The Future of Newspapers, Legal Rumblings in DC
• The newspaper industry may look to take a cue from the music business in its elusive hunt for new sources of revenue. Because, clearly, if there's one industry to gleam some wisdom from, that's the one. [MP, WSJ]
• The Justice Department is looking into whether tech giants like Yahoo! and Google violated antitrust laws in their recruiting efforts. [WaPo]
• NBC's two-part White House special scored big ratings. Conveniently, it also squeezed in plugs for every other show on the network. [HP, Newsday]
• Laura Ling and Euna Lee went on trial in North Korea today. [WaPo]
• Silvio Berlusconi is feuding with Rupert Murdoch. And so now Michael Wolff says he really likes Berlusconi. Business as usual, clearly. [Gawker, Reuters]
• Here's something really depressing to chew on: Glenn Beck is No. 81 on Forbes's "Celebrity 100" list and made $23 million last year. [Forbes]
• WNYC is cutting staff. Its CEO, however, is still getting paid nicely. [Gawker]
• It's official: Chase Carey is the new No. 2 at News Corp. [LAT]
• Oprah Winfrey's cable network has hired a programming chief. [THR]
• Nick Denton, Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Bonnie Fuller, the WSJ's Alan Murray, and Craig Newmark sounded off on the future of media yesterday. [NYO, WWD]
• Nielsen has closed the weekly trade title Radio & Records. You probably didn't even know it existed, but we're mentioning it anyway, okay? [Folio]
• Jason Priestley's acting career breathes new life! Sort of. The WB has tapped him for a new series, but it will only be available online. [THR]
• A correction in today's New York Times acknowledges that it's misspelled the name of Procter & Gamble more than 100 times over the years. [NYT]
• Here's the best evidence yet the TV biz is completely out of ideas: Bravo is thinking of featuring two Mediabistro bloggers on a new reality show. [TVN]