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Howell Raines / Washington Post:
Why don't honest journalists take on Roger Ailes and Fox News? — One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, and it has nothing to do with the public option, portability or medical malpractice.
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The Huffington Post, Media Research Center, Michael Calderone's Blog and NewsBusters.org
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Ravi Somaiya / Gawker:
Fawning Political Interviews Have Ruined American Politics — Howell Raines hit out at Fox News for ruining political debate. But it's not just Fox. By softballing and coddling interviewees, all of television news has helped politicians get away with appalling lies, distortions and... being Sarah Palin.
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Ben Smith's Blog
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
‘Time’ for promotions — Two veteran Time staffers are moving up the magazine's masthead. — International Editor Michael Elliott will become the new deputy managing editor, second in command to Managing Editor Rick Stengel, while Nancy Gibbs, a prolific cover story writer, moves into the No. 3 slot as executive editor.
Crain's New York Business:
Will Arthur Sulzberger make Steve Jobs blink? — Matthew Flamm - Don't expect Apple to get between The New York Times and its customers when a digital version of the paper starts appearing on the iPad tablet computer, which will become available in stores April 3.
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Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Instant Ads Set the Pace on the Web — Time is now on the side of online advertisers. — Advertisers have been able to direct online messages based on demographics, income and even location, but one element has been largely missing until recently: immediacy.
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AdExchanger.com
Business Week:
Revenge of the Cable Guys — If you think online TV will be free forever, think again. The cable companies have a plan to keep control—and stick you with the bill — Watch the Video... Once upon a time, not so long ago, a bunch of small companies in Silicon Valley thought the future of television was theirs.
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Company Town
Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:
WSJ Reporters in Talks with CNBC? — Wall Street Journal reporters Kate Kelly and Dennis Berman could be the latest editorial staffers from the financial paper to make the move to on-air reporters for CNBC. According to an industry source, there is interest in both and Berman has been seen at the CNBC office.
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
MSNBC Courts Facebook Users With BreakingNews Page — MSNBC is continuing to try make better use of social media as a distribution tool with a small effort that ties its @BreakingNews Twitter account to a dedicated Facebook page. It's not clear how much Facebook fans want real-time news mixed …
Bill Mitchell / PoynterOnline:
Ebert & Friends Tweak New Online Business Model — Roger Ebert and a few hundred of his closest friends and readers are hammering out a new business model for media online. — The money involved is small, just $4.99 a year, an amount dwarfed by an appreciation for what the film critic's fans describe …
Robert Feder / blogs.vocalo.org:
Trib CEO shoots the messenger — but misses the point — After what I wrote about Randy Michaels earlier this week, it's no wonder the Tribune Co. CEO doesn't care much for me. But who knew of his low regard for the whole business of bloggers? — The piece here about his edict banning 119 words …
Danny Shea / The Huffington Post:
Ben Zimmer New ‘On Language’ Columnist: New York Times Magazine Names William Safire Successor — The New York Times Magazine has named Ben Zimmer its “On Language” columnist. — Zimmer, described in the Times' announcement as a linguist and lexicographer, succeeds William Safire …
TechCrunch:
AOL's Big SXSW Bet On Seed and “Bionic Journalism” — Editor's Note: This guest post was written and reported by Steven Rosenbaum, the CEO of Magnify.net. — Today, the world of music, film, and the internet converges on Austin, Texas for what is fast becoming one of the key the places to launch new software products.
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
Behind The Scenes Of Apple's iPad Launch — New details about the books and apps that will run on the tablet computer. — In the run-up to the April 3 launch of Apple's iPad tablet computer, all appears calm. But behind the veil that obscures all Apple product debuts …
Editor and Publisher:
Hamas Releases British Journalist — GAZA CITY Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday released a British journalist they had held for a month amid allegations that he endangered the Palestinian territory's security. — Paul Martin said he was arrested because of his work as a journalist and called his release …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Scorecard '09: UK's Top Regional Papers Have Lost Half A Billion In Sales — We said 2009 would be an annus horribilis for newspapers - and that's exactly what happened. — Total annual revenue at just five of the UK's leading regional newspaper groups fell from £2.05 billion …
Lucie Morillon / Reporters Without Borders:
Web 2.0 versus Control 2.0 — The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet. The emerging general trend is that a growing number of countries are attemptimg to tighten their control of the Net, but at the same time …
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Hearst's App Strategy: Adding More Needles To A Growing Haystack — Hearst has about 70 apps under its LMK banner in the iTunes App Store right now and it just plans to keep adding more and more. Most of the LMK apps sell for about $1.99, while a handful cost $0.99 per download.
John Cook / Gawker:
Will Slate Let Mickey Kaus Blog During His Gag Senate Run? — Slate blogger and pathological counterintuitionist Mickey Kaus is actually serious about challenging Barbara Boxer in the California Democratic primary. The deadline to file nomination papers is tomorrow, and he's been gathering signatures.
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LA Weekly
Noah Shachtman / Wired:
How Andrew Breitbart Hacks the Media — Andrew Breitbart has been waiting 45 minutes for a filet mignon. He drums his fingers on the table in this plush Italian restaurant off Times Square, a place where the media types he regularly trashes used to flaunt their expense accounts — back when they still had them.
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Mediaite, New York Magazine, Big Journalism, Michael Calderone's Blog, Gawker, National Review and Ben Smith's Blog
Rick Carroll / Aspen Times:
Aspen officer's employment ended on conflict issue — ASPEN — Valerie McFarlane's employment as an Aspen police officer ended last month after she failed to file charges against an Aspen newspaper editor for allegedly drinking and driving, officials said. — Instead, McFarlane …
Mark Walsh / MediaPost:
QandA: The ‘Atlantic Monthly’ Relaunch — The Atlantic is one of the most storied names in magazine publishing, dating back to 1857 and boasting contributors over the years from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mark Twain to Martin Luther King Jr. More recently, the magazine two years ago relaunched …
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