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Mar 12 2009 5:36pm EDT

Late Breaks: 'OK,' 'Sesame Street,' NPR, more

-OK magazine has a new editor in chief, who takes over just in time to see the magazine get bashed for faking a picture of Suri Cruise and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt on a playdate. [Folio]

-Not such sunny days on Sesame Street: The company that produces it has laid off 20 percent of its workforce. [Bloomberg]

-You know how so much of the news you hear on NPR is basically just stuff they're reading out of the newspapers? Not anymore. Starting April 1, the network is cutting off subscriptions as a cost-saving measure. [Romenesko]

-Columbia University's journalism school is revamping its curriculum to give students the skills to compete for jobs in digital media. Some professors are resisting -- for instance, the one who told students, "Fuck new media." [Daily Intel]. □

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