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Tuesday May 22, 2012

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Our Blog Network: 05.22.12

Good Afternoon, America; New Republic Reclaims Editor

rd100.gifABC brings in two to host an early afternoon version of GMA, The New Republic finds a familiar face, and HuffPo adds talent to its Streaming Network.

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Glenn Beck Shows Off His New Dallas Studio

GBTV is putting their new Texas space to effective use, with a full-size replica of the Oval Office, featuring replicas of The Resolute Desk and the Oval Office rug. Some of the props even came from the set of Oliver Stone's film "JFK."

Glenn Beck Tour of GBTV Studios

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Facebook IPO Woes

Today on the Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), we discussed how Facebook should respond to negative press after the company's IPO.

PRNewser editor Tonya Garcia (pictured) pondered Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's bankruptcy filing. She also talked about her trip to GoogaMooga, a new food festival in New York City.

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Google Seals $13 Billion Motorola Buy (CNNMoney)
Google officially completed its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility on Tuesday. It's a watershed moment for the company, marking both its biggest acquisition ever and Google's transition from a search-and-software company to a consumer gadgets maker. EnGadget Big G was able to put the manufacturer on its ledger for the price of $40 per share, or about $12.5 billion. As it stands, Motorola Mobility will continue to operate as a separate business entity and as a licensee of Android, but Mountain View is still claiming the purchase will allow it to "supercharge" its mobile ecosystem. The future of the new subsidiary's employees is a different matter, however.

New Twist in Lawsuit Over Huffington Post's Origins; 'Cover-Up' Alleged (Forbes)
Two Democratic consultants who claim they supplied Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer with the idea for the Huffington Post have filed an amended version of their lawsuit, saying emails and other documents they obtained through discovery show how the defendants appropriated the concept and attempted to cover their tracks.

Facebook Quietly Rolls Out Pages Manager For IPhone, Tweaks App's News Feed (AllFacebook)
Facebook has been quietly rolling out updates to its iPhone application, releasing its new Pages Manager iPhone app for page administrators in the U.S. with no announcement, and tweaking the news feed in the iPhone app to look more like timeline.

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Good Afternoon, America; New Republic Reclaims Editor

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Ryan Kutscher has been named chief content officer at JWT NY. He had been freelancer there. (AgencySpy)

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