Mediagazer: How Media Coverage Crimped The Times Square Case (Dina Temple-Raston/NPR)

5:30 PM ET, May 6, 2010

Top News:

Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:

Newsweek on Block as Era of the Newsweekly Fades — The Washington Post Company announced Wednesday it would try to sell Newsweek magazine, raising questions about the future of the iconic newsweekly — and whether a fragmented nation still looked to mass magazines to define the weekly conversation.

Discussion: The Big Money, The New Yorker Blog, FishbowlNY, Media Research Center, Free Press, eMedia Vitals, AdAge, Newsonomics, Romenesko, The Future of Capitalism and Dorian Benkoil

Joe Pompeo / Silicon Alley Insider:

Newsweek's Jon Meacham On ‘The Daily Show’: It's Time To Flip The Switch From Print To Digital — On Wednesday night's episode of “The Daily Show,” Newsweek editor in chief Jon Meacham laid out what you'd think should be a no-brainer strategy for any news organization toggling between the print and digital worlds.

Discussion: TeleRead

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Newsweek's hazy future

Discussion: Newser, New York Observer, The Daily Beast and Mediaite

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Don Graham On Newsweek: 'We'll Get A Buyer'

Discussion: Economy Watch and MediaMemo

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

On a Dramatic Afternoon for Dow, A Scramble to Cover the Story — Cable news anchors and financial Web sites struggled to keep up as the Dow fell nearly 1,000 points and then mostly rebounded in a matter of minutes Thursday afternoon. — As my colleague David Carr put it just now …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Talking Biz News, Felix Salmon and VentureBeat

Joe Weisenthal / Silicon Alley Insider:

THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT IN CNBC HISTORY: Jim Cramer Saves The Market — If you missed it, here's the instant-classic video of Erin Burnett and Jim Cramer going nuts together as the Dow collapsed and then rebounds — Join the conversation about this story »

Discussion: CNBC, The Wire, Hot Air and Newsbroke

Ian Shapira / Story Lab:

Should journalists out each other's sources? — On Wednesday morning, I read a piece on the Politico web site speculating about the identity of confidential sources who helped me break a story about negotiations to sell The Washington Times. Initially, the Politico headline …

Discussion: Gawker

Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
What's next for the Washington Times

Discussion: Romenesko

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Simon & Schuster's Digital Publishing Revenue Up Sharply — Today's standout standout but still small digital number from earnings reports: CBS (NYSE: CBS) Publishing aka Simon & Schuster reports a roughly 233 percent increase in digital publishing revenue for Q1, to $12 million from $3.6 million.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

David Kaplan / paidContent:
CBS Interactive Display Revs Rise 19 Percent

Discussion: GalleyCat, Media Money …, rbr.com, Poynter Online and Broadcasting & Cable

Andrew Romano / Newsweek Blogs:

Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood — As you may have heard, torrential downpours in the southeast flooded the Tennessee capital of Nashville over the weekend, lifting the Cumberland River 13 feet above flood stage, causing an estimated $1 billion in damage, and killing more than 30 people.

Discussion: Romenesko, Hot Air and Random Mumblings

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Updated: Playboy Plans Free, Safe-For-Work Site — Playboy (NYSE: PLA) is planning a mix of new sites that it hopes will appeal to a variety of readers and advertisers, company execs said during its Q1 earnings call. In addition to expanding its mobile presence, Playboy is working on a …

Discussion: The Wire, Gawker, Mashable!, MediaMemo, Dealbreaker and Folio

Syoung / Berkman Center:

NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS FREE SPEECH RIGHTS FOR ONLINE NEWS SITES — The New Hampshire Supreme Court today issued an important decision upholding the First Amendment rights of online publishers. Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic submitted an amicus curiae brief last June …

Discussion: Citizen Media Law Project

Dina Temple-Raston / NPR:

How Media Coverage Crimped The Times Square Case — The virtually wall-to-wall coverage of the Times Square bombing investigation was a problem for investigators trying to solve the case. — It all began at dinnertime last Saturday night when a suspect drove an SUV rigged with a homemade bomb …

Discussion: blogs.dix-eaton.com and Romenesko

Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:

Broadcasters See Big Boost In Web Video Viewership — Online video viewers are tuning in to more broadcast content, driving increases in the number of views and the amount of time spent watching traditional TV fare through the web, according to new data from Brightcove and TubeMogul.

Discussion: Brightcove Blog, Media on HuffingtonPost.com and TechCrunch

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Yahoo Launches New Ad Blitz — Campaign Promoting Site as One-Stop Web Destination Makes a Jab at Google — On the heels of a disappointing ad campaign, Yahoo is hoping to increase traffic to its home page and win back share in the Internet-search market with a new ad blitz that takes a shot at larger rival Google.

Discussion: BoomTown, Silicon Alley Insider, Search Engine Land, paidContent and Mashable!

Zeke Turner / New York Observer:

Newsweek's Tumblr Guy Not Afraid to Punch Back at Crtitics … Earlier this afternoon, Slate's Big Money (owned by WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC, by the way) posted a column titled “It's Not the Economist, Stupid: Newsweek has lost its role globally and its voice locally.”

Discussion: DealBook, Romenesko and Slate

Gerry Storch / Forbes:

All The News That's Fit To Buy — Why papers should charge for online content. — The advent of the iPad means two things for medialand. It means failing newspapers can save themselves if they have the guts to do so, and it means the sudden and well-deserved demise of the once-dominant …

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …

Andy Alexander / Ombudsman Blog:

Hoax suspected in Obama-Malcolm X photo mix-up — The Post took a beating in the blogosphere last week for running an online photo of Malcolm X over a caption for President Obama. Predictably, it prompted a flurry of Can't-Tell-the-Leader-of-the-Free- World ridicule.

Discussion: Romenesko and New York Magazine

Twitter Media:

Breaking news with the @statesman — This case study, which traces the Austin Stateman's use of Twitter to cover the plane crash in Austin last February, is the best practical exploration of breaking news on Twitter that I've yet seen. The post, by Steve Buttry, is detailed and accessible …