Mediagazer: Is it time to pull the plug on Web publishing pioneer Salon.com? (Chris O'Brien/Mercury News)

1:00 AM ET, June 19, 2012

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Android sensory data, streaming breaking news, and better real-time filters: The winners of the 2012 Knight News Challenge — At the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference (livestream here), the winners of the latest round of the Knight News Challenge have just been announced.

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Adrianne Jeffries / Betabeat:

NewsDiffs Shows Changes Made to New York Times Articles After They're Published — Back in October, the New York Times made substantial changes to a report about Occupy Wall Street protesters marching over the Brooklyn Bridge. Version one opened with: “After allowing them onto the bridge …

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

The future of news: Mobile, video, data — and crowdsourced — The Knight Foundation, a non-profit entity that is one of the biggest funders of journalism and media-related projects in the United States, announced the winners of the first round of its Knight News Challenge on Monday in Massachusetts …

Discussion: MIT Center for Civic Media, Stanford and Nieman Journalism Lab

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Klein Returns Full Time to Education Work at News Corp., Leaving Investigative Role — Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of News Corporation, left, shaking hands with Joel Klein, who was brought in to run the company's education division. — Joel I. Klein, who had been heading up the committee …

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Yinka Adegoke / Reuters: News Corp top lawyer to oversee hacking committee

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian: Two more hacking files given to CPS

James Cusick / The Independent:
Police study Murdoch's ‘secret’ iPhone account

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Nicholas Watt / Guardian: Rupert Murdoch pressured Tony Blair over Iraq, says Alastair Campbell

Chris O'Brien / Mercury News:

Is it time to pull the plug on Web publishing pioneer Salon.com? — Way, way back in 1995, a group of publishing pioneers had the crazy idea that maybe they could start an online magazine that would revolutionize journalism. Salon.com was born, drew enormous buzz, produced some stellar journalism and managed to hold an IPO.

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 …

Discussion: online-publishers.org, Forbes, VentureBeat, CNET and NetNewsCheck Latest

Steve Krakauer / CNN:

Glenn Beck drops his name from Web network, promises media ‘revolution’ — (CNN) — Hugely successful and often controversial, Glenn Beck is a man full of complexities. — He points the finger in his new book “Cowards” but calls for “Restoring Love” in his upcoming rally.

Discussion: Adweek, Mediaite, TVNewser and Erik Wemple

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

Mark Harris / Vulture:

TV's Best Talker: Aaron Sorkin on The Newsroom, Sorkinism, and Sounding Smart

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

CNN Switches Up 12 PM Format, Launches ‘Newsroom International’ — During the work day (9am-4pmET), CNN has long relied on “CNN Newsroom” to bridge the gap between its morning shows and “The Situation Room.” Now the network seems to be switching it up a little bit, tweaking the long-running format.

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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 …

Discussion: AdExchanger.com, WebProNews, Adweek, ZDNet, AdAge, AllThingsD, The Wrap, Business Insider and CNET

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Publishers' Greatest Challenges in Digital — A couple of weeks ago, Digiday asked several publishers, “Should publishers be investing their future in apps or the in-browser experience, like HTML 5?” The responses varied and the conversation surrounding the answers was entertaining and informative.

Michaelle Bond / American Journalism Review:

ASNE Retools for the Future — With a new executive director and a new home, the organization, like the industry it serves, is broadening its mission for the digital age. Fri., June 15, 2012. — Michaelle Bond (mbond@ajr.umd.edu) is an AJR editorial assistant.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Social Olympic Ambition, Explore London 2012: A Dedicated Athlete Portal, But No Ads — A lot of Londoners (me included) haven't been able to get tickets to the London Olympics this summer. But we'll all get something else, Facebook announced today.

Discussion: Reuters, PC Magazine, WebProNews, Daily Dot and Telegraph

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 …

Discussion: Erik Wemple, Poynter, FishbowlNY, NetNewsCheck Latest, The New York Times Company and The Wrap