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7:15 AM ET, April 4, 2013

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Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC Confirms Fallon Will Succeed Leno  —  “The Tonight Show” will begin a new era in February when Jimmy Fallon succeeds Jay Leno as host of the most storied and successful program in late-night television.  —  NBC plans to announce on Wednesday its plan to install Mr. Fallon as the show's sixth host …
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
NBC's ‘Tonight Show’ Succession: Third Time's the Charm?  —  Kimmel helped do what his hero Letterman couldn't: cost the top man in late-night his job  —  If third time is the charm in NBC's quest for a smooth “Tonight Show” transition, much of the charm comes courtesy of Jimmy Fallon.
AdNews:
Fairfax Media CEO Hywood's memo to staff on restructure  —  Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood sent a note to staff this morning detailing the second round of a sweeping restructure underway at Fairfax as it reengineers for structural change in the media sector.  Here's his full message:
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Ryan Holiday / Medium:
Our Regressive Web  —  An entrepreneur friend of mine remarked to me recently that if someone invented the nightly news today—or a show like Brian Williams' “Rock Center”—we'd all think it was a great idea.  —  Think about it: Instead of having to follow all these different news sources …
Discussion: Beyond Search
Mike Shields / Adweek:
Warner Bros. Consolidates Digital Sales  —  Warner Bros. is consolidating its digital sales operations as it looks to build out an entertainment-focused ad powerhouse on the Web.  —  The company plans to announce the formation of the Warner Bros. Digital Entertainment Group …
Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press:
Arthur Frommer gets Frommer brand back from Google  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Travel guru Arthur Frommer said Wednesday that he has reacquired rights to his travel guidebook brand from Google, and that he intends to resume publishing Frommer guidebooks.  —  Google acquired the Frommer brand …
Discussion: The Verge, Skift and CNET
Felix Salmon:
How paywalls are evolving  —  Last week, I hypothesized that the publishing industry was going to informally settle on a single management-consultancy company to ask for paywall advice from.  That consultancy, having seen everybody's internal figures, could then tell everybody else what “industry best practice” was.
Discussion: @alessaprentice, GigaOM and Guardian, Thanks:@ianchaffee
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
With New Weather Channel Deal, Twitter Aims to Make It Rain for Brands  —  Forecast: Cloudy, with a chance of promoted tweets.  —  Aiming to attract more big-brand ad dollars, Twitter and the Weather Company have a new deal to create custom content around weather-related Twitter activity.
Discussion: AdExchanger and Mashable
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Dara Kerr / CNET:
Twitter adds more ‘Cards’ for app and photo gallery embeds
Jackie Spinner / American Journalism Review:
End of an Era  —  As many U.S. news organizations wind down their presence in Iraq, journalists reflect on an all-consuming, fascinating and sometimes career-defining assignment.Wed., April 3, 2013.  —  Jackie Spinner (jackiespinner@mac.com) is a journalist based in the Middle East …
Erik Malinowski / BuzzFeed:
If You Don't Have Cable TV, Sports-Streaming Apps May Be Going, Going, Gone  —  The NCAA abandoned its pay-once-and-watch-anywhere app for one that requires a cable-TV subscription — and it's been a huge success.  —  Image by Tim Sharp / Reuters  —  Last season, watching March Madness was a breeze …
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Intercontinental collaboration: How 86 journalists in 46 countries can work on a single investigation  —  On Thursday morning, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists will begin releasing detailed reports on the workings of offshore tax havens.
Tom Pakinkis / Music Week:
Universal Publishing and SACEM sign global licensing agreement with YouTube  —  France's Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) and Universal Music Publishing have reached an international agreement with YouTube.  —  The agreement is for the use of music of SACEM's repertoire …
Discussion: Mashable and The Slanted
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Online music licensing revenues pass radio for first time  —  Google Play and Xbox licensing agreements help digital revenues jump 32.2% in 2012, from £39.1m to £51.7m  —  British songwriters, including acts such as Ed Sheeran and Calvin Harris, netted a record total of £51.7m …
Susan Currie Sivek / MediaShift:
Digital Magazines Dive Into Native Advertising  —  Ah, that awkward moment when you're interviewing someone about online advertising and you have to pause to quit your ad-blocking browser plugin so you can view a sample ad.  Clearly, I'm part of the problem, not the solution …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney Halts Game Development at Lucasfilm in Licensing Push  —  Walt Disney Co. (DIS) is halting video- game development at its recently acquired Lucasfilm division in an effort to cut costs.  —  Disney, the world's largest entertainment company, will focus on licensing “Star Wars” …
Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
It's a Crime for 12-Year-Olds to Read The New York Times Online  —  The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a word of warning: many teenagers are wantonly breaking the law every day by reading news sites on the web because the Department of Justice's weird implementation of vague laws has left …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Are You A Teenager Who Reads News Online?  According to the Justice Department, You May Be a Criminal
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
Extra!  Print newspaper reports politicians' arrest before it happens  — Arrested: Independent Democrat Malcolm Smith, Republicans Dan Halloran, Jay Savino and Vince Tabone  —  In the predawn hours of this morning, as the yellow trucks carrying today's editions of the New York Post …
 
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Say Media:
Say Media Appoints Owen Thomas as Editor-in-Chief of ReadWrite
Discussion: ReadWrite and TechCrunch
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Web discovery engine Trapit launches publisher tools, with Here Media as first client
Discussion: TechCrunch, Digital Trends and VentureBeat, Thanks:@dmfreeman
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of the Orange County Register's contrarian paywall
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Amazon adds vinyl to its AutoRip service, offering a free digital copy of every LP bought since 1998
Discussion: Amazon.com, Wired, TechSpot and VentureBeat
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico Puts Web Show On Hold To Retool As Washington Post Staffs Up Video
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Spotify doesn't appear to be slowing Pandora's growth
Discussion: MarketWatch
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Four years in the making, Vdio finally opens up to Rdio subscribers in the US and UK
Bill Mickey / Folio:
FT Relaunches Web App
Discussion: paidContent
 Earlier Picks: 
TJ Raphael / Folio:
Louis Cona Promoted to President, CRO of Condé Nast Media Group
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Times Internet Is Bringing Business Insider To India, Adding To Its Gawker Media Partnership
Discussion: MediaNama and Poynter
Brent Lang / The Wrap:
Netflix's ‘House of Cards’ Getting DVD, Blu-ray Release
Janko Roettgers / paidContent:
Angry Birds, fat pigs and the future of television
Josh Luger / Business Insider:
Inside Andrew Sullivan's Attempt To Turn The Digital Media Business Model On Its Head
Discussion: The Dish
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Music Video Company VEVO Learns Dutch, Launches In The Netherlands
Jamal Osman / The Daily Beast:
Fake Somali Pirates Scam Western Journalists
Roger Ebert / Roger Ebert's Journal:
A Leave of Presence  —  Thank you.  Forty-six years ago on April 3 …
 

 
From Techmeme:

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

 
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