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2:20 PM ET, June 18, 2012

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Peter Ha / TechCrunch:
Sources: Microsoft And Barnes & Noble To Announce Tablet With Xbox Live Streaming Tomorrow  —  There's a ton of speculation around what Microsoft will be announcing on Monday in Los Angeles.  Both the Wrap and ATD claim the event will showcase a Microsoft built Windows RT/Windows 8 tablet.
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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Barnes & Noble Is NOT A Part Of Today's Big Microsoft Event  —  Microsoft will not be announcing a tablet made by Barnes & Noble today, despite a report to the contrary.  —  Dow Jones reports that the speculation that Barnes & Noble is a part of today's announcement is “not true at all.”
James Cusick / The Independent:
Police study Murdoch's ‘secret’ iPhone account  —  Scotland Yard detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World are examining the call records of four newly discovered Apple iPhones issued to senior executives at News International.  The smartphones, issued by O2 …
Discussion: New York Times
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Yinka Adegoke / @yinkawrites:   News Corp's top lawyer Gerson Zweifach takes over Management Standards Committee, Joel Klein back to focus on day job in education
Nicholas Watt / Guardian:   Rupert Murdoch pressured Tony Blair over Iraq, says Alastair Campbell
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Hires Google Exec Barrett as Chief Of Revenue, as Big Ad Changes Loom  —  According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo has hired high-profile advertising exec Michael Barrett to be its chief of revenue.  —  Sources said Barrett will be in charge of ad revenue and operations worldwide …
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Newspaper Work, With Warren Buffett as Boss  —  BUFFALO — Over the years, newspaper owners have built monuments to themselves in the form of giant buildings, statues and plaques commemorating their roles in their communities and the country at large.  At the headquarters of The Buffalo News here …
Knight Foundation:
Six media innovation ventures awarded more than $1.37 million as winners of Knight News Challenge on Networks  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 18 - Ranging from an aggregator of mobile video streams of breaking news to a platform that coordinates community disaster recovery, six media innovation ventures …
David Carr / New York Times:
Digital Media's Ever-Swifter Incursion  —  Last Wednesday night on the rooftop of the Gramercy Park Hotel, all the signs of the classic magazine launch party were on display: an open bar ringed by thirsty media reporters, groaning trays of shrimp, a D.J. playing music just soft enough that it didn't drown out the chatter.
Discussion: Felix Salmon
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Buzzfeed, ‘New York Times’ will collaborate on live video at conventions  —  The New York Times and BuzzFeed this morning announced plans to team up on live video coverage of the 2012 Democratic and Republican conventions.  As part of the collaboration, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
TNR hires Julia Ioffe, Tablet's Marc Tracy  —  The New Republic is continuing ts hiring spree with three new hires, including a marquee steal from The New Yorker.  —  Julia Ioffe, a contributor to The New Yorker and Foreign Policy, and Tablet's Marc Tracy will both join the magazine as staff writers, POLITICO has learned.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Newsweek hires ex-TNR ed Richard Just  —  Richard Just, the former editor of The New Republic, has been hired by Newsweek & The Daily Beast, POLITICO has learned.  —  Just served as editor at TNR from 2010 until late last month, when Franklin Foer returned to the helm under the magazine's new owner Chris Hughes.
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Study: Tablet users more likely to buy magazines, e-books than news, newspapers  —  New research published today answers some key questions about what kinds of content tablet users consume, and what they're willing to buy.  The survey, funded by the Online Publishers Association …
Jim Romenesko:
Martin Dickson named Financial Times U.S. managing editor  —  A memo to the Financial Times staff says Martin Dickson is replacing Gillian Tett as U.S. managing editor.  Tett “is going on a short and long-planned book leave on September 1,” writes editor Lionel Barber.
Discussion: Capital New York and The Corsair
Mona Zhang / 10,000 Words:
Panel of Techno-Optimists: The Shift to Social and Who's Doing it Right  —  In an event hosted by New York University's Center for Publishing and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies last night, social media experts discussed the shift to social content and what that means for the media industry.
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Times-Picayune journalists to receive new job descriptions Monday  —  About half of the people in the Times-Picayune newsroom were offered jobs with the new NOLA Media Group on Tuesday, but they still haven't been told exactly what their jobs will be.  Editor Jim Amoss told staff in an email Sunday …
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