* Philadelphia Daily News & Inquirer “likely to be sold, possibly in a matter of hours,” writes Will Bunch. (Philadelphia Daily News)
* Cornell prof discusses his new book about the New York Times. (Cornell Daily Sun)
* Forbes Media is looking to refinance a $50 million loan that comes due in July. (New York Post)
* Conde Nast’s Self magazine spends mid six figures to develop and market new online workout game. (New York Times)
* AP wins $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for “NYPD Intelligence Division.” (See tweets) (@JFKJrForum)
* Nicholas Thompson leaves the New Yorker to run NewYorker.com. (Capital New York)
* Why ESPN columnist Gregg Easterbrook didn’t blow the whistle on high school football injury bounties: (Forbes)

Female commencement speaker? That would be New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson. Conservative publication Newsmax doesn’t allow her name or title in headlines?
* Slate: Obama bumps NYT editor as Barnard commencement speaker
* Newsmax: Obama bumps female commencement speaker at Barnard

Vanity Fair teased Sarah Ellison’s new piece on the Washington Post (“Ghosts in the Newsroom”) in a press release last week, and now it’s put the lengthy feature online. Longtime Post watcher Erik Wemple — a former Washington City Paper editor who writes the Post’s media blog these days — says “there’s plenty of fresh and interesting reporting” in Ellison’s feature.
* Ghosts in the newsroom: Has the Washington Post lost its way?