Top News:
Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:
Why Apple Should Sue Gawker Over ‘Lost’ iPhone Story — How hard must the finder of lost property try to return it to its owner before deciding it's his to keep or sell? The answer to that question could determine whether Monday's iPhone scoop results in millions of dollars in legal damages …
RELATED:
Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:
Apple Didn't Leak the iPhone—and Why That Matters — A controlled leak? The lost iPhone planted by Apple? You have no idea how Apple PR works—and how, like it or not, Gizmodo finally beat them at their own game. — The only way the iPhone 4 was a controlled leak is if Apple …
Discussion:
Bits, michael's posterous, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, PC World, Consumer Reports …, Digits, Boing Boing, The Independent, Most Recent Home Page Posts …, de.tech.ting, Citizen Media Law Project, MediaPost, MediaFile, MinnPost, Soup, The Playlist, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, Vanity Fair, Gothamist, Faster Forward, Associated Press, Edible Apple, eMedia Vitals, paidContent, Media on HuffingtonPost.com, The Consumerist, Neatorama, CNBC, mediaelites, The First Post, Poynter Online, Daring Fireball, CNET News, MacRumors, Guardian, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste …, The Snitch, DailyFinance, Runnin' Scared, TeleRead, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Silicon Alley Insider, Newsweek Blogs, Geekosystem, Gadget Lab, The Steve Rubel Stream, The Awl, Lost Remote and The Moderate Voice
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
Dow Jones Suing Briefing.com For Headlines “Misappropriation” — The news producers are getting antsier against the aggregators day-by-day, and who else but Rupert Murdoch to lead the charge. Dow Jones, part of News Corp (NYSE: NWS). has filed a lawsuit against Briefing.com, the “live” …
RELATED:
Phil Bronstein / SFGate:
Bill Gates on Journalism and Social Media (and the iPad, too) — Bill Gates strikes me as a guy who rarely says anything other than what he wants to say. And these days he's largely talking about the big, multi-billion dollar philanthropic work of his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Alexei Oreskovic / MediaFile:
Google unveils new ads in bid to tap into local merchant market — Google is revamping its efforts to court local merchants, as the Internet search giant faces a growing band of rivals aiming for a piece of the lucrative small business market. — On Monday, Google introduced …
RELATED:
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Hitler Is Very Upset That Constantin Film Is Taking Down Hitler Parodies — For my money, memes on the Internet don't get any better than the Hitler one. You know, the one in which you take some current event (the more mundane, the better) and shove it into the scene from the German film Downfall …
Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Apple approves Pulitzer winner's iPhone app; cartoonist now free to mock the powerful on cell phones — Big update on the Mark Fiore story: His editorial cartoon app, NewsToons, is finally available for sale in the iTunes App Store. The app — smartly marketed as “the app Steve Jobs was talking about!”
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Forbes Offers Media Bloggers Chance to Work For Free — Forbes is seeking to put together a top-flight team of media bloggers! They offer bloggers the chance to write for “millions of Forbes readers.” In return, bloggers get no money. Sound good? — Sad to see such an established name falling …
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter Online:
MediaBugs Launches with Plan to ‘Fix the News’ by Tracking Mistakes, Corrections — MediaBugs — an open-source, correction-tracking service — plans to launch publicly today with the goal of helping to build trust between journalists and the audiences they serve.
Bill Mitchell / Poynter Online:
Xconomy Detroit Tracks Innovative Ventures with Innovative Journalism — Xconomy is a journalism startup with a look and feel that's part trade pub, part community blog and part old-fashioned news wire. — Focused on coverage of high-tech innovation, the site was launched in Boston in 2007 …
NetNewsCheck Latest:
Local TV Grew Web Sales Faster Than Papers — Local TV stations grew online revenues by 10 percent in 2009 and outpaced newspapers to grow overall market share, according to a report released today by the Television Bureau of Advertising. — “In a year where the IAC reported flat revenue internet revenues …
Editor and Publisher:
Journal Register Papers Sign on With Hyperlocal Complaint Portal SeeClickFix — CHICAGO Journal Register launched SeeClickFix — the portal that allows citizens to report on hyperlocal problems like litter, potholes and even speeding cars — at the Websites of all its 18 daily newspapers Tuesday.
Associated Press:
Earnings Preview: Ad slump hangs over NYT Co.'s 1Q — New York Times Co. expected to sustain less severe erosion in first-quarter ad revenue — Related Quotes — NEW YORK (AP) — Newspaper publisher New York Times Co. is scheduled to report its first-quarter earnings before the stock market opens Thursday.
Editor and Publisher:
Unpaid Staff Keeps Caribbean Daily Going After Arrest of Ponzi Scheme Owner — ST JOHN'S, Antigua The staff of a daily newspaper owned by jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford is still putting out the paper despite an announcement that it would close, an editor said Monday.
Discussion:
The Wire
Ojb / Online Journalism Blog:
Telegraph launches powerful election database — The Telegraph have finally launched - in beta - the election database I've been waiting for since the expenses scandal broke. And it's rather lovely. — Starting with the obvious part (skip to the next section for the really interesting bit) …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
The new-look Independent: a review — Let me begin by making the most obvious declaration of interest. I am writing on The Guardian website about the redesign of The Independent, which is this paper's most obvious rival for a left-of-centre serious audience.
Discussion:
Press Gazette, Jon Slattery, The Independent, Editor's Blog, Editors Weblog and FleetStreetBlues
Rafael Guerrero / The Daily Illini:
CBS producer Rick Kaplan speaks on media fracture and the future of young journalists — Rick Kaplan, executive producer for CBS News with Katie Couric, gives a speech at the I-Hotel on Monday. Kaplan visited the university for the department of advertising's “An Evening with University Alumnus” series.
Discussion:
TVNewser
John Koblin / New York Observer:
The New Yorker Names Nicholas Thompson Senior Editor — Nicholas Thompson is going to be a senior editor at The New Yorker. He starts on May 3. — Mr. Thompson, who has been a senior editor at Wired, is the third editor to be hired by the New Yorker in the last eight months.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY
Mark Redgrave / MediaPost:
Are Buzz Monitoring Companies Racing Towards a Cliff? — The exponential growth in social media has seen a rapid proliferation in buzz monitoring tools and so-called listening platforms. However, what was once a lucrative seller's market is now becoming increasingly commoditized.
Jason Fell / Folio:
Reedtown Massacre Reveals the Future of the Trade Media Business — The trade media business, such as it was, has been ripped apart and largely destroyed by Google. The musical chairs game that private equity players have been playing is finally out of seats and many household names …
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Yahoo Buys The Me.me Domain For Its Twitter-Like Microblogging Site — Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is apparently still going full-force with its Twitter competitor, Yahoo Meme. The company has now bought up the oh-so-clever domain name, Me.me, from the .ME domain registry, which is based in the country of Montenegro.
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Eggers tells editors how much he loves the print edition — “I don't know what I would do if I didn't have two, three daily papers a day to read,” Dave Eggers said at last week's ASNE conference. “I don't want to read online. I don't want to wake up and look at a screen. ...
Discussion:
Gawker
Gillian Reagan / The Wire:
New York Times Debuting New Nightlife Feature: ‘The Nocturnalist’ (NYT) — The New York Times is also going nocturnal. — Starting tomorrow, the Times' City Room blog will feature a new, recurring feature called “The Nocturnalist,” night Metro editor Peter Khoury told us.
Discussion:
Media on HuffingtonPost.com
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Tom Shales on TV: Is Larry King's CNN reign nearing its end? — “Respected U.S. newsman Larry King has filed for divorce from his country-singer wife, Shawn Southwick,” the wire service story says dryly. It seems simple enough until you stop to wonder: Is “respected U.S. newsman Larry King” …
Deputy Ed. - Gen. Assignment Desk, DC — 
EU Technology Reporter, Brussels — 
Breaking News Reporter, NY — 
Harrisburg Reporter, PA — 
Senior Editor - Styles, NY — 
Part-time Editor, Remote — 
Home & Travel Reporter, Ireland — 
Assistant Digital Editor, MA — 
Senior Editor - Visuals (Temporary), DC — 
Copy Editor, Remote US — 
Markets Reporter, NY/CA — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Food Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer, NV — 
Pharma Editor, Remote — 
Higher Ed. Reporter, Remote CA — 
Politics Reporter, Brussels — 
Investigations & Enterprise Ed., WI — 
Social Strategy Editor, NY — 
Senior Narrative Editor, CA — 
Editor-in-Chief, NY (flexible) — 
Housing Reporter, OK — 
Writer/AI Content Reviewer, CA — 
Writer/Editor, Remote — 
Multi Media Reporter, NC — 
Afternoon/Night Editor, NH — 
Education Lab Editor, WA — 
Senior Editor, Remote US — 
State Worker Reporter, CA — 
Executive Editor, NM — 
News Assistant, NY — 
Local Editor, NJ (Remote) — 
News Writer, CA — 
News Editor/Reporter, KS — 
