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10:50 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: 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: Folio
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
GOOD Magazine posts thank-you video featuring laid-off staffers
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 …
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.
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
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
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
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 and eMedia Vitals, Thanks:@mathewi
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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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.
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
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
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 …
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.
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.
 
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Macmillan's Tor/Forge will launch DRM-free digital bookstore this summer
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Margaret Brennan Joining CBS News
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