Morning report
* Jonah Lehrer “was and remains on a features contract with Wired,” says magazine spokesman Jon Hammond. “We chose to maintain our contract.” Hammond tells BuzzFeed that Lehrer made “a horrible mistake” in fabricating quotes for his book, but that “does not diminish his work as a valued contributor to the magazine and website” and “we still value the work that he has done for us.” (buzzfeed.com)
* NYT Co. and Mark Thompson pairing “looks like a marriage made in heaven … but it’s also a shotgun wedding.” (thedailybeast.com)
* The Economist’s excuse for its drinking-at-work story error: “We must have been drunk on the job.” (observer.com)
* “What I learned about hyper-local news at Patch and other places.” (whatburnsmybacon.com)
* Magazines make branded content, so why don’t they act more like brands? (AdAge.com)
* Marla Dickerson is named Los Angeles Times business editor. (Los Angeles Times)
* Nielsen survey finds more teens listen to music through YouTube than through radio, CDs and iTunes. (TechCrunch.com)
* An intern’s take on the recent Bleacher Report deal. (Adweek.com)
* Erik Wemple blasts Sarah Palin’s “lazy and tired indictment of the media. (washingtonpost.com)
* Bob Woodward’s “The Price of Politics” will be published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 11. (nytimes.com)
