Mediagazer: Coal Front Group ACCCE Sponsors PostPolitics.com Launch (The Huffington Post)

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

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, Poynter Online, Fortune, The Consumerist and Mediaite

sergio hernandez:

On That Thing That You've Probably Heard About — So, um, a lot has been made about this whole Gizmodo/iPhone/search warrant thing. I've put off weighing in (which has been extremely difficult for someone who, like me, is fascinated by issues like media ethics and criminal law) …

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: The Wire, Romenesko and Lost Remote

Discussion: New York Observer

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

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Job Cuts at ABC Leave Workers Stunned and Downcast — If “Good Morning America” or “World News” look any different in the coming weeks, it might be because ABC News is employing nearly 400 fewer people. — Earlier this week, ABC News, a unit of the Walt Disney Company …

Discussion: Big Journalism

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

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

David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:

One in eight to cut cable and satellite TV in 2010 — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Despite rising cable and satellite TV prices and easy access to streaming TV and movies on the Internet, few consumers have cut the cord. But that looks like it's about to change.

Discussion: NewTeeVee and Lost Remote

The Huffington Post:

Coal Front Group ACCCE Sponsors PostPolitics.com Launch — What's Your Reaction: … According to the press release announcing the launch, — “The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is the Washington Post's exclusive launch sponsor of PostPolitics.com.”

Nicole LaPorte / The Daily Beast:

How I Became a Hollywood Pariah — Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World — Blogs and Stories — Nicole LaPorte shares what it was like to write her new book about Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen, all of who did what they could to prevent it from being written.

Discussion: Gawker and The Wire

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.

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: Gizmodo, the Econsultancy blog and NYConvergence

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