Mediagazer: Sex and the City 2 - rise of the critic-proof movie (Andrew Pulver/Guardian)

8:45 AM ET, May 29, 2010

Top News:

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 and Shaping the Future …

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

Discussion: Fast Company, Guardian, 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

Ryan Sholin / Publish2 Blog: First reactions to Publish2 News Exchange

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 …

John Koblin / New York Observer:
A.G. Sulzberger will be the Times' Kansas City Bureau Chief

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Mark S. Luckie / 10,000 Words:

How I created an award-winning, multi-platform, multimedia project — It was recently announced that my project, Guide to the U.S. Senate Floor Procedures, was one of the winners of Sunlight Labs' Design for America contest. In the spirit of openness and transparency that this blog is founded on …

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

Matt Baume / E-Media Tidbits:

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.

Discussion: Kick It

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: Romenesko, The Wire, New York Observer and Wonkette

Andrew Pulver / Guardian:

Sex and the City 2 - rise of the critic-proof movie — On course to be most derided film ever, sequel epitomises movies whose reviews have had no bearing on the box office — Sex and the City 2 has only just premiered, but it is well on its way to becoming one of the most critically derided films of all time.

Alexandra Fenwick / CJR:

The Man on the Street — So a citizen journalist walks into a journalism school ... Lots of people walk through the doors of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism every day. Just this past month, some of them have included Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Ian Johnson …

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?

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.

Jason Fell / Folio:

Time Inc. is Really, Really Excited About Tablets — Ann Moore: 'It's a business model that is just really very delicious.' — Magazine publishers are jumping on the Apple iPad app bandwagon in droves and arguably for good reason. It's a sleek, nifty device that not only has captured …

Lucia Moses / Mediaweek:
Time Inc. Dives Deeper Into iPad Revolution

Discussion: The Wire and FishbowlNY

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