Mediagazer: The newsonomics of Larry Kramer's USA Today (Ken Doctor/Nieman Journalism Lab)

12:40 PM ET, June 8, 2012

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Felix Salmon:

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Reporters without orders — Can journalism funded by private generosity compensate for the decline of the commercial kind? — from the print edition — BANDITS, terrorists, clan rivalries, lawless security forces and corrupt officials make Russia's north Caucasus the murkiest part of an often opaque country.

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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of Larry Kramer's USA Today — Larry Kramer. USA Today. Seems like an odd couple. — Since Gannett announced in mid-May that it was turning over its once-prized, now-flagging flagship property to highly respected web entrepreneur Larry Kramer, the news has been a head scratcher in digital news circles.

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Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Wilson Quarterly is ending print publication, moving to digital — The Wilson Quarterly — the sometimes wonky Washington-based public affairs magazine — will apparently put out its final print edition this summer. With that same issue, WQ will make its debut on Apple's Newsstand …

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Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Sometimes, less is more in a world of information overload — From time to time I'll Gchat with News.me general manager Jake Levine about future-of-news things. Today I quizzed him about what he learned from Last Great Thing, a 20-day experiment in which Internet tastemakers shared one and only one great thing every day.

Dylan Byers / Politico:

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The Huffington Post:
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
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Adam Martin / The Atlantic Wire:

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