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Laura McGann / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Launching a site? Five tips to get you off on the right foot — Big news on the nonprofit journalism front: The Bay Citizen, a nonprofit dedicated to covering the Bay Area with $5 million in funding, launched today. — The site has gotten plenty of publicity over the last few months …
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Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:
Ad Spending Turns Up in First Quarter, Tracking Service Says, After Many Quarters of Declines — In a tangible sign that perceptions of better times along Madison Avenue may start becoming a reality, a leading ad tracking service reported that advertising spending in major media rose in the first quarter …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Larry King Is Losing the Ratings War to Fox and MSNBC — The biggest interview on television last week, with the Senate candidate Rand Paul, happened at 9 p.m. But regrettably for CNN's Larry King, who used to rule that time slot by wooing newsmakers, the interview was booked by his higher-rated competitor, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.
Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Did We Just Learn Disney's Selling ABC Through Ex-Employee's Arrest? — Who knew federal prosecutors were so good at breaking news? A former Disney administrative assistant and her friend have been arrested for attempting to sell non-public information to investors — but that may not be the big news.
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Nat Ives / AdAge:
Wired Introduces Adobe-Built IPad Edition — Improves on Magazine Apps in Some Ways, Lags in Others — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Wired magazine has introduced its much-anticipated iPad edition, a slick $4.99 app that was built by Adobe in a 10-month development process despite Apple's midstream ban …
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Jason Raznick / Benzinga.com:
Fox Business Network To Launch New Show — The Fox Business Network is expected to announce a new show to replace “Happy Hour,” which was canceled last week. The new show that Fox Business is expected to launch is called “The Willis Report” and will air Monday through Friday at 5 p.m …
Nieman Foundation News:
Nieman Foundation announces Nieman Fellows in Class of 2011 — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected 25 journalists from the United States and abroad to join the 73rd class of Nieman Fellows. The group includes journalists who work in print, radio …
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
‘Atlas Shrugged’ Rights Holder Sets June Production Start Whether Or Not Stars Align — For almost two decades, Hollywood has tried unsuccessfully to turn Ayn Rand's 1100 page classic Atlas Shrugged into a feature film with actresses ranging from Angelina Jolie to Charlize Theron to Faye Dunaway.
Mark Fitzgerald / Editor & Publisher:
Media Audit: ‘Wall St. Journal’ Readership Up Big Since Murdoch Takeover, While ‘N.Y. Times’ Stays Flat and ‘USA Today’ Falls — CHICAGO — Readership of The Wall Street Journal has jumped 20% since News Corp. acquired the paper in 2007, according to a new study by The Media Audit.
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Joe Pompeo / The Wire:
Wall Street Journal Readership Is Up 20% Since Rupert Murdoch Took Over (NWS)
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John Koblin / New York Observer:
Ryan McGinley Shoots for Times Magazine — Lynn Hirschberg penned her final piece for The New York Times Magazine this weekend on M.I.A., and what a way to go out! Ryan McGinley shot the—pretty amazing—photos for the piece. — Suddenly Gerry Marzorati seems to be expanding that photo portfolio!
Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:
Atlantic Media Halts Work on Business Website — Atlantic Media's plan to start a business-news website has encountered another setback. The launch has been postponed indefinitely, and the editor heading up the project is leaving the company. — “Yes, it's on hold for now but we are still committed …
Nell Darby / themediablog.typepad.com:
Suffering from limp, lifeless journalism? — There's often been a fine line between editorial and advertorial, especially when it comes to regional journalism, which is often dependent on advertising for its survival. But the so-called quality newspapers can sometimes be guilty of masquerading advertising content as journalism.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Preschool Programs Replace SOAPnet — LOS ANGELES — Moving aggressively to expand its hold on children's entertainment, the Walt Disney Company will close its SOAPnet cable channel and replace it with a service aimed at preschoolers. — In 2012, Disney Junior will take the place of SOAPnet …
Rachel Metz / Associated Press:
Amazon and Penguin make e-book pricing deal — SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. and book publisher Penguin Group reached an agreement regarding the pricing of Penguin's electronic books, the online retailer and book publisher said Wednesday. — With the new agreement …
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Steve Jobs Reinvents the CEO With E-Mail Campaign — Most Fortune 500 CEOs are about as accessible as Kim Jong Il, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been breaking the mold. He's sent terse e-mail replies to more than a dozen customer inquiries — and one journalist — in the past few months.
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Yahoo! News:
WH pulling out all the stops to defend oil spill handling to media — The White House, continuing its effort to push back against negative media coverage of the government's handling of the oil spill, set up an on the record meeting today between incident commander Thad Allen …
The Huffington Post:
Janice Min Named Hollywood Reporter Editorial Director — Former Us Weekly editor-in-chief Janice Min is joining trade publication The Hollywood Reporter as Editorial Director. — Min left Us Weekly when her contract expired last year. — “The Hollywood Reporter is one of the most iconic brands in the entertainment industry.
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