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Apple Moves Toward Larger iPhone Screens (WSJ)
Apple Inc., which is expected to launch its next-generation iPhone later this year, has ordered screens from its Asian suppliers that are bigger than the ones used in iPhones since they debuted in 2007, people familiar with the situation said. Reuters Apple's decision to equip the next iPhone with a larger screen represents part of a competitive response to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.

CBS, Already Strong on Comedy, Will Add Three Dramas in Fall (NYT / Media Decoder)
CBS, the most-watched American television network, will add three dramas and one comedy to its schedule in the fall, it said Thursday morning in advance of its annual presentation to advertisers in New York.

Instagram Inspires Real Life Camera (AppNewser)
Italian designer Antonio De Rosa of ADR Studio Design has imagined what the Instagram app would look like turned into an actual camera. He made a YouTube video with the schematics demonstrating the digital camera that is shaped like and has the features of the app, but works almost like a polaroid because it has a printer built in.

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LA Times Magazine Is Shutting Down (FishbowlLA)
Nearly three years after LA, Los Angeles 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. FishbowlLA spoke with the mag's editor, Nancie Clare, who told us that the upcoming June issue will be the magazine's last. LA Times / Readers' Representative Journal Times president Kathy K. Thomson: "Many of you have been involved in the various incarnations of the Times' Sunday magazine -- it has taken on several different titles and wonderful forms over the years. However, the entire magazine industry has been faced with a very challenging environment. We are not immune to the challenges and have made the decision that LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine will publish its final issue on June 3." FishbowlLA Thomson writes that the paper is developing "a new special quarterly product focused on luxury, design, fashion and style. The publication will highlight seasonal trends and occasions with print, digital and mobile iterations intended to further enhance our feature coverage and deepen our connection with our members and advertising partners." LA Observed Admittedly, many Los Angeles Times print subscribers didn't know the Times still printed a magazine every month.

Facebook To Increase IPO Deal Size By 25 Percent (CNBC)
Facebook plans to increase the size of its IPO by 85 million shares, said someone familiar with the matter, a move that could value its upcoming offering at as much as $18.5 billion. AllFacebook The final decision on the share price for Friday's IPO will be made Thursday after the markets close. WSJ Facebook Inc.'s coming initial public offering has set off a frenzy of anticipation among Main Street and Wall Street investors desperate to get their hands on the stock. AllFacebook A recent study for The Hollywood Reporter found that 88 percent of people consider Facebook to be entertainment, and a CNBC/Associated Press survey released Tuesday confirmed this, finding that only 12 percent of users would feel confident making purchases through the site, so no one should be shocked that General Motors announced that it is yanking its advertising dollars ($10 million worth) from the social network's platform.

Aaron Sorkin To Write Steve Jobs Movie For Sony (THR)
Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind The Social Network, A Few Good Men and TV's The West Wing, has signed on to adapt Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's biography on the late Apple co-founder.

Carlos Fuentes, Latin American Literary Giant, Dies In Mexico (LA Times / World Now)
Prize-winning writer Carlos Fuentes, modern Mexico's greatest novelist and indefatigable author of screenplays, stories and often-scolding commentaries, died Tuesday at a hospital in Mexico City. He was 83. GalleyCat The great author had won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the Latin Literary Prize. In July, Dalkey Archive Press will publish his novel, Vlad. They also published his books Terra Nostra, Where The Air Is Clear, and Distant Relations. NYT Fuentes received wide recognition in the United States in 1985 with his novel The Old Gringo, a convoluted tale about the American writer Ambrose Bierce, who disappeared during the Mexican Revolution.

Judge Allows Class-Action Lawsuit On eBook Pricing To Go Ahead (NYT / Media Decoder)
A federal judge on Tuesday denied Apple and several major book publishers' motions to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that accuses the companies of conspiring to control the price of eBooks. paidContent Citing ongoing state, federal and international antitrust investigations, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote turned down arguments that Apple and the publishers had acted independently when they changed the pricing model for eBooks.

New Yorker Re-Launches Literary Blog As 'Page-Turner' (GalleyCat)
The New Yorker has re-launched its literary blog with a new name and logo: Page-Turner. The new blog will expand the work of the Book Bench, the magazine's old books site. The New Yorker / Page-Turner We'll debate about books under-noticed or too much noticed, and celebrate writers we've returned to again and again. We'll look to works in translation and at the politics of literary scenes beyond the English-speaking world. We'll think about technology and the reading life. We'll recommend and we'll theorize. Daily essays will be the blog's mainstay, with books as an anchor for wide-ranging cultural comment.

PubliCola, 2009-2012: How A Seattle News Startup Built An Audience But Not A Business (Nieman Journalism Lab)
The last time we checked in with Seattle news startup PubliCola, in 2009, it seemed to be thriving despite an awful economy. Just five months after its launch, the local political news site had a growing audience, two investors, ad revenue (at least to pay its then only reporter's salary), and plans to expand its coverage. The site's serious reporting on city hall and the state house was drawing attention, gaining credibility, and taking advantage of a boost in momentum for American politics. The site was launched one day before President Obama's inauguration, and as PubliCola's founder Josh Feit puts it, "there was tons of political excitement." Three years later, PubliCola is gone.

Press Associations Open Their Doors To News Sites (Editor & Publisher)
A few months after Judy Clabes launched KyForward.com, she and her staff scored a small victory: Google reclassified the website, deeming it a news source, not a blog. It was a boon to their search engine rankings and an affirmation of their efforts to produce quality, local journalism. Later this spring, they'll attain another mark of legitimacy: membership in the Kentucky Press Association.

Susanne Reber Joins Center For Investigative Reporting After NPR Departure (Poynter / MediaWire)
Last week's memo announcing Susanne Reber's departure from NPR, where she was deputy managing editor for investigations, didn't say where she was headed. Tuesday, the Center for Investigative Reporting announced that Reber has been named senior coordinating editor for multiplatform projects and investigations. FishbowlLA Reber will lead all national and international enterprise reporting efforts for The Bay Citizen and California Watch, among CIR's other properties.

Businessweek Editor Won't Say Whether They're Making Money, Describes The 'Luxury' Of Doing Long Pieces (Capital New York)
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Sinclair Reaches Long-Term Affiliation Agreement With Fox (TVSpy)
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Tuesday that it had reached a new, long-term deal with Fox to renew the affiliation agreements for 19 stations that Sinclair owns and/or programs. The new agreements go into effect at the beginning of next year and run through 2017. B&C The pact also includes what Sinclair calls "an assignable option to Sinclair to purchase at fair value" WUTB, between July 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Such a deal would pair WUTB with Sinclair's Fox affiliate, WBFF.

Fairchild Fashion Media Acquires Blogger Network (WWD / Memo Pad)
Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM) has acquired Fashion Networks International, best known for NowManifest, a curated blog portal with 1.2 million unique visitors a month that showcases some of the biggest names in the fashion blogosphere. FishbowlNY As part of the deal, NowManifest's co-founder, Christian Remröd, will join FFM as managing director, NowManifest and Fairchild Fashion Media Business Development.

Is Google+ A Ghost Town, And Does It Matter? (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Google+ is a lonely place. At least according to a new study that paints the social networking site as a virtual tumbleweed town.

Men's Journal Rolls Out Updated Website (Adweek)
Wenner Media is preparing to launch a new gear- and review-centric site for Men's Journal on May 21, a big step forward for the historically digital-adverse publisher.

GMA Expected To Top Today For Week Of May 7 (TVNewser)
It looks like ABC's Good Morning America will top the Today show for the week of May 7 when final numbers are released on Thursday. Based on preliminary Nielsen numbers, GMA drew 5.18 million total viewers to Today's 5.12 million, a difference of just 1.2 percent. GMA was No. 1 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, with Today taking Monday and Thursday. The Atlantic Wire Good Morning America has a new technique for beating the Today show in the morning ratings wars, and it's very simple: Interview the president and get him to take a side on a divisive issue on which he's been hedging for years.

@mediabistro #mbchats Which classic novel do you wish had a sequel?

@JennSmith_Ink William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"

@AmyMeganJones Definitely The Great Gatsby -- it is the perfect novel. Not sure where the plot could go, but it should never end

@CLC_NY Great Gatsby!

@courtneylandi Instead of a sequel, wish The Catcher in the Rye had a prequel about Holden's brother Allie & the rest of his family dynamic

@VictoriaBaldos NONE. Sequels are usually terrible, especially movie versions.

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Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.15.12