Mediagazer: Business school ditches Kindle DX after trial run (Jacqui Cheng/Ars Technica)

6:15 PM ET, May 16, 2010

Top News:

NBC's fall schedule, upfront revealed — Exclusive: This fall, NBC will have an action-adventure Monday night, a crime drama Wednesday and an all-comedy Thursday. Despite expectations, NBC will not launch a new comedy block. — The network's Monday upfront presentation will begin …

Discussion: Variety, From Inside the Box, Hitfix.com and New York Magazine

Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

NBC Bans Hollywood Trade After Reporter Sneaks Into Upfront Rehearsal And Reveals All, Including 2010-2011 Schedule And Jokes — It does seem that NBC always keeps fumbling. So I'm not sure which is funnier this morning: that NBC didn't have any security keeping journalists away from its tech rehearsal at a NYC Hilton hotel.

Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:

Daley to post all investigative reporter requests online — In the name of “transparency,” Mayor Daley on Thursday got some measure of revenge against the investigative reporters who've made his life miserable by digging up dirt on the Hired Truck, city hiring and minority contracting scandals.

Discussion: Chicagoist

Ed Caesar / Times of London:

Hold the front page, I want to be on it — As tens of thousands of journalism graduates clamour for increasingly rare jobs, what makes them think they can do it - and why would they want to? — A good job in journalism is a licence for nosiness, a soapbox on which to perorate and a backstage pass to the live performance of history.

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Business school ditches Kindle DX after trial run — The Kindle isn't doing as well in academic environments as Amazon—and educators—had originally hoped. The Darden Business School at the University of Virginia is near the end of its Kindle “experiment,” already concluding that students …

Jamal Khashoggi / The Huffington Post:

Saudi Arabia's Most Daring Newspaper Loses Its Top Man — What's Your Reaction: … Al Watan, arguably Saudi Arabia's most daring newspaper, seems to have lost its top man after Jamal Khashoggi, the publication's editor in chief, resigned earlier today. — In a press release …

On The Media:

In Iran, New Software Takes On Internet Censorship (On The Media: Friday, 14 May 2010) — In Iran, New Software Takes On Internet Censorship — Almost a year ago, websites such as Twitter helped open Iran's controversial election, and the subsequent protests, to the world.

Alex Weprin / WebNewser:

NBC's Today Connects With Foursquare — Yet another media company is partnering with the hot location-based start-up Foursquare. NBC's “Today” is using the social media company's platform to promote its annual summer concert series. — Foursquare users are being encouraged to come …

Jason Fell / Folio:

Nielsen Sells Shuttered Training — Magazine, Web site and conference acquired by Lakewood Media Group. — Nielsen Business Media has finally found a buyer for its shuttered Training magazine. Lakewood Media Group—a company led by the owners of Minneapolis-based Mach1 Business Media …

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: The debate over Elena Kagan's sexuality — Most mainstream news organizations aren't questioning the Supreme Court nominee's sexual orientation, but that's not stopping the Internet, cable TV and tabloids. — Supreme Court Justice-designate Elena Kagan, have I got a fella for you!

John Reynolds / Brand Republic:

Guardian targets revenue from Open Platform — LONDON - Guardian News & Media (GN&M), the publisher of The Guardian and The Observer, is to launch its Open Platform venture on a commercial footing this month as it looks to increase its revenue streams and further distance its digital offering from rivals.

Paige Albiniak / Broadcasting & Cable:

‘Big Bang Theory’ Sold to Fox, TBS for Fall 2011 — Tribune misses out on CBS' Monday night hit in top markets — Warner Bros. has sold The Big Bang Theory to the Fox Television Stations and TBS for a simultaneous fall 2011 debut, Warner Bros. confirmed on Saturday (May 15).

Discussion: Media Decoder, Multichannel, rbr.com and Variety

Jaron Gilinsky / MediaShift:

U.K. Conservatives Pushed Online Promotion — But TV Reigns — The new media evangelists who preached of a revolution in British electoral politics will have to wait until at least the next election to see their prophecies come to fruition. In this country steeped in electoral tradition …

Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:

Second KDMC News Entrepreneur Boot Camp begins this weekend — This weekend, 20 aspiring journalist/entrepreneurs will arrive in Los Angeles for the second News Entrepreneur Boot Camp. OJR is a co-sponsor of the event, which is presented by the Knight Digital Media Center (publisher of OJR) …