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11:00 PM ET, August 13, 2012

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Michael Shain / New York Post:

Saving CNN — Suffering its worst ratings in 20 years, CNN is going Hollywood. In the past few weeks, the No. 3 cable news channel has started seeking out reality-show ideas and big-name stars not afraid to talk politics. They have even begun working on a late-night talk show, The Post has learned.

Discussion: CJR, JIMROMENESKO.COM, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Vanity Fair, Mediaite, Top Digital Journal News, @brianstelter, Daily Mail, TVNewser, Deadline.com, Capital New York and TVWeek.com

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

CNN to Promote Nonfiction TV, not Reality TV, Network Says — CNN says it is not getting into the reality television business, though it is considering adding weekend programs that are similar to a documentary-style travel show hosted by Anthony Bourdain that it will begin showing next year.

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, AdAge and New York Magazine

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

Newsroom responses to Zakaria plagiarism reveal lack of consistency, transparency — The Fareed Zakaria plagiarism scandal has an interesting unintended consequence: it highlights how media outlets respond differently to plagiarism and fabrication cases. — My Poynter colleague Mallary …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and MinOnline

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Yale reviewing relationship with Fareed Zakaria after plagiarism — Yale may review its relationship with university trustee and alumnus Fareed Zakaria, the Yale Daily News reports, after Zakaria was suspended from Time and CNN Friday for plagiarism.

Discussion: artsblog.dallasnews.com and The Huffington Post

Mark Leccese / Gatekeeper:
Fareed Zakaria: Another plagiarism scandal, another wrist slap

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Beast and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Google Buys Frommer's. Can We All Just Agree It's A Media Company Now? — Every few months, some Google watcher pens a chin-stroker asking whether it's fair to call the Mountain View, Calif.-based internet giant a media company. See, for instance: — GigaOm, 2007: “Is Google A Media Company?”

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, AllThingsD, MediaPost, TechCrunch, Skift, VentureBeat, Deal Journal, Business Insider and Media & Entertainment

Rafat Ali / Skift:
Post-Google acquisition, Frommer's keeping book editors and laying off online staff

Discussion: Media Decoder, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM and paidContent

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

NBC Says Nearly 220 Million Watched the Olympics — The Spice Girls were part of the closing ceremony of the London Games on Sunday night. — NBC announced on Monday that its coverage of the London Olympics was the most watched entertainment or sporting event ever on American television.

Discussion: MediaFile, The Wrap and Forbes

John Clarke / Forbes:
Despite Criticism, NBC Scores Big Ratings With London Olympics Closing Ceremonies

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Rolling Stone, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Multichannel, AllThingsD, Deadline.com, Speakeasy, Digiday, Radio & Television … and Home Media Magazine

Chelsea J. Carter / CNN:
Viewers outraged after NBC cuts away from closing ceremonies

Discussion: NPR, Bleacher Report, @jayrosen_nyu, Poynter and Seattle Times

Erik Wemple:

Paul Ryan bio: New Yorker piece underscores pol's openness — Now that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has been selected as Mitt Romney's running mate, news outlets across the land will be putting together long-form profiles of the budget cutter. Preferably ones that draw on extensive interviews with Ryan.

Discussion: Mediaite, The New Yorker Blog, CBS News and www.wnyc.org

Matt Viser / Boston Globe: Fox News gets first solo interview with Paul Ryan

Albany Times Union:

Legendary editor Helen Gurley Brown dies — Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazines' 64 international editions and one of the world's most popular and influential editors, died today at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. She was 90.

Discussion: AdAge, The Huffington Post, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Speakeasy, Back Issues, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Capital New York, Poynter, Media Decoder, The Awl, FishbowlNY and Forbes

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

AOL Bets Big on Web Video News With HuffPost Live (And on Tape) — After a very long drum roll, the Huffington Post launches HuffPost Live, its streaming Web video news operation, this morning. — If you've watched the streaming video that other newspapers and Web sites have put out …

Emily Bell / Guardian:

Google v Oracle: judge's order creates ethical dilemma for tech bloggers — Court tells companies to reveal names of journalists and bloggers they might have a financial relationship with — In the dog days of a hot American summer, the tech journalism and blogging community are being made to sweat a little more than usual.

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …

John Plunkett / Guardian:

BBC Olympics coverage watched by 90% of UK — A total of 51.9 million people watched at least 15 minutes of the London games on BBC TV — The BBC's Olympics coverage was watched by 90% of the UK population, delivering what BBC1 controller Danny Cohen described as the “largest TV audiences since the pre-digital age”.

Discussion: The Next Web

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Science writers: Jonah Lehrer's scientific errors worse than fabricated quotes — Jonah Lehrer's fake Bob Dylan quotations detract from a more serious problem flagged by scientists while he was a rising star: his habit of misstating and mischaracterizing scientific facts.