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8:50 AM ET, July 10, 2012

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Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
Spin Magazine Is Sold to Buzzmedia, With Plans to Expand Online Reach  —  Spin Media, the company behind the alternative-music magazine Spin, has been sold to Buzzmedia, a portfolio of music and celebrity Web sites, in a deal that could expand Spin's reach online but also calls into question its future as a print publication.
Discussion: Forbes Real Time and eMedia Vitals
Amy Sullivan / The New Republic:
Who Reported It First?  Who Cares.  —  Can we talk about the nonsense of caring about which news outlet first reports a big piece of news?  I'm not talking about a genuine scoop—a report that wouldn't have otherwise come to light—but about news that we're all eventually going to find out anyway.
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Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Three lessons for newsrooms from the Supreme Court health care reporting errors
Discussion: The Billfold and TVNewser
Julie Moos / Poynter:
The Anniston Star to eliminate Monday print edition  —  Another Alabama newspaper has decided to reduce its days in print.  This time, it is a smaller daily that has been praised for its commitment to community journalism.  Starting in the fourth quarter of this year, probably in October …
Adam Tinworth / One Man & His Blog:
Why traditional publishers can't soothe the crying baby  —  I feel rather bad for my colleagues in the national newspaper business this morning.  As they trek into their plush central London office, sipping their lattes1, they find the world predicting their doom and destruction.
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Jesselyn Radack / Daily Kos:
DOJ Lawyer's Hypersensitivity to “Only Approved Leaks” Culture Results in Threat to Free Press  —  Department of Justice Civil Rights Division senior trial attorney Rachel Hranitzky told a local Louisiana reporter that he could not quote statements she made at a public hearing regarding the the New Iberia Fire Department.
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:   Class action trial over e-book pricing at least one year away
John Robinson / Media, disrupted:
In New Orleans, profit trumps readers  —  I appreciate the efforts of readers of the Times-Picayune to keep the New Orleans newspaper published seven days a week.  Unfortunately, they will be unsuccessful.  —  Here is a simple, boiled down reason: Readers value the public service the newspaper produces.
Discussion: @annatarkov and DashThirtyDash
Peter C. Beller / Ebyline Blog:
Building the Great Newspaper Paywall  —  The beleaguered newspaper industry has finally settled on a digital revenue strategy—the metered paywall—and now everyone's pitching in to get it built.  Paywalls have their critics, their boosters, more critics and then the critics-who-also-want-to-be- boosters.
Discussion: TheMediaBriefing and Poynter
Jim Romenesko:
Salt Lake Tribune managing editor Michael Anastasi named LANG executive editor  —  Michael Anastasi leaves the Salt Lake Tribune, where he's been managing editor since 2004, to become executive editor of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which has nine daily newspapers and associated digital products, websites and weekly papers.
Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
New York Magazine to Expand The Cut Blog  —  It used to be that New York magazine's cheeky blog items expounding on fashion and politicians were accessories to the main attraction — the articles in the flagship magazine.  But next month, New York is shifting more attention online.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
WSJ intern fired for making up quotes denies allegation to beauty pageant  —  Liane Membis, the Wall Street Journal intern fired last month for making up quotes in stories, has denied the allegation to a representation of the Miss Black America pageant, reports the New York Amsterdam News.
David Carr / Media Decoder:
Two Guys Made a Web Site, and This Is What They Got  —  What if this article began with a link to a chart on media consolidation?  Would you click it?  —  What if, instead, this article began with a promise that it would tell you “The Real Reason They Still Play ‘Mrs. Robinson’ on the Radio.”
Discussion: Betabeat
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Next Issue brings 39 all-you-can-read magazines to iPad  —  Digital magazine joint venture Next Issue Media is finally available for the iPad, three months after it launched for Android .  With the app, users can read popular magazines like People, Vogue, the New Yorker and Real Simple for a flat monthly fee.
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Zuck's new friend  —  With Facebook stepping up its courtship of the media business, the buzz is building that Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing Hulu chief Jason Kilar for a top job.  Sources say that Zuck “likes” Kilar, a well-respected Internet executive with deep ties to big media players, and has designs on him for a senior role.
 
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Nicholas Carr / Rough Type:
The nepotistic linker  —  Mathew Ingram, GigaOM's media blogger …
Steve Smith / MediaPost:
Bloomberg Businessweek: Yep, You Can Put A Magazine On A Phone
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Disgraced journalist Stephen Glass fights to become lawyer
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Mike Daisey invites media critics to reworked Apple show
Discussion: GeekWire
Kevin Morris / Daily Dot:
Reddit lifts its ban on “The Atlantic”
Discussion: VentureBeat and Betabeat, Thanks:@loganwtf
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News vacate ‘Tower of Truth’
Discussion: Philly.com
 Earlier Picks: 
The Onion:
Economically Healthy ‘Daily Planet’ Now Most Unrealistic Part Of Superman Universe
Discussion: CJR and @erikwemple
Jim Romenesko:
Debbie Galant leaves Baristanet, heads to Montclair State University
Discussion: Baristanet
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
The Savannah Guthrie Era Begins Officially on ‘Today’
Discussion: TVNewser
Jim Romenesko:
Gary Pruitt starts his job as Associated Press president
Brian Farnham / Street Fight:
Ex-Patch EIC: Journatic Episode Illustrates Cost/Quality Issue in Hyperlocal
Discussion: Poynter and JIMROMENESKO.COM