Mediagazer: Michael Chabon Gives His Reading on the Area's Literary Scene (Bobby White/Wall Street Journal)

3:28 AM ET, March 6, 2010

Top News:

Natalie Harrison / Apple:

iPad Available in US on April 3 — Apple® today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France …

Mark Briggs / Lost Remote:

Lessons to learn: how the iPad will impact local media — With news that Apple's iPad will go on sale in less than a month, it's time to get serious about sizing up the opportunity this new device presents to local media companies. There are more questions than answers at this point …

Discussion: InvestorPlace.com, eBookNewser and AppleInsider

Mark S. Luckie / 10,000 Words:
Why news media should not wait to develop iPad apps

Discussion: Editors Weblog, VideoNuze, CNBC and MarketingVOX

Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:

MSNBC Political Analyst Leaves, Won't Be “Cartoon Player For Lefty Games” — MSNBC political analyst Craig Crawford has left the network - in a very public way. — Writing on his blog at CQPolitics.com, Crawford says he has found the network “unrewarding for me,” - and expands on his reason for leaving in a comment to Mediaite.

Craig Crawford / Craig Crawford's Trail Mix:
A Point of Personal Privilege

Discussion: Inside Cable News, TVNewser, Big Journalism, The Huffington Post, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller and Hot Air

Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:

L.A. Times Sells Disney Entire Front Page for ‘Alice’ — In another first, the Los Angeles Times sold its front page to The Walt Disney Company in a special promotion for “Alice in Wonderland,” which is opening on Friday. — Instead of the actual front page, readers in Los Angeles are treated …

Discussion: The Wire, Romenesko, BrandFreak, LA Observed and CJR

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Outside.in to AOL's Patch: Bring It On — Mark Josephson, CEO of hyper-local news aggregator Outside.in, doesn't seem all that concerned about AOL's plans to pour $50 million into its own hyper-local news operation, Patch.com. That's because while AOL is trying to generate its own custom content …

Mike Reynolds / Multichannel:

Cablevision: Oscars Telecast In Iger's Hands — Operator Says Disney CEO Will Decide Whether Retransmission-Consent Ends With WABC-TV Pulling Signal — In the latest salvo in their retransmission-consent battle, Cablevision said it's up to Walt Disney Co. president and CEO Bob Iger whether …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Variety and Company Town

Nilay Patel / Engadget:

Microsoft's Courier ‘digital journal’: exclusive pictures and details (update: video!) — We've been dying to know more about Microsoft's Courier tablet / e-book device ever since we first caught wind of it last September, and while our entreaties to Mr. Ballmer went unanswered …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, DailyFinance, Mashable!, CrunchGear, Twist Image, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check and Daring Fireball

Craig Mod:

Craig Mod - Journal - Books in the Age of the iPad — Books in the Age of the iPad — Print is dead. Digital is surging. Everyone is confused. A collections of thoughts on the future of books in the context of the iPad.

Discussion: Bits, eBookNewser, Podcasting News, TeleRead, CrunchGear and Daring Fireball

Michael Calderone / The Politico:

Amanpour for ‘This Week’? — Still searching for a permanent host for “This Week,” ABC News is in talks with Christiane Amanpour, the CNN foreign correspondent known more for globe-trotting reporting than talking politics within the Beltway. — Amanpour, through a CNN spokesperson …

Discussion: TVNewser, Romenesko, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Michael Calderone's Blog and Media Decoder

Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:

Candy Crowley on Her New Sunday Role: 'Someone Will Write Me and Say: Don't Ever Wear That Again!' — Four weeks ago, reporter Candy Crowley took over CNN's Sunday political show State of the Union from anchor John King, who will be moving to a weekday show to take over Lou Dobbs's spot.

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Attention Is the Real Resource — Jason Snell — editorial director at Macworld — wrote an interesting piece on his personal site regarding full-text RSS feeds, prompted by Merlin Mann's piece last week regarding The Atlantic. — Snell writes: … It should go without saying that what works …

Gillian Reagan / Silicon Alley Insider:

New York Times Rolls Out New ‘Real Estate’ iPhone App — The New York Times launched a new, free iPhone app catered to apartment hunters. — The “New York Times Real Estate” app, released March 2, allows users to search for listings and refine results; view detailed property listings with photos …

Discussion: Curbed NY

Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:

De Niro Back For Another ‘Midnight Run’ — Universal has started the wheels moving on a sequel to the 1988 classic comedy Midnight Run. The studio has hired Tim Dowling to write the comedy, with Robert De Niro reprising his role as Los Angeles-based bounty hunter Jack Walsh …

Discussion: /Film

Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:

SuperTweet: Moving Beyond 140 Characters — What's the best way to leverage the most information out of 140 characters? Should you get to learning Mandarin so each character can be a word? Or start forming German-style pseudo-word hashtags to get the point across?

Editor and Publisher:

Internet Vet Rusty Coats Leaving Newspapers — CHICAGO Rusty Coats, who directed Internet strategy for E.W. Scripps and was instrumental in forging the Yahoo newspaper consortium, announced he is leaving Scripps — and, he suggested, the newspaper industry.

Discussion: paidContent, FishBowlNY and Fitz & Jen

Bobby White / Wall Street Journal:

Michael Chabon Gives His Reading on the Area's Literary Scene — The Bay Area's independent bookstores, writer's workshops and literary events have helped cultivate a vibrant community of authors, including Amy Tan and Tobias Wolff. — Another active participant in the local literary scene …

Robert Hernandez / Online Journalism Review:

DIY and passion give birth to a new journalists' weekly on Twitter — By Robert Hernandez: For me, it began with a snarky tweet: #journchat Bad name, good PR. — Apparently that tweet touched a nerve and prompted Web journalists to come out of the Twitterverse to express agreement.

Hartford Courant:

Bob Woodward, Tina Brown Upbeat About Future Of Journalism — (MARYELLEN FILLO/THE HARTFORD COURANT / March 5, 2010) — Professional journalism dead? Not if you were at the Hartford Marriott Downtown Thursday night, when heavy-hitting reporters Bob Woodward, Tina Brown and Connie Schultz put …

Discussion: Romenesko and THE COLUMN

Stephen Battaglio / TV Guide Magazine:

Can CNN Survive on News Alone? — When big news breaks, as it did with the devastating earthquake in Haiti, CNN can count on Anderson Cooper to swoop in and provide compelling coverage. But even during a month when CNN had a story in which it truly shined, Fox News Channel had its best January ratings ever.

Discussion: TVNewser, Inside Cable News and Cision

John Cook / Gawker:

How ABC News' Brian Ross Staged His Toyota Death Ride — Brian Ross, America's Wrongest Reporter, has been credited with owning the Toyota recall story, including one memorable report with Ross behind the wheel of an out-of-control car. He did it by splicing in staged footage to make it look scarier.

Discussion: Romenesko

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

Westin: News Orgs Must Stay Committed to Investigative Journalism — ABC News president says depleted resources threaten First Amendment — ABC News President David Westin says that news organizations can't invoke the First Amendment unless they have “reporters out in the field doing …

Discussion: TVNewser and Romenesko