Mediagazer: Big Ideas at SXSW Interactive (Chris Tomlinson/The Texas Observer)

3:05 PM ET, March 14, 2010

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Jennifer Mendelsohn / New York Times:

Honey, Don't Bother Mommy. I'm Too Busy With My Blog and Building My Brand. — ON a brisk Saturday morning this month, a dedicated crew of about 90 women, most in their 30s or thereabouts, arrived at a waterfront hotel here, prepared for a daylong conference that offered to school …

Discussion: Edelman Digital and The Steve Rubel Stream

Chris Tomlinson / The Texas Observer:

Big Ideas at SXSW Interactive — Tech's Future, Privacy and Sharing — THE GEEKY SIDE OF SXSW began on Friday and we're about halfway through. The big ideas being discussed this year include the future of journalism, books and magazine as well as online privacy and sharing.

Discussion: Bits, Snarkmarket, CNET News, The Social, GigaOM and Digits

Marc Lacey / New York Times:

Fearing Drug Cartels, Reporters in Mexico Retreat — Attacks on the media along the border with the U.S. have resulted in what amounts to a news blackout. — SIGN IN TO E-MAIL THIS — 23. — BUSINESSMARCH 9, 2010 — You're the Boss: The Secret to Having Happy Employees — By JAY GOLTZ

Drew Grant / Mediaite:

Fake News Reports Of Russian Invasion Send Georgians Panicking — In a War Of The Worlds-esque scenario (the Orson Welles adaptation, not the movie), residents of Georgia were thrown into a state of shock and panic when Imedi TV - a pro-government station - telecast an “imitation of events” …

Discussion: Reuters, The Wire and The Spy Report

Jon / CyberJournalist.net:

News is a social experience — The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project report, “Understanding the Participatory News Consumer,” examines how Americans are increasingly using their social networks and social networking technology to filter, assess, and react to news. — The report says:

Alissa Krinsky / TVNewser:

Candy Crowley: “No Burning Desire” to Do Opinion Journalism — More than one month after succeeding John King as anchor of CNN's State of the Union, Candy Crowley talks with New York magazine. Excerpts: — • On minor changes to the show since beginning her tenure: “For instance...last week we got a smaller table.

Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:

Leaked UK record industry memo sets out plans for breaking copyright — In this leaked, six-page email, Richard Mollet, the Director of Public Affairs for the British Phonographic Institute (the UK's record-industry lobbyists), sets out the BPI's strategy for ramming through the Digital Economy Bill …

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Video: Texas Tribune's Evan Smith: ‘I Was A Hater, Then I Became A Zealot’ — One of the side benefits of coming to Austin for South By Southwest Interactive: spending some time at the Texas Tribune, the non-profit news site launched last November to cover statewide politics, public policy and government.

Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:

Apple's iPad Will Read Books Out Loud, Support Free E-Books — When it began taking pre-orders for the iPad this morning, Apple also published some new details about how the tablet device will function as an e-book reader. — It turns out the iPad will read books out loud to you with audio dictation …

Discussion: TeleRead, Gizmodo, eBookNewser, 901am and Fast Company

Globe and Mail:

Torstar among final bidders for CanWest papers — Publisher, believed to be backed by Fairfax, will compete with other industry heavyweights in auction to be completed by April 30 — Lindsay Lohan and the E*Trade baby - Who would turn down a promotion? - What's an MER?

Ernst Poulsen / Online:

Danish Magazine Publishes Collaboratively Using Google Wave — One of the big questions in online journalism is how to engage users. A small Danish experiment on Google Wave may provide some hints. — In the last 10 years, we have learned that subtle changes in format on the Web …