Mediagazer: Scripps Howard Foundation Announces National Journalism Awards Winners (PR Newswire)

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.

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Magazine, The Wrap, Media Research Center, Michael Calderone's Blog, BLTv and NewsBusters.org

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.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Ben Smith's Blog and The Huffington Post

David Kaplan / paidContent:

SEC Watch: Top NYTCo Execs' Wages Soar — While the NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) struggled under the weight of economic pressures and debt last year, top execs personally did pretty well, even as the company reduced its newsroom by 100 staffers. As the company's recent Q4 results showed …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, The Huffington Post and FishBowlNY

In '09, New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson Again Out-Earned Her Boss — NEW YORK For the third year in a row, New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson made more money than Chairman and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., according to a Security and Exchange Commission proxy filing.

Discussion: Gawker and Romenesko

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.

Discussion: AdExchanger.com and NYConvergence

Mercedes Bunz / Guardian:

Print publishers show off iPad ideas — Print publishers are hopeful the iPad will hit the streets next month. — There are already several test examples out there. Some blend print and online as BERG's version for the innovative Swedish publishing house Bonnier shows …

Discussion: paidContent and Shaping the Future …

Discussion: paidContent, Phanfare blog and MinOnline

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.

Discussion: Company Town and NewTeeVee

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

It's Hard To Watch The Newsosaurs Turn A Blind Eye To Their Own Extinction — Sometimes it is obvious where the world is headed, but some people and industries become frozen in place and time. They are like the duckbilled dinosaurs happily munching on the still-abundant plants around …

Discussion: CJR, FishBowlLA and Reflections of a Newsosaur

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

D.C. Circuit Court Denies Cablevision/Comcast Program Access Challenge — Says FCC reasonably concluded rules were still necessary — A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Friday denied Cablevision's challenge to the program access rules, according to a copy of the opinion.

Discussion: Multichannel, Variety and Company Town

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.

Discussion: New York Observer, AFP, Online, Journalism.co.uk, Bloomberg, NYConvergence, Fitz & Jen, Romenesko and paidContent

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.

Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Business Insider

Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:

Kate Snow Departs ABC for NBC — First on TVNewser: ABC's “Good Morning America” weekend edition co-anchor Kate Snow is leaving the network to join NBC's “Dateline,” TVNewser has learned. — Snow had been with the network since 2003, when she came on as the “GMA” White House correspondent.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Mediaite

PR Newswire:

Scripps Howard Foundation Announces National Journalism Awards Winners — The Scripps Howard Foundation today announced the winners of its annual National Journalism Awards, honoring the best work in the communications industry and journalism education in 2009.

Discussion: Romenesko

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 …

Discussion: Romenesko and The Wire

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.

Discussion: Romenesko, Charles Apple and The Huffington Post

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Plastic Logic Can't Deliver On Que; Delays E-Reader Shipments By Months — Another e-reader company is finding it more difficult than expected to deliver devices. Pre-order customers for the Plastic Logic Que proReader are getting an e-mail from CEO Richard Archuleta about an extended delay …

Discussion: Audience Development and Gadget Lab

Joseph Plambeck / Media Decoder:

Small Michigan Television Station Is ‘Priced to Sell’ on eBay — You don't need pockets as deep as Comcast's to get into the TV business. Or even be a millionaire, apparently. — A UHF station in western Michigan - WMKG-LP, Channel 38 - that airs a mix of live talk shows and outdoor sports programming …

Discussion: The Business Insider, Nieman Journalism Lab, TVWeek.com and Pulse2

Gillian Reagan / The Wire:

Daily Beast's Tina Brown On Creating A ‘Subculture Of Impoverished Writers’ (IACI) — “We do pay for content on the Daily Beast but,” Daily Beast's Tina Brown told Charlie Rose last night, “you're not gonna get rich on what we pay.” — Brown was on Rose's PBS show to push the Beast's Women in the World Summit, which starts today.

Discussion: Charlie Rose

AdAge:

Do Marketers Still Need News Brands? — Ken Doctor on Whether the Tablet Will Resurrect Advertiser and Publisher Relationships — Let's take a quick, one-question quiz together. — Marketers need news brands: — A. less than before — B. about the same — C. more than before

Discussion: Fitz & Jen