Morning report
* AOL shares up 37% this morning on news that it’s selling 800 patents to Microsoft for $1 billion. (Reuters)
* David Carr on the return of the newspaper barons. (New York Times)
* Gail Shister: I always had a soft spot for Mike Wallace, and I think he liked me too. (TV Newser)
* Josh Gernstein: The day I was scooped by Mike Wallace. (Politico.com)
* Celtics guard Ray Allen endorses newspapers, paper-and-ink books. (Boston Globe)
* National Society of Newspaper Columnists names contest finalists. (Columnists.com)
* Huffington says there will be clowns and face-painting at her site’s 7th anniversary party. (WWD.com)
* “Good Morning America” is gradually closing the gap with “Today.” Only 119,000 viewers separate the two. (New York Times)
* How the Atlantic successfully spammed Reddit. (Daily Dot)
