Mediagazer: The triple threat to citizen journalists (Newsosaur/Reflections of a Newsosaur)

5:35 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, O'Reilly Radar, TeleRead, 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, Silicon Alley Insider, Daring Fireball, 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

Elinor Comlay / Reuters:

News Corp's WSJ, NY Post to offer ad discounts-report — News Corp (NWSA.O)'s New York Post and Wall Street Journal are offering discounted advertisement prices, the Financial Times wrote, citing people familiar with the plan. — The ad price cuts come as the Wall Street Journal prepares …

Kenneth Li / Financial Times:
Murdoch in ad price attack

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

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, Magazine Publishers of America, Talking Biz News 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

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

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

The triple threat to citizen journalists — The protections customarily afforded the press typically don't exist for the citizen journalists supposed to fill the gap created by the contraction of the mainstream media. — This big and gnarly problem - which suggests no easy solution …

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.

Arifa Akbar / The Independent:

William H Macy to star in ‘Shameless’ remake — They are a down and out family who speak in broad regional vernacular and live in the fictional Manchester sink estate of Chatsworth. — Now the wild and wonderful antics of the Gallagher brood, from Paul Abbott's Bafta award-winning television …

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

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, National Review, Washington Monthly, CyberJournalist.net, The Huffington Post, Romenesko, TVNewser and New York Observer

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.

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