Mediagazer: For cutting-edge TV, look to the Web (Monica Hesse/Washington Post)

5:40 PM ET, April 17, 2010

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Jason Fell / Folio:

RBI to Shut Down Remaining 23 Magazines — Parent Reed Elsevier to hold onto Variety, other brands. — About nine months after putting the brands published under the U.S. arm of Reed Business Information on the block again, Reed Elsevier announced today that it is closing down the magazines …

Discussion: paidContent, Private Frazer's Doomed … and MinOnline

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

MAP Asks FCC to Reconsider Comcast/NBCU Comment Extension Decision — Commission denied group's 45-day extension request — Media Access Project (MAP) Friday (April 16) asked the FCC to reconsider its decision denying MAP's request for a 45-day extension on the comment period for the Comcast/NBCU merger …

Discussion: rbr.com

Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:

Tumblr: 'We're pretty opposed to advertising' — NEW YORK — Tumblr is drawing up all kinds of off-the-wall methods to make money from its micro-blogging and social-networking website. Founder David Karp and his 11-person team hasn't quite struck gold yet, but they refuse to venture …

Monica Hesse / Washington Post:

For cutting-edge TV, look to the Web — The International Academy of Web Television revealed its selections last week for the best original online programming at the Streamy Awards in Los Angeles. Nearly 200 shows were nominated for 35 categories on the live-streamed show …

Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost:

Report: Android Ad Impressions Up Sharply — Android ad impressions increased by 72% from February to March, according to mobile ad network Millennial Media. Millennial, which claims that its mobile ad network reaches 83% of 72 million mobile Web users nationwide, reports that Android's OS …

Discussion: paidContent

David Cohen / WebNewser:

Main Street Connect Eyes Connecting with Entrepreneurs to Launch Hyper-Local News Sites — The Daily Norwalk, a hyper-local news site focused on Norwalk, Conn., that recently launched in beta, is the first example of what national community news company Main Street Connect is trying to accomplish.

Billy Silverman / The Huffington Post:

Regulators Approve Movie Box Office Futures Market — LOS ANGELES — U.S. regulators on Friday approved the creation of a futures market for trading in forecast box-office receipts, but major Hollywood studios immediately trumpeted a bill that would ban it.

Discussion: mediaelites

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

ON THE MEDIA: Don't close the door on The Entryway so fast — The blog by two young white journalists who have moved in with Latinos in a multi-family MacArthur Park apartment could yet yield good work. — We hear a fair amount about journalism's failure to cover local news, particularly in poor communities.

Will Sturgeon / themediablog.typepad.com:

A “first class” performance by Cameron and ITV — Pundits, journalists and news reporters tried hard to talk in professional terms about David Cameron's poor showing in the UK's first ‘Leaders Debate’ but some critics were slightly less subtle. ITV be wishing it had read more carefully …

Discussion: Guardian

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Tynt Gets $8 Million For Ctrl-C Action — Tynt, a relatively straightforward product that gives web publishers control over copying/pasting activity on their website, just closed a $8 million second round of financing. The round was led by Panorama Capital, and partner Chris Albinson joined Tynt's board of directors.

Discussion: John Battelle's Searchblog

Steve Busfield / Guardian:

Grim month for all quality dailies — The Times, which a year ago was still selling more than 600,000 copies, is now hovering just over the half-million mark — A grim month for quality daily newspapers saw large across-the-board year-on-year circulation falls in March, although the comparisons with February were less dramatic.

Richard Deitsch / Sports Illustrated:

Media Power Rankings for March … 1. John Smoltz, Turner and MLB Network: Of all who signed with baseball broadcasting entities this offseason, from Aaron Boone to Nomar Garciaparra to J.P. Ricciardi, Smoltz has the best chance for long term stardom. The future Hall of Fame pitcher was pursued by ESPN …

Discussion: Romenesko and mediabistro.com