content is focused on adult/teen titles, a new title called Wonderbook is particularly interesting.  Using an augmented-reality book …
Discussion: WebProNews and Pocket-lint
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.
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.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
TNR: ‘The New Yorker’ of Washington D.C.?
Discussion: @pareene
 
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why MIT's Technology Review is going digital first
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 Earlier Picks: 
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
Attacking Amazon, Authors Group Urges Opposition to E-Book Settlement
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Macmillan's Tor/Forge will launch DRM-free digital bookstore this summer
Discussion: Digital Book World
Erik Wemple:
Roger Ailes wife's newspaper in state of denial