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11:05 PM ET, June 13, 2011

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Aaron Sorkin / Interview Magazine:
David CARR  —  THERE'S A SYSTEM AND RIGOR TO WHAT WE DO, AND YOU CAN LAUGH AT IT AS ARCHAIC AND SILLY IN THE 24-7 NEWS CYCLE, BUT I DO THINK IT HAS SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO HAVE A PRETTY BIG ORGANIZATION THAT IS A LOT OF TIMES SAYING, ‘HEY WAIT A MINUTE.’ —DAVID CARR Director Andrew Rossi's …
Discussion: The Atlantic Wire and The Wire
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
A New Kingdom: Gay Talese Sounds Off on The New York Times—Past, Present, and Future  —  The Kingdom and the Power, Gay Talese's 1969 masterwork describing the inner workings of The New York Times, opens with this description: “Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The Atlantic Wire
Donya Blaze / FishbowlNY:
Andrew Rossi Goes Inside The New York Times  —  Andrew Rossi's Page One: Inside The New York Times hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles June 17, with a special premiere tonight at Lincoln Center.  In the film, Rossi trails reporters at the paper's media desk (including TVNewser founding …
Neal Mohan / The Official Google Blog:
Helping publishers get the most from display advertising with Admeld  —  (Cross-posted on the DoubleClick Publisher Blog)  —  It's now clear that investments in new technologies, new ad formats and improved buying and selling processes are helping to grow the display advertising pie.
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
Has the Internet “hamsterized” journalism?  —  Hey there newspaper reporter—has your broadband-powered job got you filing not only conventional stories, but blogging, video blogging, Facebooking, podcasting, picture posting, and Tweeting?  If so, you'll be happy to know that the Federal …
New York Post:
AMI is on the block  —  National Enquirer owner American Media Inc. has been shopping itself in recent months and has managed to attract at least one potential buyer, The Post has learned.  —  Sources said private-equity giant Apollo Management had stalked AMI, which also owns Star …
Discussion: Adweek, MinOnline, The Wire and MediaPost
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
AOL Raids Conde Nast For New Moviefone Editor  —  AOL has a new editor for movie ticket portal Moviefone: Vanity Fair web boss Michael Hogan.  —  Hogan will take the spot last occupied by Patricia Chui, who was fired by AOL in April.  —  Hogan, who starts his new job June 26 …
Matt Thompson / Poynter:
4 ways content management systems are evolving & why it matters to journalists  —  One byproduct of the digital media revolution is that most journalists today are techies, to a point.  It's increasingly rare to encounter reporters who don't covet the latest hyper-powered smartphone.
Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
Al-Jazeera English Looks to Build Audience Before Ads  —  Plans to Launch U.S. Ad Campaign With Intention to Grow Awareness and Respect Outside Its Home Market  —  Al-Jazeera English may be one of the only fast-growing networks that doesn't want to tell potential sponsors its growth story.
Discussion: TVNewser
The Atlantic Wire:
Howard Kurtz, Media Critic vs. Howard Kurtz, Bureau Chief  —  Howard Kurtz should get over himself.  For 20 years, Kurtz earned his bread tsk-tsking the excesses of the mainstream media for The Washington Post.  His standard biography kept him at arm's length from the newsroom.
Discussion: The Daily Beast, FishbowlDC and CNN
Tanzina Vega / Media Decoder:
Publisher Brings Digital Shopping to Its Magazines  —  The photos and quizzes in Hearst's online magazines are about to get a digital upgrade.  —  On Monday, Hearst Magazines Digital Media will announce two new features for its online publications that will make it easier for readers to buy the products they see on the page.
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Eli Pariser: How do we recreate a front-page ethos for a digital world?  —  At the top of my summer reading list is The Filter Bubble, Eli Pariser's new book that argues that the filters we rely on to make sense of the online world can do us as much harm as good.
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
What Not to Do When Being Profiled by the Media  —  Philippe Reines (pictured, at left) is Hillary Clinton's longtime adviser/ flack/ purse-toter.  He's an inveterate gossip-spreader, self-promoter, and berater of reporters on behalf of his boss.  And he loves to be recognized for his work!
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Adweek:
Bloomberg Strikes Again  —  Bloomberg Markets magazine has been flying under the radar—surprising, considering its readership consists of some of the country's richest CEOs and financiers.  But now it's introducing a new franchise and taking the fight right to bigger rival titles.
Adweek:
First Mover: Emily Bell  —  Adweek: You were doing cutting-edge journalism.  Why'd you pack it up for the musty old halls of academia?  —  Emily Bell: Somebody made the joke that the curriculum looks like it was written by Joseph Pulitzer.  But we have an incredible set of young faculty who are adjuncting.
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
New Plaintiffs Join Class Action Suit Against Huffington Post  —  Jonathan Tasini.  Image via Wikipedia  —  The Huffington Post has been hiring like crazy since AOL bought it — Vanity Fair's Michael Hogan is the newest addition — but a legal antagonist has been doing some recruiting of his own.
Discussion: On Media's Blog and paidContent
New York Times:
For Instant Ratings, Interviews With a Checkbook  —  Before the subjects of headlining news stories agree to a television interview these days, some have one question: how much money can I make?  —  ABC and NBC, embroiled in a fight for viewers in the mornings, are increasingly in the news …
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
ABC's Chris Cuomo defends checkbook journalism: ‘It is the state of play right now’
Discussion: Adweek, CNN and Chickaboomer
 
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Financial Times:
Reuters hires Harry Evans to widen its reach
Lauren A. E. Schuker / Wall Street Journal:
Current TV Bets Big on Olbermann
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
(Founder Stories) How Mike McCue Came Up With Flipboard: “What If We Accidentally Deleted The Web”
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Elizabeth Jensen / Media Decoder:
Nickelodeon as Provider of Homework
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David Lieberman / Deadline.com:
EMMYS: Looking Far Into The Future of TV
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Casey Anthony Coverage Gives HLN an Identity
Discussion: TVNewser
Lewis DVorkin / The Copy Box:
Forbes Update: Our New Newsroom for the Digital Era Is Now Up and Running
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
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