Mediagazer: ‘Frontline’ Producer Says Public TV Needs More Partners, Money (Bill Mitchell/Newspay)

Magazines' New Barker: iPad — Advertisers Gather Around as Publishers Tout Tablet Device's Bells and Whistles — A laundry list of open questions about Apple's iPad isn't keeping magazine publishers and advertisers from lining up for the launch of the tablet computer next week.

Discussion: Mobile Media, eMedia Vitals, Fast Company, Gadget Lab, industry.bnet.com, CrunchGear, Digits, TeleRead, Gizmodo, Silicon Alley Insider and Electronista

Advertisers Show Interest in iPad — Advertisers initially approached new media as if they were going duck hunting, tiptoeing cautiously into the waters of mobile phones and the Internet. — With the iPad, it's big-game season. — Getting ready for the April 3 iPad introduction …

Discussion: Romenesko, paidContent, Media Decoder and CyberJournalist.net

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:

WSJ on iPad for $17.99 a month, magazines to be at or near newsstand prices? — The Wall Street Journal is running a piece that focuses on ad sales for the iPad. Pretty boring stuff except for a few nuggets related to the actual content we crave. Rupert Murdoch already confirmed …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Roger Ebert / Roger Ebert's Journal:

See you at the movies — Yes, Chaz and I are still going ahead with our plans for a new movie review program on television. No, Wednesday's cancellation of “At the Movies” hasn't discouraged us. We believe a market still exists for a weekly show where a couple of critics review new movies.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Reuters, From Inside the Box and ArtsBeat

Long-running review show ‘At the Movies’ canceled — The balcony is closed. — This is the last season of “At the Movies,” the long-running syndicated review show made into a hit in the 1980s by dueling Chicago critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. — The show's roots go back to 1975's “Sneak Previews.”

Discussion: Tower Ticker, Company Town, The Wrap, Thompson on Hollywood, ArtsBeat, New York Magazine and Tuned In

Richard Perez-Pena / Media Decoder:

It's Official: 2009 Was Worst Year for the Newpaper Business in Decades — It's no surprise that 2009 was the worst year the newspaper business has had in decades, but the scale of the damage, shown in figures released Wednesday by the Newspaper Association of America, is stunning.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, CJR, Guardian, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Media News, paidContent and Silicon Alley Insider

Discussion: Guardian

Trevor Butterworth / Forbes:

The Race Between Technology And Journalism — Why the agile will inherit the media. — In their 2008 book, The Race Between Education and Technology, Harvard economists Claudia Goldin and Laurence Katz argue that technological advancement was a major spur to educational attainment for the U.S. …

Dave Winer / Scripting News:

How big is a nugget-of-news? — I finally did a little project I've had on my to-do list for a long time. — The question is this. If Twitter is a news-delivery service, and I believe it is, what are the real dimensions of a nugget of news? — We've been living with the limit imposed …

Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:

Breaking: Clusterstock Editor John Carney Fired by Business Insider — Gawker Media owner Nick Denton Tweeted earlier this evening, asking if the rumors he'd heard about Business Insider editor John Carney's firing were true. Well, Nick, here's your answer: John Carney …

Discussion: Felix Salmon and Rise If You Must

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

GlobalPost embraces challenge of covering world news as U.S. papers trim bureaus — The morning after a powerful earthquake struck Chile, “Face the Nation” was frantically trying to find a journalist in the suddenly ravaged country. — With phone lines jammed and major news outlets caught flat-footed …

Discussion: Romenesko

Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:

Exclusive: Knightley, Bana, Gere Join 'Emperor's Children' — Noah Baumbach ("Greenberg") has signed on to direct “The Emperor's Children” for Imagine Entertainment, sliding into the position that had previously been held by Ron Howard, who will now produce with partner Brian Grazer.

Discussion: The Awl, The Playlist, New York Magazine and Movieline

Bill Mitchell / Newspay:

‘Frontline’ Producer Says Public TV Needs More Partners, Money — “Frontline” executive producer David Fanning says it's time for sweeping change in public broadcasting, beginning with deep partnerships with local Web start-ups and an ambitious new approach to revenue.

Discussion: Romenesko, Media Decoder, poynter.org and CPB

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

SF Chronicle to launch expanded biz section with help from Bloomberg — The San Francisco Chronicle announced Wednesday that it would launch this Sunday an expanded business news section with the help of Bloomberg News called Business Report. — Business Report will be comprised …

Discussion: SYS-CON MEDIA, paidContent and Gannett Blog

Brooks Barnes / Media Decoder:

‘Fred: The Movie’ Lands on Nickelodeon — Fred is headed to television. — In a first-of-its-kind deal for the children's entertainment business, Nickelodeon is betting that a Web phenomenon - a tantrum-throwing 6-year-old named Fred Figglehorn - could blossom into a franchise.

Discussion: Variety and Movieline

Alexander Vaughn / App Advice:

Exclusive: iPad iBooks Pricing Revealed - Matches The Kindle — The launch of the iPad has caused a veritable war over eBook pricing between Apple and Amazon. To promote the Kindle and expand its market share, Amazon sells kindle editions of newly released and best selling books at a loss.

Discussion: eBookNewser, 901am, Kindle Review, TeleRead, Financial Times, Silicon Alley Insider, Online, GalleyCat, Gizmodo, Bits and Electronista

Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:

New Y Combinator Video Startups: Zencoder, Embedster, NowMov, Embedly — OK, so let's just get this one thing out of the way. There are startups named both “Embedster” and “Embedly” in the current batch of Y Combinator companies, which gave demos this week for investors and press …

Discussion: GigaOM

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Wanted: Online Ad Sales Heads for Both Yahoo and Microsoft — Even though they are two of the Internet's largest advertising businesses, both Yahoo and Microsoft are without top execs to lead those units. — Worse, both are just entering a complex online ad sales and search partnership together …

Dan / Xark!:

Blogging in the new decade — As Xark approaches its fifth anniversary (I began building it in June 2005, but its conceptual roots reached back to earlier that spring), I find myself increasingly drawn to understanding not only what it has become, but what shaped it.

Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:

2 JWT Executives to Open Their Own Agency — Two longtime senior executives at JWT in New York, part of the WPP Group, are leaving to start their own agency in a departure that comes as a huge surprise. — The executives are Ty Montague and Rosemarie Ryan, who had been co-presidents for the North American operations of JWT.

Discussion: Adweek, Wall Street Journal, MediaPost and AgencySpy

Scott Greczkowski / Multichannel News:

Is DISH Network Buying TiVo? — Things are getting interesting in the rumor department, as Barrons is reporting a rumor which has DISH Network looking to buy TIVO. (http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdai ly/ 2010/03/24/tivo-rallies-on-dish-bid- rumor/) — Shares of TIVO shot up almost fifty cents …

Discussion: Tech Trader Daily

David Kaplan / paidContent:

SEC Watch: Washington Post's Graham's Compensation Cut In Half Last Year; Weymouth Gets Big Bonus — In contrast to senior executives at the NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) and Gannett (NYSE: GCI), who took home more money in '09 than the year before, Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) chairman …

Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:

Boston.com Launches New Video Series — NEW YORK The Boston Globe on Wednesday launched a new video series on Boston.com to air during peak traffic hours on weekdays. Globe Today is a minute and a half take on the day's top stories and weather similar to a broadcast news segment.

Discussion: Editors Weblog