Mediagazer: ‘This could be very interesting’ (Kipp Report)

1:25 PM ET, June 1, 2010

Top News:

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:

The Case Against Links — Links - are they a net negative for readers online? That's the idea being deliberately explored by a number of publishers, says writer Nicholas Carr today. — The iconoclastic author says that he has grown sympathetic to the thinking of Steve Gillmor …

Nick / Rough Type:

Experiments in delinkification — A few years back, my friend Steve Gillmor, the long-time technology writer and blogger, went on a crusade against the hyperlink. He stopped putting links into his posts and other online writings. I could never quite understand his motivation, and the whole effort struck me as quixotic and silly.

Discussion: broadstuff, mathewingram.com/work and Kirk LaPointe's …

Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:

This isn't CNN's prime time — Campbell Brown's voluntary exit from the 8 p.m. slot illustrates the news network's struggles as it turns 30. — Campbell Brown says that she and her “colleagues here at CNN are still trying to do journalism.” (CNN / April 22, 2008) — Reporting from New York —

Discussion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Inside Cable News

Lisa Horowitz / The Wrap:

Ted Turner's Little 24-Hour Cable News Network Turns 30 (video) — On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner and his 25-person team launched Cable News Network, a 24-hour channel offering straightforward news on America's cable systems. — Turner, nicknamed “the Mouth of the South,” was his usual reticent self at the launch, declaring:

Discussion: mediabistro.com and www.thetakeaway.org

Wall Street Journal:

Publicis Aims for Digital Growth — After Buying Up Online-Ad Specialists, Publicis CEO Seeks to Make Them Grow — PARIS—Maurice Lévy has poured billions of dollars into making French ad company Publicis Groupe SA a leader in digital advertising.

Discussion: paidContent

Reporters Without Borders:

Israel - Communication severed with flotilla media — Reporters Without Borders urges the Israeli authorities to release a list of the journalists who were arrested during yesterday's raid on the humanitarian flotilla and to say where they are being held. — There were at least 15 foreign …

Discussion: Richard Prince's Journal-isms, Mediaite, New York Times, Washington Post, Pakistan Daily Times, BBC, Jon Slattery, Jerusalem Post, Guardian and Ethical Martini

Kipp Report:

‘This could be very interesting’ — With 36 million users, Guardian.co.uk is one of the giants of the Internet. Mark Finney, the Guardian's head of client sales, tells us what Murdoch's paywalls could mean for it. — Mark Finney, head of client sales at UK publishing house Guardian News and Media …

Discussion: New York Times

BabyBarista:
Paywall will prove a disaster for The Times

Discussion: Guardian, Journalism.co.uk and paidContent:UK

Hollywood Reporter:

Kim Masters joins The Hollywood Reporter — Veteran journalist named editor-at-large — Kim Masters has been named editor-at-large for The Hollywood Reporter. The hire was unveiled today by Janice Min, editorial director of the 80-year-old brand, which is owned by e5 Global Media.

Discussion: The Wire and Thompson on Hollywood

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Stanford Graduates Release Pulse, A Must-Have News App For The iPad — Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta, two Stanford grads who signed up for the Launch Pad class at the University's Institute of Design (aka d.school), could have hardly chosen a better path to try their hands at startup life.

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Yahoo signals major challenge to newspapers — Yahoo appears to be getting ready to produce local websites filled with original content that could compete with newspapers, posing a particular challenge to the hundreds of publishers who now sell advertising for the powerful portal.

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and TechCrunch

Elihai Vidal / Haaretz:

Is being media savvy and having a camera enough to be a journalist? — At the ‘Democracy and its Challenges’ conference sponsored by the French Embassy in cooperation with Haaretz, journalists express opinions on news in the age of the internet. — Having a laptop and cell phone …

MinOnline:

Steve DeLuca Named ‘Departures’ Publisher — Steve DeLuca, the past publisher of Rolling Stone (2004-2006) and Details (2008-2010), is the new VP/publisher of American Express Publishing's ultra-upscale Departures. Magazine is published seven times a year and...

Discussion: Mediaweek

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Apple Pulls the Plug on Lala, Replaces It With...Nada — Remember a month ago? When Apple announced that it would shutter Lala and everyone assumed that it was going to replace the streaming music service it bought in December with a streaming music service of its own? — Now Lala's gone.

Discussion: VentureBeat and hypebot