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1:45 PM ET, May 10, 2013

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 Top News: 
Felix Salmon:
Mail Online: Big, but not valuable  —  Back in December 2011, the Daily Mail had 45.3 million unique visitors, according to ComScore.  By March 2013, 15 months later, that number had grown to 46.4 million, again according to ComScore.  We learn the latter figure — but not the former …
Discussion: New York Times
William Launder / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Curbs Its Journalists' Access to Customer Data  —  Bloomberg LP moved to restrict its journalists' access to log-in and other data for users of its terminals after a big client, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., complained.  —  The information Bloomberg has blocked from its news division includes details …
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Why The Onion Is Awesome for Publishing Details of Its Twitter Hack  —  The Onion, the satirical news site that that saw its Twitter account hijacked by a Syrian hacker group earlier this week, has just performed a pretty significant bit of public service.  —  In a detailed post …
Wall Street Journal:
ESPN Eyes Subsidizing Wireless-Data Plans  —  Smartphone users who binge on video, games and other content must monitor their usage to ensure they don't run over monthly data caps that wireless carriers have put in place in recent years.  —  Now, some media companies whose mobile content gets …
Mark Glaser / Mediashift:
Mark Luckie: Twitter Not Getting Into News Business  —  Recently, Twitter posted a job for a “head of news and journalism partnerships.”  Oh my gosh!  Was Twitter going to get into the news business and start its own newsroom with reporters and editors ferreting out what's happening as news breaks?
Discussion: paidContent and eMedia Vitals
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
ITV's Deborah Turness lined up for NBC News top job  —  UK broadcaster's news editor expected to become the first female head of a US network TV news division  —  Deborah Turness, editor of ITV News, is expected to become the president of NBC News in the United States.  Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe for the Guardian
Randy Lewis / Los Angeles Times:
RIAA adds gold, platinum awards for digital music streams  —  The RIAA will present new digital stream awards plaques to Cher Lloyd, Jason Derulo and Emeli Sande on May 9 in Los Angeles.  (Recording Industry Assn. of America)  —  Sales are no longer the only path to gold and platinum in the music business.
Discussion: Paste Magazine, ArtsBeat and The Verge
Brent Lang / The Wrap:
MoviePass Goes Netflix — Can It Avoid Theater Owners' Anger This Time?  —  The subscription ticketing service hopes third time is a charm with its latest model  —  MoviePass is trying for a third time to come up with an unlimited-movie-ticket plan that won't cause a theater-owners revolt.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
What's the best price for a self-published ebook?  $3.99, Smashwords research suggests  —  Self-publishing platform and distributor Smashwords analyzed ebook sales for nearly a year.  CEO Mark Coker draws some interesting conclusions on the best way to price a self-published ebook.
Discussion: Smashwords, AppNewser and GalleyCat
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘Daily News’ chief Colin Myler tells staff layoffs were ‘inevitable,’ announces new digital initiative in boroughs  —  Colin Myler, editor of the Daily News, and Bill Holiber, the paper's president, have just addressed the layoffs that claimed around 20 jobs in the paper's newsroom over the past two days.
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Fox Mole’ Joe Muto on Guilty Plea, Book Deal and Fox News Coverage of His Court Date  —  The ex-"O'Reilly Factor" producer, who wrote anonymous Gawker dispatches about his employer, tells THR that he applauds the network's story on his misdemeanor charges.  —  A little over a year …
Discussion: The New York Observer and Gawker
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Exclusive: Clear Channel Working on Song-Swapping Technology  —  Clear Channel is working on a technology that would replace songs in streamed content with a different song while accounting for the different in song lengths, according to a patent application recently filed with the U.S. Patent Office.
Discussion: bizjournals and AllAccess.com
 
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Ben Flanagan / Al Arabiya:
‘Low-pay’ TV firm targeting tens of millions of Arab viewers
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Rdio And Shazam Expand Full Music Track Streaming Partnership To UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil And Mexico
Discussion: Pocket-lint and The Next Web
Eric Deggans / Poynter:
Is Truth-O-Meter the real issue in Maddow's latest blast at PolitiFact?
Discussion: Mediaite
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Say Media Lays Off 10 Percent Of Staff, Aims For Profitability In Second Half Of 2013
Discussion: Fortune and The Wall Blog
 Earlier Picks: 
Tim Baysinger / Broadcasting & Cable:
Upfronts 2013: Telemundo to Open Multiplatform Studio
Chris Grosso / AOL Blog:
Cyndi Stivers Joins AOL as Editor-In-Chief of AOL.com
Janko Roettgers / paidContent:
YouTube launches its paid subscription channels with select partners
Adweek:
Digital Sales Chief Out at Turner: Walker Jacobs departs after six years
Discussion: AllThingsD
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Politico to Test a Pay Wall With Some Readers of Its Site
Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab and Politico