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7:10 PM ET, April 10, 2013

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Josh Catone / Mashable:
Orphaned Tumblr Storyboard Posts Find New Home on Mashable … In early 2012, Tumblr hired an editorial team to cover the “ideas, themes and people” of the vast blogging community.  That team launched Storyboard, which produced hundreds of fascinating stories on everything from Hurricane Sandy relief to One Direction fandom.
Discussion: Tumblr Editorial
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Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
The trouble with Tumblr's journalism experiment  —  To understand why Tumblr suddenly brought an end to its original-journalism project, Storyboard, after just a year, it helps to consider what outgoing Facebook managing editor Dan Fletcher told an audience at Washington State University last month.
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Tumblr Axes Its Editorial Team Behind Storyboard On The Way To Profitability
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Aereo Has TV Networks Circling the Wagons  —  When Chase Carey, Rupert Murdoch's top deputy at News Corporation, told broadcasters on Monday about his contingency plan to turn the Fox network into something available only on cable, he knew policy makers would be listening, too.
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John Paul Titlow / ReadWrite:
Why I Need Aereo TV — And You Do, Too [Review]
Discussion: AllThingsD and The Week
Steven Musil / CNET:
CBS joins Fox in considering subscription-only model
Discussion: New York Times and FishbowlNY
Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Why paywalls are scary  —  The case for paywalls would seem to be compelling: Staunch the decline in print circulation, get paid for producing valuable local content and tap into a fresh source of sorely needed revenue at a time advertising sales continue to shrink.  —  All good?  Not necessarily.
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Alec Baldwin Said to Be in Talks to Join NBC's Late-Night Lineup  —  A well-known name is the latest to surface in the populated field of late night television hosts: Alec Baldwin.  —  The Emmy-winning actor is in the mix for a spot in NBC's late-night lineup, one executive involved in the network's program planning said.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
USPS won't end Saturday delivery  —  The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will not end Saturday delivery, something it announced in February that it planned to do.  —  The USPS hoped curtailing delivery on those days would help it control costs.  Unlike many other government bodies …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Jeff Zucker is remaking CNN.  Are viewers tuning in?  —  For a few minutes the other night, the hot topic on CNN was . . . bacon.  The panel on a new prime-time show called “(Get to) The Point” came out boldly in favor of it.  —  “I had a double order this morning at breakfast …
John Harris / Guardian:
Tim Waterstone: ‘If reading is going be all digital in 50 years, so be it’  —  Thirty years ago, Tim Waterstone founded one of the UK's best-known booksellers, and is still in love with the idea of bookshops.  So what is he doing starting a new ebooks venture?
Discussion: The Bookseller
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Waterstones founder to help launch new e-singles subscription site, Read Petite
Discussion: Retail Week
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Exclusive: Microsoft's next Xbox will take over your TV, interact with your cable box  —  The fight for the living room continues  —  Microsoft is investing in TV in a big way with its next Xbox console as part of a fight for the living room.  Multiple sources familiar with the company's Xbox plans …
Steve Kolowich / Wired Campus:
Coursera Takes a Nuanced View of MOOC Dropout Rates  —  Philadelphia — Massive open online courses have gained renown among academics for their impressive enrollment figures and, conversely, their unimpressive completion rates.  —  What accounts for the high attrition in MOOCs, and what does it mean?
Miriam Elder / Guardian:
Swear words ban leaves Russian media in a muddle  —  Confusion over new law that leaves media facing hefty fines if they break ban despite no list of prohibitive words being issued  —  Russian media outlets that print swear words face heavy fines under rules signed into law on Monday by the president.
Discussion: The Week
Caroline Winter / Businessweek:
Would You Tweet This Article if It Earned You Points?  —  Is it possible to coerce virality?  Won Hee Chang, a young Korean tech entrepreneur, is looking to find out by reviving her grandfather's magazine with a new model for monetizing online journalism: Readers who share content via social media …
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
INTERNAL MEMO: The New York Times Replaces Its Tech Editor Two Months After He Got The Job  —  Only two months after he got the gig, the new New York Times tech editor is already the old New York Times editor.  —  On January 16, the Times replaced tech editor Damon Darlin with assistant managing editor Glenn Kramon.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Military Tightens Media Rules in Case of Private Who Leaked Files  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — The military on Wednesday tightened rules on reporters covering the court-martial proceedings against Pfc. Bradley Manning because of a bootleg recording of him speaking at a pretrial hearing in February that surfaced online.
Discussion: Guardian
David S. Cohen / Variety:
Boxee Cozies Up to Broadcasters With Revamped DVR … LAS VEGAS - Boxee CEO Avner Ronen took the stage at the NAB Show Wednesday to explain why his company revamped and rebranded the Boxee TV just months after launch.  —  Boxee rebranded its box from Boxee TV to Boxee Cloud DVR and changed the services it offers.
Ted Johnson / Variety:
NAB Chief: Next FCC Chair Shouldn't Have ‘Bias’ Toward Broadband  —  LAS VEGAS — When Julius Genachowski makes his final appearance as FCC chairman before the National Assn. of Broadcasters convention on Wednesday, more than likely he'll get the same type of reaction as he has in years past: Lukewarm.
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and MediaTel
 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney Studios Lays Off 150 Employees
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Study: Hyperlocal demand driven by mobile devices
Discussion: Nesta
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Why Hollywood Studios Care About the NFL's Baltimore Ravens Logo
Discussion: Techdirt and Plagiarism Today
Jim Romenesko:
Mirror Awards finalists are announced
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
IPC Media chief executive to retire
Discussion: Media Week
David Lieberman / Deadline.com:
Movie Attendance Likely To Drop In 2013, And Beyond: Report
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
BBC staff have £750,000 worth of gadgets lost or stolen in three years
 Earlier Picks: 
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Medium Adds Collaboration Tools To Its Publishing Platform, Allowing People To Add Notes To Your Posts
Discussion: Medium, Fast Company and PandoDaily
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Circa's Matt Galligan on Building a Different Kind of News Reader (Video)
Jo Tuckman / Guardian:
Journalists on front line of Mexico drug war: ‘Fear is terrible and well founded’
Discussion: Big News Network.com
Editors Weblog:
Der Spiegel editors-in-chief fired
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Schibsted's High Octane Diversification
Martin Eiermann / The European:
“There is no news industry”  —  Clay Shirky has been at the forefront …
Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …
Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
Magzter is a digital magazines giant that has come from nowhere (well, okay, Asia) to sign Hearst and Newsweek
Thanks:@drewkerr