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Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:
CNN Fights Back With ‘Objectivity’ Arguments — In a presentation to advertisers and agencies on Tuesday morning, executives of CNN indicated how they plan to counter the growing ratings of — and buzz about — the rival Fox News Channel: play up their channel's identity as an objective source of news.
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Matea Gold / Company Town:
CNN execs say they plan no imminent changes to primetime despite ratings slide — CNN executives on Tuesday said they had no imminent plans to change the network's prime-time line-up despite a steep fall-off in viewership, but suggested they are stepping up efforts to increase the performance of the current slate of shows.
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Twitter's Costolo: Promoted Tweets And The Importance Of ‘Resonance’ — With Twitter's big announcement of how it plans to make money with Promoted Tweets out of the way, the micro-blogging service's COO Dick Costolo took the stage at the Ad Age Digital Conference to sell the idea.
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Twitter to Rival Ad Players: Tread Carefully — Twitter has started showing ads to its users. But Twitter is not the only one doing this-there's a host of start-ups trying to insert ads into the Twitter stream, and more on the way. — So here's a question: Will Twitter force publishers …
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Hello World — Although our services extend beyond the Web …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
Dear Professor Krugman ... I read your blog post about my column in Tuesday's newspaper. — As you know, I'm a big fan of yours. I just want to point to some of the source material I had consulted for the column. — You quoted part of my column that said, “Some economists …
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Paul Krugman:
Andrew Ross Sorkin Owes Several People an Apology … I certainly never said anything like that, and I don't think Nouriel did either. First of all, I never called for “nationalizing the entire banking system” — I wanted the government to take temporary full ownership of a few weak banks …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Tough love: Gawker finds making it harder for comments to be seen leads to more (and better) comments — That chart is, for news organizations seeking to tame their commenters, perhaps the best evidence yet that adding a few obstacles for those seeking the leave their mark on a web page can actually lead to more comments.
Felix Salmon:
Questions answered on business blogging — I got an email this morning from a journalism student with a few questions; I thought if I was answering them I might as well do so on the blog, for anybody else interested. — 1) How and why were business bloggers able to gain so much respect …
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
YouTube CEO Chad Hurley Defends Net Neutrality — In an exclusive interview with TheWrap, YouTube CEO and co-founder Chad Hurley defended the need for net neutrality as a means for preserving the democratization of video on the internet. — “The telecom industry pretends like it's not getting paid …
Tricia Duryee / paidContent:
A Dozen National Broadcasters Align To Create One Mobile TV Network — After working together for years through a trade association, a dozen broadcasters are now forming a financially-backed joint venture to develop a national mobile service, including live and on-demand video …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Can explainers be the basis for a revenue stream? Voice of San Diego's Scott Lewis thinks so — You may have seen Megan's post a couple weeks ago about how lauded news nonprofit Voice of San Diego is trying to hire an “engagement editor” to help push its stories into social media and public consciousness.
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Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
South Park's 200th, litigious celebs and Mohammed: Matt Stone and Trey Parker (BB Video) — Watch on YouTube. or Download MP4 — In this Boing Boing Video exclusive, South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker speak with Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin on the eve of the 200th episode of the hit Comedy Central series.
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
ABC News Employees Upset Over Amanpour This Week Hire — Ever since the non-ABC News hire of Christiane Amanpour for This Week anchor, rumors have circulated about employee discontent over the decision as well as questions over what the show would become with a more internationally-focused anchor at the helm.
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Damon Kiesow / Poynter Online:
WSJ.com emerging tech editor: iPad app ‘gives me hope’ — As one of the two major newspapers known to have early access to an iPad for app development, The Wall Street Journal drew more than its fair share of gossip and speculation over the past month. Since launch, the app has drawn rave reviews …
Greg Marx / CJR:
The Never-Ending Story — Inside Huffington Post's 11,000-word piece on progressive Democrats — Media critics like to wonder whether there's a place on the Web for long-form narrative journalism. But evidence that such work can still be produced, and still find an audience …
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Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig:
The Future of Journalism Is Written in Neon — My search for the I.F. Stone of the 21st century took me to the campus of the University of Southern California and the highly energized office of the Web-based news operation Neon Tommy, sponsored by USC's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
Elizabeth Jensen / TVWeek.com:
The 10 Most Powerful in TV News — It's time again to name NewsPro's 10 Most Powerful in TV News. This year there's an unseen puppeteer pulling the strings behind the scenes. Call him (or her) Moneybags. Or Wall-E Street. Or Quarterly Profit Mistress.
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Andrea Pitzer / Nieman Storyboard:
From Treme to the 9/11 Commission Report: index as story — Sunday night's Treme debut found a companion in Monday morning's Times-Picayune: “HBO's Treme Explained.” The New Orleans paper will offer a weekly encyclopedic post explaining culture and geography from each episode of the show …
Jonathan Fuhrman / Mediaite:
Jimmy Fallon Blossoms Into A Late Night Staple — Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is funny. There, I said it. Getting it out there in the open for all to see/hear/read/absorb/inhale (you get the point) is therapeutic. I honestly feel better already. If you have been staying …
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Bantam Dell Merged with Ballantine, Taublib Departs — At one time Bantam, Dell, and Ballantine were the major players in mass market paperback, and now those imprints are being united into one division under the Random House Publishing Group. The Ballantine Bantam Dell unit will be overseen …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Cuomo Runs P.R. Machine Behind the Curtain — ALBANY — Press conferences called by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo have a “Wizard of Oz” feel: They are routinely done by conference call, with Mr. Cuomo remaining invisible, a booming authoritative voice sticking carefully to his chosen subject.
Alissa Krinsky / TVNewser:
Ted Koppel On the State of the News Industry: 'I Think It's a Disaster' — On BBC World News America last night, contributing analyst Ted Koppel had a few choice words about the state of the news industry these days. — In response to a question from anchor Katty Kay about a new Pew Research survey …
Dan Martin / Guardian:
Songwriters slam Spotify royalties — A songwriters' association has criticised the Spotify streaming service over ‘tiny’ payments to musicians — An association of songwriters has hit out at Spotify, casting fresh doubt on the streaming service's capacity to generate income for musicians.
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Ryan Tate / Gawker:
The Dark Side of Steve Jobs — Steve Jobs seduced New York's media moguls all too easily, convincing them his iPad would magically keep them in business — and in chauffeured limos. But nothing easy comes free, and the publishers' digital debt is now due.
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