Mediagazer: Why iPad mags cost $4.99 each (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Fortune)

Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:

Gawker Media seeks legal reversal in Gizmodo search case — Shortly after Silicon Valley police entered the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen last Friday armed with a search warrant and walked out with four computers and two servers, Gawker Media raised the issue of California's shield law protecting journalists.

Discussion: Bits, Extra!, Silicon Alley Insider, Fortune, The Consumerist, CNET News and Mediaite

Jack Shafer / Slate:

Why Not Pay Sources? … - The United States Is Completely Unprepared To Fight a Cyberwar- British Candidates Woo Voters Over Artisanal Cheese at the Farmers' Market- Why Do Insurers Ignore the Most Promising Way of Cutting Health Costs? - The Only Thing That Will Save the Earth …

Discussion: Inforrm's Blog and FishbowlNY

sergio hernandez:
On That Thing That You've Probably Heard About

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter

Jim / Gannett Blog:

In farewell, Digital Chief Saridakis attacks pay wall strategy, saying: ‘Industry going about it all wrong’ — In a long memo that's part manifesto and farewell letter, departing Chief Digital Officer Chris Saridakis slams the leading pay wall strategy as wrongheaded, an attack …

Discussion: AdPulp, The Wire, Romenesko and Lost Remote

Discussion: New York Observer

John Eggerton / Multichannel:

Genachowski: FCC Should Not Dictate Programming — Chairman Says Commission Will Be ‘Active Partner’ In Supporting Public Media — Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski said the commission will be an “active partner” in supporting public media as one response …

Discussion: MediaShift

Will Bunch / Philly.com:

Papers' new publisher, CEO to push digital content — The brave new world for the Daily News, Inquirer and Philly.com under new ownership quickly got newer and braver last night as Internet and mobile-phone journalism pioneer Greg Osberg was announced as the new publisher and chief executive.

Discussion: paidContent, mediabistro.com, Romenesko, New York Observer, NetNewsCheck Latest and FishbowlNY

Discussion: The Biz Blog, eMedia Vitals and BrauBlog

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

Why iPad mags cost $4.99 each — Because that's what the market will bear — at least for now — If you buy the digital editions of Popular Science or TIME Magazine on the iPad, they cost $4.99 each — same as on the newsstand. — However, one-year subscriptions to Popular Science …

Discussion: the Econsultancy blog, Gizmodo and NYConvergence

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

Washington Post Plans Hundreds of LiveTV Shows from Newsroom Staff — The Washington Post, the first and most innovative major U.S. newspaper to use video as part of its online news offering, is launching a platform for hundreds of reporters to host their own programs live from their desks on Webcams …

Discussion: NewTeeVee

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Waiting for iTunes.com? Don't Hold Your Breath — Apple is shutting down its Web-based music service in a month. When will it open a new one? — No time soon, from what I can tell. — I've been on the phone all day with music industry sources. None of them know of any specific plans Apple …

Discussion: Epicenter, Gizmodo, The Wire, MacRumors, VentureBeat, MediaFile and TechCrunch

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

CNN Is ‘Standing With’ Stressed-Out War Correspondent — Michael Ware has spent so much of the past nine years reporting from war zones for Time magazine and CNN that it's almost like he's a citizen of Iraq. — That experience, he says, has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Jason Fell / Folio:

Report: Social Media Impacting B-to-B Buying Process — Buyers indicating they're no longer following ‘traditional’ purchase phases. — A recent study by DemandGen Report is indicating that b-to-b buyers have changed the way they research and engage in the buying process.

James McQuivey / paidContent:

Why Some Media Companies Are Quietly Cheering The Apple-Adobe Tiff — The Apple-Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) tussle is heating up to bizarre proportions, with Steve Jobs yesterday issuing a public defense for Apple's anti-Flash stance. Call it a blog-heard-round-the-world, due to how quickly Jobs' comments spread.

Discussion: MediaPost

CJR:

Bill Moyers Signs Off — The esteemed journalist's last Journal airs Friday night — Tonight marks the airing of the last edition of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS stations nationwide. — An online tribute page prepared by Thirteen/WNET features thoughts on Moyers's legacy from Dan Rather …

Discussion: National Media

Christopher Mims / Technology Review:

Why Twitter Is the Future of News — An unprecedented analysis reveals that the micro-blogging service is remarkably effective at spreading “important” information. — It's basically impossible for a journalist who relies on Twitter to find stories, stalk editors, rack up “whuffie” …

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon Cuts Prices in Tiff With Penguin — In the latest round of the book pricing wars, Amazon.com Inc. has begun selling a number of new hardcover books published this month by Pearson PLC's Penguin Group (USA) for only $9.99 amid a dispute between the two companies over electronic books.

Discussion: Fast Company, VentureBeat, Silicon Alley Insider, Gizmodo, TeleRead and theBookseller.com

Henry Blodget / The Wire:

Gillian Reagan Leaving BI To Become Founding Editor At New NYC Site “Capital” — Some sad news for us (and excellent news for her new colleagues): — Media editor Gillian Reagan is leaving to join former New York Observer editors Tom McGeveran and Josh Benson as a founding editor of a new site called “Capital.”

/Film:

Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Akiva Goldsman Moving to Adapt Stephen King's Dark Tower — Stephen King fans were very optimistic over the last couple of years as J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot held the option on King's expansive, ambitious series The Dark Tower.

Discussion: Variety

Claire Atkinson / Broadcasting & Cable:

Discovery's Q1 Earnings Show Big Boost in Ad Revenue — Ratings, ad recovery help factual programming giant record strong gains — Discovery Communications again appeared to set the bar for top tier cablers, reporting a 9% increase in domestic ad revenue for the first quarter.

Discussion: MediaPost