Mediagazer: Critiquing the D.C. echo chamber from within (Michael Calderone/Yahoo! News)

Times of London:

How iPad may make the future of newspapers a different story — The iPad goes on sale in Britain for the first time today, with many in the newspaper industry backing it to change journalism. — The Apple device, which has already sold more than 1 million in the US, has been much anticipated in Britain.

Discussion: Telegraph, Editors Weblog, Journalism.co.uk, Shaping the Future … and FleetStreetBlues

Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
On Rupert's iPad: Times, Sky TV Show Different Charging Approaches

Discussion: Guardian, Fast Company, FishbowlNY and eMedia Vitals

Dominic Lawson / Times of London:
Introducing the iPad edition of The Times

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and WebNewser

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Publish2's Ryan Sholin: “We did not set out to kill the Associated Press” — This week, with much fanfare, Publish2 announced its new News Exchange service. Using the new platform, CEO Scott Karp wrote, “newspapers can replace the AP's obsolete cooperative with direct content sharing …

Discussion: Romenesko

Jack Shafer / Slate:

Two Cheers for the Sulzberger Dynasty — Why the nepotistic promotion of Times reporter A.G. Sulzberger is a good thing. — You won't catch me snarking about the promotion of A.G. Sulzberger from a reporter slot on the New York Times' metro staff, where he's been laboring for a year …

A.G. Sulzberger will be the Times' Kansas City Bureau Chief — A.G. Sulzberger has a new job at the Times! And it's still as a reporter. — Mr. Sulzberger, who joined the staff of the Times in February 2009, will become the paper's Kansas City Bureau chief. The KC bureau is being reopend by the Times this year.

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Marc Fisher / Washington Post:

Story Lab: Unplugged — Eight reporters attempt to quit the Internets — The idea of learning what's really important by denying yourself the things you love is as old as religion, as elemental as praying or fasting. So when eight Post reporters got to talking about their attachment …

Discussion: Editors Weblog and Romenesko

Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:

Critiquing the D.C. echo chamber from within — As Hollywood glamour and Washington political celebrity coalesced this month at the White House Correspondents Dinner, reporter Mark Leibovich observed what he considers “a tipping point of self-celebration” in the nation's capital.

Discussion: The Wire, Romenesko, New York Observer and Wonkette

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:

The next Apple TV revealed: cloud storage and iPhone OS on tap... and a $99 price tag — If you thought that Apple's foray into the world of home entertainment died with the last iteration of the Apple TV, you're quite wrong. A tip we've received — which has been confirmed by a source …

Matt Baume / Poynter Online:

Code Sprint Yields Important Lessons for iPad News Apps — At a conference last weekend for developers of iPad news apps, organizer Burt Herman posed an unexpected question: “How can we make news more like finger-painting?” he asked. — He was responding to a point made by Jennifer Bove of Kicker Studio, a product-design firm.

Lucia Moses / Mediaweek:

Time Inc. Dives Deeper Into iPad Revolution — Time Inc. revealed it would develop iPad apps for seven more of its brands this year, including a series of paid apps from lifestyle magazine Real Simple. — Speaking May 27 during a Time Warner investor day, Time Inc. chairman …

Discussion: The Wire and FishbowlNY

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Harsh lessons to learn from the Irish News paywall — If you want to get a grasp on the effect of paywalls, take a look at the experience of the Belfast-based Irish News. — Without doubt, it is one of the best UK regional dailies. Independently-owned, moderately nationalist in outlook …

Discussion: CJR, The Wire, Slugger O'Toole and Shaping the Future …

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Newspapers now have lost half of core sales — The decline in newspaper advertising eased in the first three months of 2010, but the industry exited the quarter with less than half the revenue base it had in the same period in 2005. — Print ad sales for the industry skidded 11.4% …

Marion Maneker / The Big Money:

Should the Times Care About Blog Links? — Jeff Bercovici on AOL Wednesday responds to my doubts about the value of blogger's links as a measure of newspaper's success: … To be fair, I had Felix Salmon in mind when I wrote that bloggers were being self-involved when they used blogging links as the measure of a newspaper's success.

Media Week:

VW releases customer magazine on iPad — Volkswagen has become the first car manufacturer to launch a customer magazine as an iPad app, which it is dubbing DAS (Digital Automotive Space). — Volkswagen iPad customer magazine — The unveiling of VW's app has been timed to coincide with today's European launch of Apple's iPad.

Discussion: Brand Republic

Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

Viacom Promotes Dooley to Operating Chief, Extends Contract Through 2016 — Viacom Inc. promoted Chief Financial Officer Thomas E. Dooley to the new post of chief operating officer, establishing him as second in command behind Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman.

Danny Sullivan / Daggle:

Dear FTC: Should 24 Disclose Writing Its Show Around Products? — Dear FTC. Instead of worrying about whether bloggers are disclosing all they should when writing about products, perhaps a little more attention should be focused on TV programs and product placement?

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Fergie's book boost — “This year, it's all about celebrities,” noted HarperCollins Executive Editor Jonathan Burnham. — Some booksellers were grumbling that Streisand's coffee table book, “My Passion for Design,” would be tough to sell because of its $60 price tag.

Discussion: Romenesko, mediabistro.com and The Wire

Reuters:

Wall Street debates fate of Disney's ABC — (Reuters) - Wall Street has long seen sense in Walt Disney Co selling or spinning off ABC, the low-rated TV network and the one piece that does not seem to fit well with the entire entertainment empire. — But the problem is finding a buyer, analysts say.

Discussion: Company Town

Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:

Frank DiGiacomo to Take Over Daily News Gossip Column — Vanity Fair contributing editor and former “Page Six” helmer Frank DiGiacomo will return to his tabloid past this summer. He's headed to the New York Daily News to take over the “Gatecrasher” column from able young scribe Amanda Sidman …

Discussion: FishbowlNY and mediabistro.com