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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:15:53 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Turner Broadcasting invests in social video site Funny or Die (Cory Bergman/Lost Remote)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120516/p20#a120516p20</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120516/p20#a120516p20" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Cory Bergman / <A HREF="http://www.lostremote.com/">Lost Remote</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.lostremote.com/2012/05/16/turner-broadcasting-invests-in-social-video-site-funny-or-die/">Turner Broadcasting invests in social video site Funny or Die</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; When Funny Or Die launched in April 2007 &mdash; a startup co-founded by Will Ferrell &mdash; it enjoyed an early-mover advantage in jumping on the wave of socially-shared video.&nbsp; Today, it sports 1.7 million Facebook fans &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:15:05 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Laurie Fine to sue ESPN for libel, says the network &quot;spitefully destroyed&quot; her reputation (John O&apos;Brien/Syracuse Post-Standard)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120516/p14#a120516p14</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120516/p14#a120516p14" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> John O'Brien / <A HREF="http://www.syracuse.com/">Syracuse Post-Standard</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/laurie_fine_to_sue_espn_for_li.html">Laurie Fine to sue ESPN for libel, says the network &ldquo;spitefully destroyed&rdquo; her reputation</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Geneva, N.Y. &mdash; Laurie Fine will announce this morning that she's filing a federal libel lawsuit against ESPN over its reporting of child-molesting accusations against her husband &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:45:05 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>President Obama and Mitt Romney&apos;s common enemy (Politico)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120516/p9#a120516p9</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120516/p9#a120516p9" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://www.politico.com/">Politico</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76357.html">President Obama and Mitt Romney's common enemy</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Barack Obama and Mitt Romney spend a lot of time trumpeting their differences, but they do share at least one common conviction: disdain for a political news media they see as eager to vaporize them for the sheer sport of it.</P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:30:07 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Exclusive: LA Times Magazine is Shutting Down (Matthew Fleischer/FishbowlLA)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120516/p7#a120516p7</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120516/p7#a120516p7" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Matthew Fleischer / <A HREF="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla">FishbowlLA</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/la-times-magazine-nancie-clare-interview_b62051">Exclusive: LA Times Magazine is Shutting Down</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Nearly three years after the LA Times Magazine was removed from control of the business end of the paper and put back under the LA Times' editorial umbrella, the monthly pub is being shut down.&nbsp; FishbowlLA spoke with the mag's editor &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:40:01 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Larry Kramer&apos;s vision for USA Today (Dylan Byers/Politico)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120516/p15#a120516p15</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120516/p15#a120516p15" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Dylan Byers / <A HREF="http://www.politico.com/">Politico</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/05/larry-kramers-vision-for-usa-today-123620.html">Larry Kramer's vision for USA Today</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Larry Kramer, media consultant and MarketWatch founder, was named president and publisher of USA Today yesterday, putting him at the helm of the most widely circulated print newspaper in the country.&nbsp; In an interview this morning &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:26 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>The hard part of solution journalism is agreeing on the problems (Jonathan Stray)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120516/p4#a120516p4</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120516/p4#a120516p4" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://jonathanstray.com/">Jonathan Stray</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://jonathanstray.com/the-hard-part-of-solution-journalism-is-agreeing-on-the-problems">The hard part of solution journalism is agreeing on the problems</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The only editorial mantra that ever made any sense to me comes from the Voice of San Diego new reporter guidelines: &ldquo;Our bent: Reform.&nbsp; Things can always be better.&rdquo;&nbsp; It's been said that the role of journalism is to inform &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:40:01 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Leveson inquiry: Adam Boulton says Brown&apos;s pyjama party was &apos;bonkers&apos; (Lisa O&apos;Carroll/Guardian)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120516/p11#a120516p11</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120516/p11#a120516p11" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Lisa O'Carroll / <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">Guardian</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/15/leveson-inquiry-adam-boulton?CMP=twt_gu">Leveson inquiry: Adam Boulton says Brown's pyjama party was &lsquo;bonkers&rsquo;</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The &ldquo;slumber party&rdquo; the former prime minister's wife Sarah Brown hosted for guests including Wendi Deng and Rebekah Brooks was &ldquo;completely bonkers&rdquo;, Sky News political editor Adam Boulton told the Leveson inquiry.</P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:35:04 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Flipboard Expands: Adds Audio From NPR, Public Radio &amp; SoundCloud; Introduces Japanese Version (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120516/p3#a120516p3</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/15/flipboard-expands-adds-audio-from-npr-public-radio-soundcloud-introduces-japanese-version/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://mediagazer.com/120516/i3.jpg"></A>
<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120516/p3#a120516p3" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Sarah Perez / <A HREF="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/15/flipboard-expands-adds-audio-from-npr-public-radio-soundcloud-introduces-japanese-version/">Flipboard Expands: Adds Audio From NPR, Public Radio &amp; SoundCloud; Introduces Japanese Version</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; &ldquo;Social magazine&rdquo; Flipboard may have to think up a new tagline for itself, as tonight the company is rolling out an update which greatly expands its focus beyond text-based content to also include audio.</P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Leveson inquiry: Jeremy Hunt, adviser and lobbyist to appear in next fortnight (Lisa O&apos;Carroll/Guardian)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120515/p11#a120515p11</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/15/leveson-inquiry-phone-hacking?newsfeed=true"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://mediagazer.com/120515/i11.jpg"></A>
<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120515/p11#a120515p11" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Lisa O'Carroll / <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">Guardian</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/15/leveson-inquiry-phone-hacking?newsfeed=true">Leveson inquiry: Jeremy Hunt, adviser and lobbyist to appear in next fortnight</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Lord Justice Leveson has said culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, his former special adviser Adam Smith and News Corp lobbyist Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Michel would all give evidence to the inquiry into press ethics in the next fortnight.</P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>ESPN Doubles Up on &apos;30 for 30&apos; Documentary Series (Richard Sandomir/Media Decoder)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120515/p23#a120515p23</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/espn-doubles-up-on-30-for-30-documentary-series/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://mediagazer.com/120515/i23.jpg"></A>
<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120515/p23#a120515p23" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Richard Sandomir / <A HREF="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/">Media Decoder</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/espn-doubles-up-on-30-for-30-documentary-series/">ESPN Doubles Up on &lsquo;30 for 30&rsquo; Documentary Series</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; ESPN's faith in sports documentaries is so deep that on Tuesday it will announce a second go-round for its &ldquo;30 for 30&rdquo; series, which made its debut in the fall of 2009.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The first 30 films &mdash; produced by independent filmmakers as diverse &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 03:20:03 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>New USA Today publisher Larry Kramer gets to apply his theories about newsroom evolution (Andrew Beaujon/Poynter)</title>
  <link>http://mediagazer.com/120515/p19#a120515p19</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://mediagazer.com/120515/p19#a120515p19" TITLE="Mediagazer permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://mediagazer.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Andrew Beaujon / <A HREF="http://www.poynter.org/">Poynter</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/173988/new-usa-today-publisher-larry-kramer-gets-to-apply-his-theories-about-newsroom-evolution/">New USA Today publisher Larry Kramer gets to apply his theories about newsroom evolution</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; New USA Today Publisher Larry Kramer hasn't had a newspaper job since 1991, when he left the San Francisco Examiner to found DataSport, and eventually MarketWatch.&nbsp; But he's thought about newspapers ever since &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:30:04 -0400</pubDate>
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