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Breaking: The Associated Press announced it will create a news registry to tag and track all AP online content in order to ensure compliance with terms of use. The system will have a built-in beacon to notify AP about how the content is being used.

Breaking: AP to Create News Registry to Protect Online Content (WebNewser)

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Martha Stewart, Twitter Maniac (The Daily Beast)
Lloyd Grove: "I'm not knocking Facebook," Stewart said. "We use both Facebook and Twitter [at MSO]. They're very different tools, and I personally don't use Facebook. I prefer Twitter as a means of mass communication -- it's the Wal-Mart of the Internet."

New York Times Co. Reports Surprising 2Q Profit (AP)
The New York Times Co. said Thursday its second-quarter profit climbed nearly 85 percent, as it cut costs aggressively to deal with a worsening decline in advertising. Its stock jumped in premarket trading.

USA Today Adds Kindle To Book List (WSJ)
Gannett Co.'s flagship newspaper, USA Today, said it has begun collecting Kindle book-sales data for its widely read weekly bestseller list and will include the data starting with Thursday's rankings, as electronic books increasingly make their presence felt.

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Today on the Morning Media Menu, we analyzed yesterday's most mind-blowing headline: Amazon.com, Inc. agreed to acquire the bustling online shoe e-retailer Zappos in a $850 million deal. The company hoped to bring some of Zappos CEO's Tony Hsieh (pictured) famous customer service and corporate culture to the sprawling world of Amazon.

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Poll: Jon Stewart Is America's Most Trusted Newsman (HuffPo)
In a result that he will probably accept as apocalyptic for America, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart has been selected, in an online poll, as America's Most Trusted Newscaster, post-Cronkite. Matched up against Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, Stewart prevailed with 44 percent of the vote.

ESPN Bans NY Post Reporters Over Andrews Video (AP)
ESPN banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on any of its programming on Wednesday after the newspaper published photos this week taken from a video showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room. The Post published three images from the blurry video Tuesday.

Daring to Dream of a Resurgent AOL (NYT)
Tim Armstrong wants AOL to think big again. Three months after leaving a senior job as Google's president of advertising sales, he is formulating his ambitious recovery plan for AOL. He wants to make AOL the biggest creator of premium content on the Web and the largest seller of online display advertising.

Major League Baseball Beans Jon Stewart, and Obama's Pitch Vanishes (MediaMemo)
Jon Stewart dissected the media hubhub about President Obama's All-Star Game first pitch -- and in particular Fox News's analysis of it -- on his July 15 show. But now Stewart's segment has disappeared from the Web, apparently at the behest of Major League Baseball.

AP's WH Photog Edmonds Retires (Politico)
Ron Edmonds, the AP's senior White House photographer, is leaving the news organization after 28 years, according to an email sent to colleagues. Edmonds, who's highly regarded in the Washington bureau, wrote that he's "had one of the most fantastic jobs in the world."

Buyer's E-Morse: 'Owning' Digital Books (WSJ)
Buying electronic books on the Internet is easy -- but so is taking them away. That became clear last week when Amazon.com Inc. used its wireless technology to reach into customers' Kindle e-readers and deleted some e-books written by George Orwell.

Iger Says Disney Developing Subscription Web Product (Bloomberg)
Walt Disney Co. is developing a subscription-based product for the Internet, according to chief executive officer Robert Iger. "We have ample evidence both in traditional and new media that people are willing to pay for quality, to pay for choice and to pay for convenience," Iger said.

A New Leno Taking Shape (Variety)
Details are emerging on NBC's upcoming The Jay Leno Show, including a new director for the host as he moves into primetime. Former Late Night With Conan O'Brien director Liz Plonka has been tapped to serve as director on the Leno show, which launches Sept. 14.

Silverman: Upfront Not as Bad as It Seems (Hollywood Reporter)
The upfronts aren't as bad as predicted, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios co-chairman Ben Silverman said Wednesday, adding that he is seeing declines in the volume of ads sold but not a drop-off in CPMs.

CNN Responds to Lou Dobbs Radio Waves About Barack Obama Birthplace (TVNewser)
CNN is separating itself from the radio commentary of one of its lead hosts, Lou Dobbs, who seemed to support the validity of thinking President Obama wasn't born in the U.S. A CNN spokesperson says: "On CNN, Lou is an independent reporter who covers stories that people are talking about."

Have Newspapers Always Been 'Free?' (News Futurist)
Jeff Sonderman: The common discussion among such people these days goes like this: "We've always charged people to read us in print, and so people ought to pay something for reading us online, too." But, counting the full cost of production, newspapers haven't actually charged for news content since the 1830s.

FCC To Revisit Kids TV Rules (B&C;)
The FCC is opening an inquiry into its children's TV rules. That was the word from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at a hearing on what, if any, changes Congress should make to the Children's TV Act to reflect the explosion of new sources for content since the law was passed in 1990.

Billboard Frees Charts for Web Audiences (Mediaweek)
As part of a site launch going live today, Billboard is opening up its entire chart history. Users of the new Billboard.com will be able to personalize the way they approach music discovery whilst interacting with friends, fellow fans and even the musicians themselves.

More than 1,000 Publishers Join Fair Syndication Consortium (E&P;)
More than 1,000 publishers including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Dallas Morning News have signed on to participate in the Fair Syndication Consortium, a model built to help publishers receive compensation for their content.

Former Newsweek Reporter Launches 'Hands-On' Educational Site for Digital Novices (Folio:)
Amy Webb, a former Newsweek and Wall Street Journal reporter, has launched KnowledgeWebb.net, a Web site that aims to educate novices and help technophobes embrace the digital evolution and create their own online services.

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As if the head-spinning assortment of media alpha gals (Katie! Tina! Barbara!) wasn't enough to keep us busy, the dining room, bar and lounge at Michael's was jam-packed with mavens and moguls of all stripes.
Lunch: Lunch: Power Blondes Rule! Katie Couric, Tina Brown and Barbara Walters Hold Court (FBNY)