Afternoon report
* Fox News criticized for producing and airing Obama video that looked like a campaign attack ad. (New York Times)
* Etan Patz’s father pulls distribution rights for his photos from the Associated Press. (observer.com)
* “We are no longer a newspaper company,” Chicago Sun-Times editor-in-chief tells his staff. (Crain’s Chicago Business)
* Jonathan Stray: What journalists do can’t be reduced to one thing. (Nieman Lab)
* “Save the Times-Picayune!” petition goes up on Change.org. (Change.org)
* Ex-reporter (now comic book writer) with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sues Seattle Times over dismissal. (Seattle Weekly)
* St. Paul Pioneer Press offers buyouts. (A contract signed last week allows layoffs and expands freelancing.) (MinnPost.com)
* Ex-New York Daily News Michael O’Neill dies at 89. Paper ran “Ford to City: Drop Dead” hed during his tenure. (Associated Press)
