Mediagazer: Media Notes: one editor's balancing act on the high wire of modern journalism (Howard Kurtz/Washington Post)

9:05 AM ET, May 10, 2010

Top News:

The Media Equation: Reuters Insider, Like YouTube for Traders — For half an hour last Thursday afternoon, CNBC was the most exciting place on television. Watching Erin Burnett and Jim Cramer try not to freak out — they acquitted themselves nicely — while the market tumbled like a drunken rag doll …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:

Thomson Reuters to Add Videos — Thomson Reuters Corp. this week will launch a financial video service, the latest of a growing number of news organizations aggressively adding Web-based programming to fill needs they say are unmet by cable news. — The product, called Reuters Insider …

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

Media Notes: one editor's balancing act on the high wire of modern journalism — Rupert Murdoch insisted that the Wall Street Journal delay publishing the news that he had just fired its top editor. — “Tell them to hold it until we have a signed deal,” Murdoch told a top aide.

Discussion: Romenesko

Asylum:

An Open Letter to Magazines (From the Internet) — Apparently magazine guys are all hurt at how the super-amazing Internet is f**king DESTROYING them with its awesomeness and unicorns with bacon wings and Selleck Waterfall Sandwiches. And what do they have? Another interview with Jennifer Aniston?

Bill Gorman / TVbytheNumbers:

Betty White Scores! Saturday Night Live Sees Best Overnight Ratings In 18 Months — Betty White ratings doubters, look away! Her preliminary 5.1 adults 18-49 rating topped even Sir Charles Barkley's episode that followed the Dallas/Philadelphia NFL Wildcard Game, which was this season's top so far.

Discussion: Mashable!, ArtsBeat, The Wrap, New York Magazine, MediaMemo and Movieline

mUmBRELLA:

Google changes mean brands need to increase focus on content — Last week saw major changes in the way Google looks, and in the results it produces. In this guest posting, Andrew Hughes argues that Australians brands will miss major opportunities if they do not make use of the new tools it offers

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

How a Young Kara Swisher Got Her Big Break at the Washington Post — Over 25 years ago, a incensed Georgetown undergraduate “railed” on the phone about the sloppy coverage of her college to Assistant Managing Editor Larry Kramer, the paper's metro editor. — She told Kramer that the paper …

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Profitable Long Form Journalism — Over the last month, I've been stuffing my iPad with books purchased online, long PDF files and other documents for later reading sessions. I'm waiting for the mind-blowing media applications, they're still in the making. Several prototypes of French newspapers I have seen are quite promising.

Discussion: Editors Weblog

Peter Preston / Guardian:

Will Lewis fell into the gap between Euston and Victoria — Here's an exit beyond any prediction. One minute Will Lewis is journalist of the year, editor-in-chief of the newspaper of the year and acclaimed for the (MPs' expenses) scoop of the decade. Next minute - so suddenly …

Ben Fritz / Company Town:

First look: ‘Iron Man 2’ soars with $134-million opening — Hollywood kicked off its most important time of the year, summer-event movie season, with an explosive start for “Iron Man 2,” which sold an estimated $133.6 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, /Film, The Wire, Daggle, Speakeasy, The Wrap and Variety

Marc Parry / Chronicle of Higher Education:

Library of Congress, Facing Privacy Concerns, Clarifies Twitter Archive Plan — If you don't want that tipsy 3 a.m. Twitter post preserved for posterity, then start deleting. Now. — Faced with privacy concerns, the Library of Congress is clarifying its plans to archive …

Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:

Media Moves: Gawker's Newest Hire Poached from The Daily Beast — The Gawker masthead's been pretty busy in the last few months, and they haven't even had any of their doors kicked in! It's about to see a little more action, though, as they've now added another name to their editorial team.

Discussion: Gawker

TechCrunch:

Why Media Companies Should Become More Like Merchants — Editor's note: Should media sites become group buying sites as well? Guest author Dave Chase thinks so. He was a marketing executive and general manager at Microsoft in the 90's including starting Microsoft's healthcare business.