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10:50 AM ET, May 13, 2012

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Google's head of news: Newspapers are the new Yahoo  —  Google has a somewhat tense relationship with the traditional newspaper industry, since publishers like News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch still believe it is depriving them of revenue by “stealing” their content and aggregating it at Google News.
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
My personal take: 3 reasons I don't like newspaper paywalls  —  We've written a lot at GigaOM about the rise of newspaper paywalls, a trend that seems to be accelerating as the financial health of the industry continues to deteriorate, and in particular I've written a number of posts about what I see as the downsides of paywalls.
Global Newsroom:
Al Jazeera: One Name, Two Channels  —  Many loyal Al Jazeera English viewers worldwide are drawn to the television network because of its insightful coverage of last year's Arab Spring uprisings - and its in-depth reporting from the developing world.  Since its creation in 2006 …
Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
Jason Horowitz and ‘The Washington Post’ won, and the rest is political noise  —  There were lots of moments in Jason Horowitz's piece in The Washington Post yesterday morning about presidential candidate Mitt Romney's high-school days at the elite Cranbrook Schools in Michigan.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post adds Editor's Note to Romney bullying story; Ombud weighs in  —  The Washington Post has added an editor's note to its story about Mitt Romney's high school days.  “We should have been clearer about it and we are adding an Editor's note to the story to explain the change,” …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Tamron Hall Reams Tim Carney, Cuts His Mic For Accusing Her Of ‘Media Trick’  —  During a segment on the Mitt Romney campaign's poor handling of the fallout from the Washington Post bullying story, News Nation host Tamron Hall got into it with frequent MSNBC guest and Washington Examiner …
Neal Ungerleider / Fast Company:
Twitter Developing Original Sports Content  —  @JohnMadden @MarvAlbert @BobCostas Watch your backs.  #TwitterSports.  —  Sports fans are one of Twitter's core audiences.  The microblogging giant hasn't been shy about their interest in working with established brands …
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Time's Perfect Controversy: Advertisers, Retailers Fine With Breast-feeding Cover  —  Gets More Subscription Orders in One Day Than the Whole Week Before  —  Time may have just stoked the perfect controversy: It got everybody talking but made very few people actually angry.
Discussion: Poynter, Forbes and Los Angeles Times
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Enters Bankruptcy Process  —  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the educational and trade publisher in Boston, has agreed with most of its creditors to eliminate $3.1 billion of debt and enter a prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, the company said on Friday.
Discussion: GalleyCat
Beth Healy / The Boston Globe:
New York Times Co. sells its remaining stake in the Boston Red Sox  —  The New York Times Co. said it has sold its remaining share of Fenway Sports Group, which includes the Boston Red Sox, for $63 million.  —  The sale, to undisclosed buyers believed to be current minority owners of the team …
Reuters:
U.S. Senate to hold hearing on Universal-EMI deal  —  WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee is planning a hearing to discuss Universal Music Group's plan to buy EMI's recorded music unit, a deal that would bring the market share of the No. 1 music giant to 40 percent.
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
The Atlantic Media's Digital Transformation  —  The Atlantic Media Company is hardly new to publishing.  Its history stretches to 1857, but for an old guy it's proven to have some serious digital moves.  Its outlets — The Atlantic, The National Journal and Government Executive …
Discussion: Folio
 
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Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal:
Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
The FIDO Alliance debuts Credential Exchange Protocol, a specification to make passkeys portable across systems, and Passkey Central, a developer resource site

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
UK podcaster Harry Stebbings' 20VC raised a $400M fund for early stage startups, one of Europe's biggest venture funds; the podcast recently hosted Sam Altman

 
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