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4:30 PM ET, August 9, 2012

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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Editor Fired Following Harassment Accusation  —  CONWAY, Ark. — The gathering, Marc Smirnoff said, was intended as a morale-boosting retreat for his staff at The Oxford American magazine, a July 4 overnight party at a mountain cabin that would fuel the creative intellect.
Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:
Lolo Jones Article Is Too Harsh  —  Readers have weighed in to complain about The New York Times's Aug. 5 piece on U.S. Olympics hurdler Lolo Jones.  Below is the response I have sent to those who emailed me about this:
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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Borrowing from Google, Yahoo CEO Begins Makeover  —  Yahoo Inc.'s rookie chief executive Marissa Mayer has made one thing clear to employees at the outset of her bid to revive the Internet company: Product comes first.  —  Since taking over Yahoo three weeks ago, the former Google Inc. executive …
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.
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
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:
Discussion: Poynter
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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.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Poll: ‘Political media’ viewed unfavorably by 78 percent of people  —  Only 10 percent of the 1,000 registered voters polled by Daily Kos/SEIU have a favorable view of the “political media.”  That's a lower approval rating than Congress has.  Other things that poll higher …
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
How Buzzfeed Won Over Madison Avenue  —  For a site that's been around for six years, Buzzfeed's had quite a run recently, thanks to skyrocketing traffic growth, a knack for knowing that the world wants to watch a 31-year-old video of a man try to perform the uneven bars …
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
The Wall Street Journal Beats NBC Sports Olympics Coverage with Puppet Show  —  With television rights to the London 2012 Olympics,including video highlights for news outlets severely restricted by the IOC and by NBC Sports in the U.S., one news organization has found a crafty way to report on the action by using stick puppets.
Thanks:@beet_tv
Vulture:
Aaron Sorkin Doesn't Think We Can Handle The Truth About The Newsroom ‘Firings’  —  If we've learned anything from The Newsroom, it's that hindsight is 20/20.  (And that the Japanese words for four and seven totally sound the same!)  So, if we had it to do over again, we would have asked Aaron Sorkin …
Lymari Morales / Gallup:
Americans, Viewers Want Top Olympics Events Televised Live  —  More educated, higher-income Americans watching the most, want more live coverage  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans who say they are watching the Olympics “a lot” are most likely to want the most popular events televised …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Pulse Comes To The Web (With A Little Help From Microsoft)  —  Pulse, the popular news reading app for iOS and Android, is finally available on the web.  The service, which launched two years ago and now has over 15 million users, only focused on mobile platforms until now.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
News Corp writes $2.8 billion off its publishing activities  —  Suddenly, you can see why News Corp is eager to split its news, TV and movie businesses in two...  Operating income in the group's existing “publishing” division - comprising Dow Jones, WSJ, The Daily, New York Post …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
In earnings call, News Corp. executive says they are ‘on course’ with breakup plan
Discussion: Capital New York and Forbes
 
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Associated Press:
Ann Curry makes 1st return to ‘Today’ since ouster
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Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
Bloomberg Pays Off Economist for Unauthorized Use of Information
Discussion: Politico
Paula Froelich / The Daily Beast:
You're Worth How Much? TV Anchors, by the Numbers
Discussion: The Huffington Post and PopWatch
Liz Cox Barrett / CJR:
NYT uses false balance while reporting on false balance
Discussion: TechPresident and Poynter
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Jennifer H. Svan / Stars & Stripes:
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Bloomberg News Doubles Staff For 2012 Political Conventions
Discussion: TVbytheNumbers