Mediagazer: Fox News Hosts Bill O'Reilly, Greta Van Susteren Sued for Defamation by New York Business Owner (Eriq Gardner/Hollywood Reporter)

5:45 PM ET, August 9, 2012

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Julie Bosman / New York Times:

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Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:

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Lymari Morales / Gallup:

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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:

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Journalism.org:

For Communication Grads, a Modest Job Recovery — For the second year in a row, the employment situation for recent journalism and mass communication graduates has improved, according to a new survey from the University of Georgia. But placed in the context of a “terrible” job market in recent years …

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Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:

Two years after TBD launched, the #TBDiaspora are doing OK — Two years ago, I was working with Jim Brady, right, Mandy Jenkins, left, and Julie Westfall to launch TBD. Now we're still trying to change the news business at Digital First Media. We're together this week at the Thunderdome newsroom.

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox News Hosts Bill O'Reilly, Greta Van Susteren Sued for Defamation by New York Business Owner — Aviva Nash, owner of the Drum Cafe, says that when the hosts spoke about a federal agency that took taxpayer money for an awards ceremony with drums, her business was falsely implicated.

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Victor Fiorillo / Philly Magazine:

$28 Million In Cuts Proposed at Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News — Today, the leadership of the Newspaper Guild, the union that represents many employees of the Inquirer, Daily News, and philly.com, sent the following email to its members, making it clear that recent slashes to personnel were just the beginning:

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Paula Froelich / The Daily Beast:

You're Worth How Much? TV Anchors, by the Numbers — Cooper. Sawyer. Blitzer. They have multimillion-dollar contracts and perfect hair. But which newsmakers deliver the most bang for their boss's bucks? Paula Froelich does the math.

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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:

Deadline And Hollywood Life Owner Arrested And Accused Of Breaking Into Nantucket Home — Jay Penske, owner of Deadline Hollywood, HollywoodLife.com, and the Dragon Racing IndyCar team, and his brother Mark were arrested around 2 a.m. ET this morning after reportedly trying to break into a Nantucket Yacht Club house.

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