Mediagazer: Inside the World's Largest Fact Checking Operation (Craig Silverman/CJR)

5:00 PM ET, April 9, 2010

Top News:

Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:

What does Apple's new mobile iAd format mean for news publishers? — By Robert Niles: Is Apple's new iAd system a game-changer for the business of mobile application development? — With Steve Jobs' announcement at yesterday's press preview of the new iPhone OS 4.0, Apple's now in the ad network business.

Discussion: Gizmodo

Dan Gillmor / Mediactive:
Complicating Relationships in Media: Apple, NY Times Dealings Raise Questions

Discussion: Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, Strupp, Media Week, Poynter Online, TeleRead, O'Reilly Radar, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, AdAge and The Huffington Post

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Three ways Apple's iAd might impact the news industry's continued advertising woes

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Did Apple Just Kick Adobe (And Wired Magazine) in the Teeth?

Discussion: paidContent, BoomTown, Poynter Online, Digits, TechCrunch, Daring Fireball, Silicon Alley Insider, The Apple Core and Bits

Craig Silverman / CJR:

Inside the World's Largest Fact Checking Operation — A conversation with two staffers at Der Spiegel — Late last month, I had an experience unlike any other in my professional life. For two days, I was surrounded by people who work in, or have a specific interest in, fact checking.

Discussion: Romenesko, The Huffington Post and Regret the Error

Kenneth Li / Financial Times:

Murdoch in ad price attack — News Corp is offering steep discounts to advertise in its Wall Street Journal and New York Post newspapers as its chairman Rupert Murdoch prepares an aggressive attack on the New York Times, people familiar with the plan said — In depth: Media

Discussion: Romenesko, Journalism.co.uk, Guardian, mediabistro.com, Shaping the Future …, Fitz & Jen, eMedia Vitals, The Wire and New York Magazine

Elinor Comlay / Reuters: News Corp's WSJ, NY Post to offer ad discounts-report

Ezra Klein:

What makes NPR (and the Economist) so special? — I've been thinking a bit about this NPR graph that's been floating around. I wish it included another data point: The Economist magazine. Their explosive growth over the last decade is well known, but consider that the publication had a record year in 2009.

Discussion: Snarkmarket and Romenesko

Adam Westbrook:

Online ad revenue: what journalists are getting wrong — Image credit: DavidDMuir (cc) — How much money has your website made you recently? — For all but the lucky ones, the figure is rarely enough to buy a latte, let alone support a family. And for all but the smart ones, the figure is usually from Google Adwords revenue.

Gillian Reagan / The Wire:

Magazine Ad Revenue Plummets Again, Down 9% In First Quarter — Although some magazine editors were crowing about a grand return of advertisers, ad pages and revenue are still down during this first quarter, according to the Publishers Information Bureau's latest report.

Discussion: Media Decoder, Crain's New York Business, Talking Biz News, Magazine Publishers of America and FishBowlNY

Ryan Flinn / Bloomberg:

Silicon Valley Plots TV Takeover as Web Connections Become Norm — After 15 years of trying, Silicon Valley is getting ready to take over your television. — Most TV sets for sale by 2013 will be able to connect to the Internet right out of the box, setting the stage for companies such as Google Inc. …

Discussion: NewTeeVee

Michael Oneal / Chicago Tribune:

Tribune Co. has creditor deal to bring to court — Media firm says it brokered settlement with warring creditors so it can file reorganization plan with bankruptcy court — In what could be a major step toward emerging from bankruptcy court, Chicago-based Tribune Co. announced Thursday …

Discussion: FishBowlNY and Romenesko

Steven Church / Bloomberg:
Tribune Officers Got ‘Incentives’ for Buyout Vote

Discussion: rbr.com and Fitz & Jen

Political Punch:

THIS WEEK Joins With Politifact to Fact-Check the Newsmakers — As you may know, we're trying out some new things on THIS WEEK. Two weeks ago we started live-tweeting of the show (which will next happen at 10 am ET this Sunday). — This week we've invited Pulitzer Prize winning website PolitiFact …

Discussion: Media Decoder, PolitiFact, TVNewser, National Review, Washington Monthly, CyberJournalist.net, The Huffington Post, Romenesko and New York Observer

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Anderson Cooper, with a Live Studio Audience — For the next two Thursdays, Anderson Cooper will host AC360 in front of a live studio audience. The site Starflow Entertainment, which publicizes live studio audience tapings of programs, has the listing below:

Discussion: The Live Feed | THR

Michael Calderone / The Politico:

New pundits: Prodigies or pipsqueaks? — When Washingtonian magazine recently profiled the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, the story contained a tidbit that ricocheted around the Post newsroom: Klein has his own assistant. — An assistant? For that new guy with the blog? — Turns out to be true.

Discussion: CJR, The Wire, Richard Prince's Journal-isms and Politics Daily

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Citizen Journalism Platform AllVoices Sets Up News Desks In 30 Cities Around The World — AllVoices, a fast-growing citizen journalism platform, is announcing significant expansion today. The startup is launching global news desks in 30 different cities around the world …

Discussion: Romenesko and mediaelites

Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:

'Yes, I have a sugar daddy. " Tina Brown, DailyBeast.com — 'Yes, I have a sugar daddy. At a lunchtime gathering yesterday during the Canadian Media Directors Council conference, Ken Whyte of Maclean's enjoyed a softball chat with Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Talk magazines.

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Reader's Digest UK bought by Moulton — Better Capital private equity firm reported to have bought 72-year-old UK edition of Reader's Digest out of administration — Reader's Digest UK has been bought by Better Capital, the private equity company backed by Jon Moulton, the Financial Times reported today.

Discussion: Financial Times, Media Week, Press Gazette and FishBowlNY

Damon Kiesow / Poynter Online:

Time to offer iPad subscriptions by June — Time Inc. plans to offer subscription options for its iPad magazine editions within the next three months, according to Greg Bensinger at Bloomberg. — " 'It'll probably be June before we're able to get it up and running for subscriptions …

Discussion: Crain's New York Business and Bloomberg

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Guardian News & Media to outsource commercially funded supplements — Job losses expected after deal with Seven Squared Publishing, but promotional supplements stay in-house — Guardian News & Media has struck a deal to outsource all its commercially funded supplements and website work to Seven Squared Publishing.

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

Genachwoski: Court Decision Does Not Change Broadband Policy Goals — Says commission still has authority to act on broadband policy goals — In a public statement Thursday about the recent Federal court reversal of the FCC's BitTorrent decision, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski …

Discussion: Multichannel and The Wrap

The Independent:

Editor of The Independent stands down — Roger Alton has decided to stand down as editor of The Independent with immediate effect. — He said today: 'I think it's right, following the sale of the paper to Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev, that the new owners should be free to appoint an editor of their own choosing.

Discussion: Media Week, Guardian and Jon Slattery

Jon Friedman / MarketWatch:

Steve Kroft's goal: To interview Madoff — Commentary: ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent is a master storyteller — NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Longtime fans of CBS' “60 Minutes” know by now that the award-winning correspondent Steve Kroft has all of the gifts of a great television journalist.

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Eliot Spitzer Filling in as MSNBC Host — TVNewser has learned that former New York governor Eliot Spitzer will be substitute hosting for Dylan Ratigan today on MSNBC at 4pmET. — Spitzer, who resigned from office amid a prostitution scandal, has increased his TV news appearances as he considers …

Discussion: New York Post, Chickaboomer and Gawker