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Gillian Reagan / The Wire:
New York Times Executives Take On Wall Street Journal In Earnings Call (NYT) — The New York Times Co. (NYT) executives aren't afraid of Rupert Murdoch. On the earnings call this morning, CEO Janet Robinson addressed the competition, with the Wall Street Journal's new New York section debuting on April 26th.
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Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Times Company Swings to a Profit
Times Company Swings to a Profit
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
New York Times Reports Q1 Profit, Digital Ad Revenues Now 26% Of Total
New York Times Reports Q1 Profit, Digital Ad Revenues Now 26% Of Total
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MediaPost, FishbowlNY, Seeking Alpha, paidContent, The Wrap, The Wire, Editors Weblog and eMedia Vitals
Choire / The Awl:
‘NYT’ 1st Quarter: Online Growth Totally Eroded by Print Tailspin
‘NYT’ 1st Quarter: Online Growth Totally Eroded by Print Tailspin
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New York Magazine
Katie Benner / Fortune:
Bloomberg's ambition … (Fortune) — BusinessWeek relaunches this week with a new name, a new design, and a new editorial vision, just four months after it was bought by financial information giant Bloomberg LP. Viewed through the lens of an acquisition, it's therefore perplexing …
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Rafat Ali / paidContent:
Cheat Sheet on BusinessWeek's Relaunch, Under Bloomberg
Cheat Sheet on BusinessWeek's Relaunch, Under Bloomberg
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Romenesko, Gawker, FishbowlNY, Folio, MinOnline, Wall Street Journal, Talking Biz News and The Wire
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Making the case for fact-checking the Sunday chat — The audience for Sunday morning public affairs shows traditionally skews older. But two college students are now trying to shake up the longest-running Sunday talk franchise of them all: NBC's “Meet the Press”
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Dylan F. Tweney / Gadget Lab:
26 Percent of Wired's Mobile Traffic Comes From the iPad — Less than three weeks after its launch, Apple's iPad already accounts for 26 percent of the mobile devices accessing Wired.com. — Overall, mobile devices account for between 2.3 percent and 3.5 percent of our traffic.
Guardian:
James Murdoch at the Independent: ‘like a scene out of Dodge City’ — In common with so many problems involving young men in modern London, it was a squall about reputation and respect — After a lifetime at the helm of the world's most powerful media organisation and in the crosshairs of the left …
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Financial Times, Newser, Crikey, Indecision Forever, The Wire, Gawker and The Huffington Post
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Why $10 a Month for Hulu Is Too Much. And Too Little. — Is ten bucks a month too much to pay for “Hulu Plus”? Or too little? — Perhaps both. — The Web video site is getting ready to roll out its much discussed subscription offering of $9.95 a month, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Mark Fitzgerald / Editor and Publisher:
McClatchy Turns to Profit in Q1 on ‘Improving’ Advertising Environment — CHICAGO The McClatchy Co. Thursday reported first-quarter net income including discontinued operations of $2.2 million, or $0.03 per share, compared to a loss of $37.52 million, or $0.45 a share, in the year-ago period.
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
‘South Park’ Episode Is Altered After Muslim Group's Warning — A message posted on SouthParkStudios.com, the Web site of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's production company. — 8:56 a.m. | Updated — An episode of “South Park” that continued a story line involving the Prophet Muhammad …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
History Channel Turns Foursquare Into A Real World Pop-Up Video — For all the talk about Foursquare, one of the coolest features that gets very little buzz is the Tips area. Here, you'll find suggestions about venues from other users of the service. And if you're friends with a user …
Michael Triplett / Mediaite:
Washington Post Swings, Misses in Ramp Up for Rival TBD.com — With former Washington Post online executive editor Jim Brady getting closer to launching his local D.C. news operation TBD.com, WaPo announced a new local blogger opinion feature yesterday to tap into the news on the streets …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Maurice Lévy to leave Publicis — Chairman and chief executive of French advertising giant Publicis Groupe will not seek to renew contract at end of 2011 — Maurice Lévy, the chairman and chief executive of the French advertising giant Publicis Groupe, is to step down after 40 years.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Interview: Guardian's Bell Sees Mixed-Model Future On Way To Columbia — They say people who can do, and people who can't teach - but Guardian News & Media's veteran digital content director Emily Bell, who has spent the last two decades doing, says she will now marry both industry …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
MXP4 Raises $4 Million Funding For Its Interactive Music Widgets — VCs are still keen to put their money in to online music startups, it seems. Paris-based MXP4, which makes web players that let users remix and otherwise “engage” with songs, is taking a $4 million third round.
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James Poniewozik / Tuned In:
Biting the Hand: When Media Companies Attack (Themselves) — It's always entertaining when Fox News takes on Fox Entertainment; nothing better captures the exciting contradictions of Rupert Murdoch's blend of conservative punditry with anything-goes entertainment.
Kate Taylor / New York Times:
New York Public Library Sorts Books by Scanner — A couple of years ago Salvatore Magaddino, who oversees the distribution of materials for the New York Public Library, complained at a meeting that he was having trouble recruiting book sorters, the people responsible for sorting the millions …
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The Book Bench
Magazine Publishers of America:
2010 National Magazine Awards Winners and Finalists — NOTE: All nominated issues are dated 2009 unless otherwise specified. The editor whose name appears in connection with finalists for 2010 held that position. or was listed on the masthead, at the time the issue was published in 2009.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Updated: Right Media's Bill Wise Leaving Yahoo — Bill Wise is leaving Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), paidContent has learned and the company has confirmed. Wise, who was president of Right Media when Yahoo acquired the company, has been VP of Yahoo's Display Ad Platforms, including APT and Right Media.
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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Charlie Gasparino: “I Want To Turn This Into A Fight With Our Competition” — Charlie Gasparino may be one of the most high profile hires in Fox Business Network history, if only because he is so keyed into the business world, and previously was keyed in for CNBC.
Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk:
Outsourcing photography - what cost to local news organisations? — Last week, the Associated Press' (AP) commercial photography arm, AP Images, launched a new service and a new revenue stream. The new Editorial Assignment Service offers other news organisations the chance to hire …