Michael Oneal / Chicago Breaking Business:
Tribune Co. proposes golden parachutes for top execs … Tribune Co. proposed paying its top 43 executives a severance package of cash and benefits if they are asked by a new board to leave the company after the Chicago-based media conglomerate emerges from bankruptcy.

Julia Angwin / Wall Street Journal:
The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets  —  A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers.  First in a series.  By Julia Angwin  —  Hidden inside Ashley Hayes-Beaty's computer, a tiny file helps gather personal details …

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
The Big Money Isn't Enough.  Slate Shuts Down Business Site After Two Years.  —  Fortune magazine launched during the Great Depression, and it's still with us today.  * But The Big Money, a business site launched by Slate during the dark days of September 2008, is going away.

Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
Journalism 101, How TMZ Got The Exclusive on Snooki's Arrest: via Twitter  —  ​Watch carefully, Journalism majors.  This is how you do it.  —  Step 1: Set up a column on Tweetdeck for news on Snooki.  —  Step 2: Watch news of Snooki out and about today on “The Shore” the day after Jersey Shore's second season premiere fly by.

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
The 5 Keys to Tumblr for Media Outlets  —  General awareness of the blogging platform Tumblr is rising out there among the Internet masses.  Founded in New York, the service's well-designed templates, ease-of-use, and excellent browser bookmarklet made it a favorite for people looking …

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
WikiLeaks and continuity: What if we had a news outlet exclusively focused on follow-up journalism?  —  In his assessment of the journalistic implications of the WikiLeaked Afghanistan War Logs earlier this week, Jay Rosen made a provocative prediction:

Laurel Wentz / AdAge:
Is Your Detergent Stalking You?  —  Brazil's Omo Uses GPS to Follow Consumers Home With Prizes  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Unilever's Omo detergent is adding an unusual ingredient to its two-pound detergent box in Brazil: a GPS device that allows its promotions agency Bullet to track shoppers and follow them to their front doors.

The Wrap:
Paul Lee a Done Deal at ABC; to Take on TCA Solo (updated)  —  UPDATE: Paul Lee won't have to wait very long to conduct his first TCA executive session as ABC Entertainment president.  —  According to the network, the former ABC Family Channel chief will fly solo during Alphabet Channel's morning …

Rob ORegan / eMedia Vitals:
A better way to monetize search traffic?  —  Traditional publishers have been slow to adapt to the search-driven economy - getting steamrolled by content aggregators, bloggers and content farms that are much more effective at tuning their content for search engines.