The results of Tribune Co.'s proposed split of its print and broadcast divisions could range from putting a damper on the Chicago Sun-times' plan to buy the Chicago Tribune, to the likelihood that the Koch brothers would not buy The Los Angeles Times. Andrew Beaujon parses the details in this analysis piece.

Just weeks after Turner Sports hired Keith Olbermann for its baseball playoffs studio broadcasts on TBS this coming October, the much-traveled host is now talking with ESPN about doing a late-night talk show on ESPN2.  That show’s debut, reports Bob Raismann, would reportedly be timed to help blunt the buzz of Fox’s August debut of its Fox Sports 1 network. Olbermann has a history with both ESPN and Fox, Raismann notes: he co-hosted SportsCenter on ESPN back in the ‘90s, and then competed against that show as a host on the Fox Sports Net.  In both cases, Olbermann had major …

"The modern realities of the media business have so accustomed us to seeing journalistic entities disbanded, either abruptly or in slow motion, that there's an undeniable fascination in watching a giant news outlet come together in a matter of months," writes Joe Pompeo in a piece looking at the creation of Al Jazeera America, which "feels something like witnessing the birth of a unicorn: staggering, illusory."  Pompeo analyzes how the new cable network is gearing up for its launch, taking such steps as "wooing... name-brand journalists" and "retaining big-name firms to work on the new venture: Siegel + Gale to …

Publications including Maxim, Guitar World and OK are testing a new kind of pay wall for online content -- one that, "instead of charging readers, requires them to watch an advertiser's video," writes Michael Sebastian. "In effect, the brands become sponsors for a reader's content consumption, in a very direct and memorable way," Mark Yackanich, CEO of Genesis Media, told Sebastian. Genesis created Content Unlock, the system, that runs the program, which Starcom Media Vest is also experimenting with "as part of an effort to better target its clients' video advertising, writes Sebastian. "Genesis plans to offer the next …

21st Century Fox, NBC Universal and the Walt Disney Company have taken Hulu off the market, saying they will now invest $750 more into the five-year-old online video company. “We had meaningful conversations with a number of potential partners and buyers, each with impressive plans and offers to match, but with 21st Century Fox and Disney fully aligned in our collective vision and goals for the business, we decided to continue to empower the Hulu team, in this fashion, to continue the incredible momentum they've built over the last few years," said Chase Carey, President and Chief Operating Officer of …

The New York Times has cut one of its New York City editions, making for a total of two instead of three city editions, while continuing with its two national editions. Yes, those are the print runs that "allow late-breaking news (and, especially, sports and election results) to reach at least some newsstands by the morning rush," writes Joe Pompeo. "What does it mean for New Yorkers? More coverage of Mets and Yankees games in the morning paper, for one thing, since the deadline of the first New York edition has been pushed back from 10:15 to 10:45 p.m."

Things appear to be looking up for CNN: "After months of plummeting ratings and a high-profile game of C-suite musical chairs, the original cable news network is catching up to its competitors in the core demo and showing significant year-over-year gains," writes Sam Thielman in a fairly upbeat analysis of what's been happening since Jeff Zucker became president in January. There have been "other, more subtle changes, too," such as "CNN’s anchors... appearing on each other’s shows....As one insider put it, the walls seem to be coming down between the shows in a way that never happened under former honcho …

Readers Digest is slashing its rate base almost in half -- from 5.5 million to 3 million -- a move that "will help the magazine find a more engaged audiences, according to Reader's Digest Association President-CEO Robert Guth," writes Michael Sebastian. "Large circulations long helped magazines attract the largest advertisers, which wanted efficient ways to reach many potential consumers at once, but competition from new media and rising costs for paper, printing and distribution have changed that equation."

Now a Boston-based station -- WCVB, a Hearst-owned ABC affiliate -- joins the roster of 17 broadcasters suing Aereo.  WCVB and Hearst's complaint accuses the online TV startup of copyright infringement. Aereo has been available in Boston since the end of May.

The American Society of News Editors' latest report on newsroom diversity "only confirmed what many who have lived through the industry's deep recession have already experienced: a steady decline in minority journalists and stagnation in prior progress," writes Riva Gold. "One piece of this puzzle is layoff policies and union contracts that often rewarded seniority and pushedthe most recent hires to leave first. Many journalists of color have the least protected jobs because they're the least senior employees," according to one source.