The Morning Lowdown 06-10-11

»  Huffpo Tops NY Times in Traffic, But With a Huge Asterisk (Mixed Media)

»  A Federal Study Finds That Local Reporting Has Waned (NYT)

»  YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) in Network Deal Talks With Operators, Manufacturers (Bloomberg)

»  Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) makes its subscription rules more friendly to news organizations; but were they really the target? (Nieman Lab)

»  Overall, broadcast networks’ prime-time inventory look to gain around 3% to 5% in overall volume to some $8.5 billion; cable networks will add 12%, now at $8.96 billion, according to estimates. (Mediapost)

»  Can nonprofit news survive? (Stateline)

»  Which will save AOL: Huffington Post or Patch? (GigaOm/Mathew Ingram)

»  Safari’s New Reading Lists Are Glorified Bookmarks – Not Instapaper Killers (Siliconfilter)

»  Facebook’s Test in China: What Price Free Speech? (WSJ)

»  A Publisher’s Nightmare (AdExchanger)