Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is trying desperately to salvage any way to make money these days. Their papers' first quarter was abysmal, The New York Post's circulation is spiraling, and the only thing that seems to work in the least is Wall Street Journal's use of pay walls on their website, which Murdoch is now considering extending to the rest of his publication holdings.

Now Murdoch, long-known for surrounding himself with tech-savvy teams to make up for his own lack of knowledge about the Internet, is hoping that his papers' future content will be hidden from Google.

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FishbowlLA: >The Huffington Post taking a page from The Times and asking readers for local submissions.

i09: Can New York Times science reporter John Tierney actually examine the question of global warming critically?

New York Post: The Dow Jones is finally up again, surpassing its yearly high, so we can all relax now, right?

New York Times: Meanwhile News Corp has a little less to be happy about: Circulation sales for The New York Post have fallen within reach of its competitor, The Daily News and The News has a bigger online readership. We're guessing once Murdoch places a pay wall on The Post, that gap isn't going to close any, either.

We may be in Obama's post-racial America, but Time magazine is still in the middle of a debate after their article photo on their pick of the eight most influential figures cleaning up Detroit, Mich. included no African-American men on their roster.

"The Committee to Save Detroit," did include two African-American women, Faye Nelson of the Detroit River Front Conservancy and public prosecutor Kym Worthy. The Detroit Free Press' Rochelle Riley wrote a piece yesterday that resonated quickly throughout the web: She listed three African-American candidates that would have been equally suited for Time's qualifications, including Robert Bobb, who is the emergency financial manager of Detroit Public Schools, and Dan Varner of Think Detroit PAL. She solicited and received over 1,000 emails for suggestions on who else would be a good candidate for community leaders in a city where 83.7 percent of the community is African-American.

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Peter Dunn, president and GM of WCBS-TV, now has the additional job of overseeing CBS' 29 stations across the country.

In an email to staff, obtained by FishbowlNY, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves writes, "Peter has been a terrific leader in every role he's had at our station group, from President of Sales to running two of our biggest stations. He knows how to deliver results and inspire the best work from his people, and knows the local marketplace as well as anyone."

Dunn replaces Tom Kane who had held the job since Sept. 2005. Kane was previously president and GM of WABC-TV.

Moonves' email after the jump...

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Certain New York media blogs are all puffed with self-righteousness over the news that Dealbreaker's Andrew Sorkin made $250k last year, which may or may not have included a bonus that may or may not have been caused by the amount of traffic he was getting, essentially making it a pageview bonus. Which, as these blogs are quick to point out, get shredded by certain traditional journalists as being the downfall to "objective" journalism since it employs a tabloid mentality of "The more people read it, the better it is." Thus, Octomom, Jon Gosselin, etc, etc. And if The Times is using the same payouts as blogs do, while simultaneously cutting the staffroom and giving huge bonuses to their wunderkind, where's the fairness there?

But...shouldn't Sorkin be paid according to the traffic he brings in?

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Jodie Green joins Meredith Corp.'s More brand as director of its Web site, More.com. Lesley Jane Seymour, the magazine's editor-in-chief, announced the appointment today.

The former vice president of editorial at Waterfront Media, Green will be charged with the overall editorial direction of the site, including developing traffic-building content and strategic partnerships.

In her two decades' worth of experience, Green has worked for such companies as Rodale, Reader's Digest and Comcast.

Press release after the jump.

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Metropolitan Home's December 2009 issue will be its last. Met Home's editor-in-chief Donna Warner and her staff will be leaving the company.

Publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. announced it will cease publication of the shelter magazine and focus its energy in the category solely on Elle Decor. President and CEO Alain Lemarchand said, "It is with a feeling of sadness that I make the announcement to close one of our magazines. However, we believe the best strategy in the upscale shelter segment is to boldly focus our resources and investment on Elle Decor, which is the ad-page leader within the U.S. market."

Metropolitan Home and Elle Decor had comprised HFM U.S.'s Luxury Design Group led by Deborah Burns, who will remain with the company. As a result of the closure, Elle Decor will now become part of the ELLE Group.

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Daily Intel: New York Observer owner Jared Kushner twice asked New York Times business reporter wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin to be editor of the paper. Looks like he settled for Portfolio's Kyle Pope instead.

Reuters: Thomson Reuters is not interested is getting into the print media game, says CEO Tom Glocer.

Folio: Playboy is working on ways to keep the magazine alive, with plans in the works for a joint venture in the development of a new business model for the company and more cost cutting initiatives on the horizon.

Mediaite: The New York Times issued a correction on a headline about a story on Fox News Channel's election night ratings, just to clear up any insinuation about the channel's political bias.

The Business Insider: How to survive a media layoff.

We're not sure how many Glenn Beck fans read FishbowlNY, but if you are familiar with the talk show host's conspiratorial style, you'll appreciate Jon Stewart's impression from last night's "Daily Show."

Related: FishbowlNY Editor On The Menu: Layoffs, Glenn Beck and Election Night

Is Oprah Winfrey ready to ditch her syndication deal and take her talk show to her new cable network OWN? Yes, according to Nikki Finke, who reports that the queen of daytime will soon announce that she will not be renewing her syndication contract with CBS Television Distribution and will be moving her show to the new network, set to launch in 2011:

"I've learned that in coming days Winfrey and Discovery will issue a press release announcing OWN's on-air launch for the start of 2011. And, in several weeks, Oprah will tell the public that she's ending her syndicated Chicago-based daytime talk show when her current deal runs out and moving it to OWN headquarters in Los Angeles probably as soon as mid-2011."

Although Finke seems certain about these facts, The New York Times reported that Winfrey is "nearing a decision on whether to continue her daily talk show on broadcast television," and said that an official decision will likely be announced by the end of the year. The Times also said that Winfrey is in talks "with syndicators other than CBS," and pointed out that she has "taken advantage of speculation about possibly leaving her show in order to enhance renewals," in the past.

OWN, which has had its launch date moved back several times, will replace Discovery Health Channel in 70 million homes. The hope, it seems, is that placing the popular talk show on the channel will drive viewership. But will viewers follow Oprah from broadcast to cable? Despite declining ratings, she has a loyal following. Fans are willing to shoot any book she suggests up to the top of best seller lists and buy everything on her "Favorite Things" lists. Chances are good she'll have no problem drawing viewers no matter where she lands.

THE END OF 'OPRAH' AS WE KNOW HER --Deadline Hollywood

Question For Oprah: Broadcast or Cable? --New York Times

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This showed up in our inbox today, oddly enough labeled "contest," although if you're honest with yourself, isn't every job a contest between you and the thousands of other applicants?

Either way: Flavorpill, the daily newsletter of fun things to do in your hometown, is opening up a branch in Melbourne, Australia and looking for a managing editor to oversee their content. Unfortunately, you don't just have to be hip and cool to apply for this job, you also have to fit into a predetermined age range of 18-30, which would seem to go against the Age Discrimination in Employment act of 1967, but Australia's passing of a similar bill only happened 5 years ago, and is a little more lax about pigeonholing their employees. Unfortunately, Flavorpill's HQ is based in New York, meaning if someone wanted to take the the company to court over not getting the Melbourne position, they might have a fair shot at the case.

Unless by calling it a contest, instead of a job opening, the daily listings guide has found a way to bypass that tiny little hiccup.

Any HR gurus or employment attorneys out there want to weigh in?

UPDATE: Flavorpill co-founder and CEO Mark Mangan clarifies the age requirement: "The age range is related to visa requirements by the Australian government. And the work is part-time, ideal for a freelancer who wants to be Australia-based for a period of time. Flavorpill doesn't ever discriminate based on age, or anything else."