Mediagazer: With an app at the ready, The Australian awaits the iPad (Stuart Kennedy/TheAustralian)

3:50 AM ET, March 29, 2010

Top News:

The Media Equation: Google's Not Creating Content, Just Protecting It — Should we be surprised that the biggest fight over freedom of expression in years involves Google, a company that produces algorithms rather than articles? — Probably not. — Google executives struck a blow …

Discussion: State of the Fourth Estate

Felix Salmon:

Blogonomics: Monetizing readers — At this point, even I'm bored of the Salmon vs Blodget wars. But Henry has decided to grossly misrepresent my views, so it's worth explaining in a bit more detail what I actually think about blog content and how it can and should be turned into money.

Discussion: Spiersblr, mathewingram.com/work and ParisLemon

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About The Economics Of The …

Discussion: parislemon and Spiersblr

Times of London:

Why the future of good news is not free — If we are asking politicians to be honest, it is important we practise what we preach. Nowhere is this more crucial than with journalism on the internet. At present we are in the absurd position of charging people £2 for our newspaper …

Discussion: Crikey, TechCrunch and Jon Slattery

Kirk LaPointe's themediamanager.com:

The Sunday Times of London explains its paywall decision — Rupert Murdoch, the world's largest press baron, said some time ago that his operations could no longer continue to provide information freely online. — For years his Wall Street Journal has charged an online subscription fee …

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

What Does the Future Hold for Newspapers? — If you've been following the newspaper industry at all over the past year or so, you probably won't be surprised to learn that 2009 was the worst year in decades as far as advertising revenues are concerned. But the sheer scale of the declines over the past few years is staggering.

Stuart Kennedy / TheAustralian:

With an app at the ready, The Australian awaits the iPad — STEVE Jobs will be hoping conga lines of customers are snaking through the doors of Apple stores all over the US next Saturday, wanting to be among the first to own an iPad, his latest touch-screen gadget.

Discussion: mUmBRELLA

Editor and Publisher:

‘Chicago Tribune’: Our Parent Co.'s Bankruptcy Typifies Huge Fees These Days — CHICAGO To report on the huge fees that lawyers and other professionals are making from bankruptcies these days, Chicago Tribune reporter Michael Oneal found the perfect example in his own building …

Discussion: Chicago Tribune and Romenesko

Richard Wilner / New York Post:

Maria is no longer sweet on ‘Honey’ — CNBC's star personality Maria Bartiromo is so over her “Money Honey” moniker. — The 42-year-old host of the business cable station's “Closing Bell” show, who made off-the-air headlines three years ago when she moved to trademark the “Money Honey” …

Discussion: NY Daily News, Inside Cable News, Gawker and Chickaboomer

Jon / CyberJournalist.net:

ABC's This Week live tweets during broadcast — Starting today, ABC News is live-tweeting its This Week broadcast on Sunday mornings. — Each week you can follow along on the This Week Twitter list during and after the show and using the #ThisWeek hashtag on Twitter.

Discussion: Political Punch and Mediaite

Amy Davidson / The New Yorker Blog:

A Shooting in Zambia — I've been reading Jeffrey Goldberg's piece on Mark and Delia Owens, American scientists who, in the late eighties and nineties, moved to Zambia to do research on large animals, and ended up as zealous guardians of wildlife. They were caught in what Goldberg …

Discussion: New York Times

Greg Sterling / Screenwerk:

Rumor: Google AdWords Reseller Program Ending? — The Google AdWords reseller program has been a significant part of the local SEM landscape, enabling publishers, verticals and independent sales channels to gain credibility pitching SEM programs and packages to the local market.

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Details emerge from Bloomberg deal with San Francisco Chronicle — TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE — Talking Biz News has obtained additional details about the deal announced this past week between the San Francisco Chronicle and Bloomberg News, where Bloomberg will provide content to the Chronicle's business section.