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12:25 PM ET, June 21, 2012

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NBC Prepares to Replace Ann Curry on ‘Today’  —  NBC executives are readying a plan to replace Ann Curry on the “Today” show, only a year after she became the co-host of the iconic franchise.  The planning — which is taking place in secret and has not been finalized …
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NBC Made Contingency Plans, but Ann Curry Reports to Work at ‘Today’  —  For a couple of hours on Wednesday, as Ann Curry's negotiations to leave the “Today” show were first reported publicly, NBC News officials believed that she would not be coming into work Thursday morning …
Jennifer Schuessler / ArtsBeat:
Lehrer Apologizes for Recycling Work, While New Yorker Says It Won't Happen Again  —  The science writer Jonah Lehrer, author of the runaway bestseller “Imagine: How Creativity Works,” has become the latest high-profile journalist to be caught up in a plagiarism scandal …
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Jack Shafer:
Jonah Lehrer's recycling business  —  “Write every piece three times,” the late Richard Strout used to advise journalists who craved advancement in the profession.  —  Strout, who wrote the New Republic's TRB column for four decades and worked 60 years as a Washington correspondent …
Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
News Corp directors ‘allowed hacking cover up’  —  News Corporation's directors facilitated a “cover-up” of phone hacking and bribery at the News of the World and allowed the company to forge ahead with a “whitewash” inquiry, a US lawsuit has claimed.
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Phone hacking: Met refers files on four more journalists to CPS  —  Scotland Yard has referred the files of four more journalists arrested on suspicion of phone hacking offences to the Crown Prosecution Service.  The CPS was passed the files for charging advice on Tuesday and is now considering …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
‘Fox & Friends’ Finds Ratings and Controversy  —  When it comes to sitting for interviews Mitt Romney is not usually a willing and eager subject.  But there is one invitation he rarely turns down.  —  “Fox & Friends” has had Mr. Romney as a guest 21 times in the last year.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
After Divorcing Sports Illustrated, Turner Wants to Hook Up With Bleacher Report  —  Bleacher Report and Turner, which have been circling each other for months, are edging closer to a deal.  People familiar with both companies say they haven't agreed on final terms, but are now negotiating exclusively …
Discussion: Business Insider
Donna Bowater / Telegraph:
Julian Assange: President of Ecuador Rafael Correa to rule on asylum decision today  —  The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, is expected to give instructions on the WikiLeaks founder's application today.  Assange, 40, spent a second night at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London …
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Bill Mears / CNN:
High court rules for broadcasters on TV ‘indecency’  —  Washington (CNN) — Broadcast television networks won an important free speech fight Thursday when the Supreme Court said government regulators imposed unfair punishment for isolated profanity and sexual content during evening “prime time” hours.
Dave Winer:
News industry watches as Twitter moves toward the news system of the future  —  Twitter will now include, for a story from a partner:  —  1. The headline.  —  2. A brief synopsis.  —  3. A photo or illustration.  —  4. A link to the full article.  —  5. A link to subscribe to the source (not the tweeter).
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Andrew Sarris, Influential Film Critic, Dies at 83  —  Andrew Sarris, one of the nation's most influential film critics and a champion of auteur theory, which holds that a director's voice is central to great filmmaking, died on Wednesday morning in Manhattan.  He was 83.
 
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African-Americans take greater hit in Times-Picayune layoffs
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From Techmeme:

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI debuts Stable Video 3D, a generative AI tool built on its Stable Video Diffusion model, letting users create 3D video from a text or image prompt

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

 
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