Mediagazer: Web Video Budgets to Grow (Mike Shields/Adweek)

9:35 PM ET, April 25, 2010

Top News:

Slevin signs off, takes parting shots — Jonathan Slevin is indeed stepping down as Publisher and President of the Washington Times, as POLITICO reported Friday, and will be leaving the organization. — In his farewell letter, he takes a few parting shots, calling out board members …

Discussion: Romenesko and TPM LiveWire

Matthew Flamm / Crain's New York Business:

NY's paper tigers — Journal takes on Times in its own backyard. Some call it ‘the last great newspaper war’ — The newspaper business is struggling across the country. You wouldn't know it in New York. — The Wall Street Journal launches its long awaited New York edition today …

Discussion: Guardian

Andrew Vanacore / Associated Press: Wall Street Journal revs up New York Times rivalry

Motoko Rich / New York Times:

Random House Cedes Some E-Rights to Styron Clan — After publicly staking a claim to the right to publish electronic versions of books that already have a long history in print, Random House appears to be letting go of digital rights to several works by one prominent author without a fight …

Mike Shields / Adweek:

Web Video Budgets to Grow — Most marketers plan to up their online video ad spending in 2010 — Most marketers plan to up their online video ad spending in 2010 — though they'll do so despite maintaining serious qualms about the medium. — According to a survey of ad agencies commissioned …

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

Techmeme's Media Spinoff Hits100K Monthly Uniques Since March Launch — Techmeme, considered by many as the most authoritative tech news aggregator, spun off a media news site called Mediagazer in early March. — Since its launch, it has quickly garnered 100,000 unique monthly visitors …

Discussion: Bloomberg

Alfred Hermida / Reportr.net:

How print dominates the design of newspaper websites — In his presentation at ISOJ, Nuno Vargas, University of Barcelona (Spain) talked about how news and information is graphically presented online. — His paper (PDF) discusses whether the design of online newspapers shows they are embracing …

Jim Rosenberg / Editor and Publisher:

Atex will Handle Editing and Advertising Systems for Freedom Communication's 100-Plus Papers — NEW YORK Freedom Communications Inc., owner of more than 100 newspapers, including the Orange County Register and more than two dozen other dailies, has signed a managed services contract with Atex …

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

Advertising: A Hollywood Referee Aims to Keep Movie Ads in Bounds — LOS ANGELES — Most industries have invisible power players. In Hollywood, one of them is surely Marilyn Gordon. — Little known even inside the movie capital, Ms. Gordon is the Motion Picture Association of America's top advertising enforcer.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, The Consumerist and Company Town

Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:

Report: One Quarter of Online Videos Are Viewed in Primetime — For years, online video has been viewed primarily as a time-wasting activity that happens during work hours or when people aren't near a TV or other forms of entertainment. But that could be changing, as new data from Scanscout suggests …

Discussion: TechCrunch

Greg Linch / The Linchpen:

Rethinking our Thinking — As someone who started out as a primarily “print” reporter, my mindset — and, more specifically, my thinking — as a journalist continues to evolve after nearly eight years in the field, starting as a high school sophomore. — Computational Thinking visualized by Carnegie Mellon using Wordle.

Discussion: Lauren Rabaino

rbr.com:

Survey says TV getting the hang of the web, radio not so much — A new study from the Radio Television Digital News Association and Hofstra University finds that more TV stations are now turning their websites into a profit center. At the same time, radio station websites making money or breaking even suffered a slight decline.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:

Burkle among those bidding for Philly newspapers — Los Angeles billionaire supermarket mogul Ron Burkle (left) got involved in the Inquirer/Daily News auction after being contacted by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell at the request of Philadelphia Newspapers CEO Brian Tierney.

Discussion: Philly.com