Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
1:40 PM ET, March 13, 2010

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Randeep Ramesh / Guardian:
Google news tax could boost local papers, report says  —  Commission of inquiry calls for levies to promote new media, warning that too few interests control too many outlets  —  Google and other websites that carry news they do not produce should be taxed and the money generated used to prop …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Mayhill Fowler goes from new media star to old news  —  As a citizen journalist, her report rocked President Barack Obama's presidential campaign.  She has an e-book on her experience.  —  What does it mean to be the most famous citizen journalist in the world?  Mayhill Fowler has discovered it can be a rough ride.
Discussion: Romenesko
Natasha Vargas-Cooper / The Awl:
The Night Lady Gaga Blew Up the Internet with ‘Telephone’  —  Natasha: Can I ask you something?  —  Choire: Yes!  —  Natasha: Do you ‘get it’?  —  Natasha: Like Gaga overall.  —  Choire: I *largely* get it.  I mean, obviously I groove on the, I guess, excitement level?
Nielsen Wire:
February Online Video Usage Up More Than 10% Over Last Year  —  The number of unique viewers of online video increased 10.5% year-over-year, according to The Nielsen Company, from 127.6 million unique viewers in February 2009 to 141 million in February 2010.
New York Times:
Vast F.C.C. Plan Would Bring Net to More in U.S.  —  The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine the nation's media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country's dominant communication network.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
@ SXSWi: Ronen And Cuban Go Live With Pay TV-Internet Debate  —  Mark Cuban and Avner Ronen met in person for the first time just before their Pay TV vs. Internet debate here at South by Southwest Interactive—about 20 minutes before their session was interrupted by a fire alarm.
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and The Social
Simon Singh / Guardian:
This is goodbye  —  Being sued for libel is not only ruinously expensive, writes Simon Singh, it takes over your whole life.  Which is why this will be his last column  —  Almost a year after writing my first column for this site, I would like to welcome you to my final article.
Discussion: Geekosystem
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed | THR:
‘Marriage Ref’ falls to third place (video)  —  NBC's midseason shows continue to slip from their Olympic-fueled debuts.  On Thursday, the second week of “The Marriage Ref” (6 million viewers, 2.7 preliminary adults 18-49 rating) declined 21% in the ratings, falling from first to third place in the competitive hour.
Peter Bart / Variety:
Rupert Murdoch: the king of media paradoxes  —  Succession comes second to success at News Corp.  —  Rupert Murdoch turned 79 on March 11, and even as he made the rounds of a few elite Oscar parties and flashed an occasional (very rare) smile, his friends acknowledged that, while he looks his age, he doesn't act it.
Discussion: Romenesko
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
Multichannel News:
To Tell The Truth  —  The war of words is heating up between DISH Network and DIRECTV.  After it's failed attempt to stop DISH Network from running it “Why Would You Ever Pay More?” campaign in the courts, DIRECTV is getting ready to strike back with its own ad campaign called “To Tell The Truth.”
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 …
RELATED:
Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:
In '09, New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson Again Out-Earned Her Boss
Discussion: Fitz & Jen, Gawker and Romenesko
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 1:40 PM ET, March 13, 2010.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
USA Today designer Rose named staffer of the year
Discussion: USA TODAY
PR Newswire:
Scripps Howard Foundation Announces National Journalism Awards Winners
Discussion: Romenesko
Telegraph:
Shares in BSkyB jump on rumour Rupert Murdoch will take company private
Discussion: The Wire
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Interview: ABC News' Slavin: Paywall Strategy Coming Down By June
Discussion: TeleRead and Romenesko
AdAge:
Do Marketers Still Need News Brands?
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Reuters Readies Syndication Plan for Third-Party Video News Producers
 Earlier Picks: 
Gabriel Madway / MediaFile:
IPad pre-orders begin, and so does the speculation
Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:
Kate Snow Departs ABC for NBC
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Mediaite
Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:
Poynter: MSNBC narrative slideshow garners 78m page views
Discussion: Lost Remote
Judith Townend / Journalism.co.uk:
Independent apologises for ‘seriously defamatory’ headline
Joseph Plambeck / Media Decoder:
Small Michigan Television Station Is ‘Priced to Sell’ on eBay