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Gillian Reagan / The Wire:
Glamour, ‘Magazine Of The Year,’ Got $54.4 Million In Ad Revenue In 2010 — The American Society of Magazine Editors named the winners of their National Magazine Awards — also known as the Oscars for glossy prints — during a glitzy ceremony in New York last night.
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Alfred Hermida / Reportr.net:
NowPublic sacks most of its staff — Some bad news from the participatory journalism start-up NowPublic, based in Vancouver. — I've heard that the site had laid off most of its staff - 8 out of its team of 11 - and could likely be shutting down. (See update below: NowPublic denies it is closed)
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
NowPublic Lays Off Staff, Citing Acquisition; Vows To Rebuild
NowPublic Lays Off Staff, Citing Acquisition; Vows To Rebuild
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Scott James / Bay Area:
The Brave Online World of Linking, Borrowing and Attributing (or Not) — This week's column is about former Vice President Al Gore and his cable channel Current TV, which were taken to court in San Francisco for using an Orinda photographer's work without permission or payment.
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Scott James / New York Times:
A Court Victory Al Gore May Not Want to Advertise
A Court Victory Al Gore May Not Want to Advertise
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Bias or Balance? Media Wrestle With Faltering Trust — The public's widespread disgust with government officials has been well documented, most recently in polling by the Pew Research Center and NPR. — But the news media — the institutions that accept the mission to hold those officials accountable …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Jon Stewart of ‘The Daily Show’ Takes On Fox News — George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are long gone. Fox News Channel is Jon Stewart's new enemy No. 1. — Last week that comedian did something that the hosts of “Fox & Friends,” the morning show on Fox News, did not do …
James Poniewozik / Time:
Can the CNN-ter Hold? — The evening of Easter Sunday, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Baja California. At 8 p.m. E.T., CNN had live coverage. MSNBC was running a special, Why Planes Crash. Fox News had host, preacher and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee talking about God …
Rob Pegoraro / Washington Post:
App rejected? There's a rule for that. — The story could have been programmed to draw media coverage, were it not for its implausibility: Apple (a reader magnet) banned a future Pulitzer Prize winner's iPhone application (invoking journalists' professional pride) because it …
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Media Week:
‘Old’ media reasserts supremacy as election battle heats up — As the election campaigns reach fever pitch, Stephen Armstrong reports how traditional media such as TV and posters are replacing online mashups as the political parties' battlegrounds of choice
MaryAnn Spoto / New Jersey Online:
N.J. court rules blogger is not protected under shield law in porn company defamation case … FREEHOLD — A blogger sued for defamation because of her writings about a Freehold software company is not a journalist and is not covered by a law that protects them from revealing confidential sources, an appellate court ruled today.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Changes at ABC News Assignment Desk — ABC News president David Westin has announced a restructuring of the newsgathering apparatus of the divison. — “The Desk will become a more active partner with the programs and platforms in choosing the right stories to cover,” Westin writes to the staff, in an email obtained by TVNewser.
James McQuivey / paidContent:
Why Hulu Will—And Should—Charge For Hulu Plus — The Hulu-will-charge-you-money rumor mill is churning once again, and the blogosphere has lit up with preemptively angered Hulu viewers vowing that they will never darken Hulu's digital door again. Some call it greed, others point …
Alexandra Fenwick / CJR:
You Pick It, You Report It — The Faster Times plots a new pro-am collaboration — The Faster Times, an online newspaper launched in July 2009 (tagline: “A new type of newspaper for a new type of world"), has introduced a new kind of investigative model for that new world.
Richard Lea / Guardian:
Author admits poison pen reviews — After Amazon notices rubbishing peers' work were spotted, esteemed Russianist's lawyers initially denied all connection, then said his wife had written them. He has now conceded the ‘foolish errors’ were his own — After threatening colleagues …
Jim O'Neill / FierceOnlineVideo:
Level 3 lands ABC News deal — Chalk one up for Broomfield, Colo.-based Level 3 Communications . (NASDAQ: LVLT), which has announced that ABC has tapped it to help the broadcaster move masses of video between its New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles ABC News locations across its Tier 1 backbone.
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Danny Shea / The Huffington Post:
‘30 Rock’ Mocks Ben Silverman In ‘Bitch Hunter’ Clip (VIDEO) — Ben Silverman may be gone from NBC, but he's not forgotten at “30 Rock.” — The former NBC entertainment chief, who now runs IAC-backed production outfit Electus, was mocked in a clip of a fake show called “Bitch Hunter.”
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Businessweek fires back at Fortune editor in mag rivalry — In talking up yesterday's launch of Bloomberg Businessweek, top executives boasted that the new-and-improved magazine would be the “most influential” among its competitors, and that rival Fortune “has moved away from core business coverage.”
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Katie Benner / Fortune:
Bloomberg's ambition … (Fortune) — BusinessWeek relaunches …
Bloomberg's ambition … (Fortune) — BusinessWeek relaunches …
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Los Angeles Times:
Threat against ‘South Park’ creators highlights dilemma for media companies — Comedy Central bleeped out all references to the prophet Muhammad in the show after he was depicted dressed as a bear. The show's creators disagreed strongly with the decision.
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Washington Post:
Network News: Facebook integrates with washingtonpost.com — Washington Post Managing Editor; Facebook Director of Platform — Raju Narisetti: Hi. Thank you for joining me in the chat. We have a guest today—Bret Taylor, Director of Platform—at Facebook who will also be answering your questions from the West Coast.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
GMG Names Finance Chief Miller Interim CEO — Guardian Media Group is putting a numbers guy in charge, at least for the time being, in place of outgoing veteran Carolyn McCall. — Chief financial officer Andrew Miller will be “interim chief executive” from July 1, following McCall's exit to easyJet at June's end.