Mediagazer: The Case Against Links — Links - are they a net negative for readers online? (Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb)

Danny Sullivan / Daggle:

How The Mainstream Media Stole Our News Story Without Credit — On Friday, I broke a tasty story about a woman suing Google, claiming bad directions caused her to get hit by a vehicle. Today, I discover our story is everywhere, often with no attribution. Come along and watch …

Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune, NY Daily News, Daily Mail, Google Watch, NEWS.com.au, Metro.co.uk, CBS News, Financial Post, Technically Incorrect, Inc.com and ChannelWeb

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 …

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: CJR, mathewingram.com/work, broadstuff 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

Discussion: www.thetakeaway.org and mediabistro.com

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

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, Kirk LaPointe's … and TechCrunch

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

Andy P / WordPress.com News:

We All Like to Reblog — Have you ever come across a blog post that you enjoyed so much you wanted to easily share it with the readers of your own blog? Sure, you can copy and paste the link and perhaps even a snippet of text with your own comments, but overall it's not a particularly enjoyable experience.

Discussion: The Next Web, Mashable! and ReadWriteWeb

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.

Stephen Shankland / CNET News:

Adobe reveals magazine iPad-izer software — Flash Player may be banned from the iPad, but that's not keeping Adobe Systems from other efforts to leave its mark on the Apple devices. The latest development: new viewer software announced Monday that lets publishers create splashy digital versions of their magazines.

Discussion: Adobe, ReadWriteWeb, Poynter Online, Fast Company, Media Buyer Planner and Gizmodo

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Parsing Panera: Could a name-your-own-price model work for news? — The former CEO of Panera Bread recently announced an intriguing experiment: The chain's store in Clayton, Missouri is doing away with prices. The Clayton franchise, now run as a nonprofit restaurant and renamed the …

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: LA Observed and Thompson on Hollywood

CNN:

Jim Walton: CNN at 30 — Editor's Note: Jim Walton is president of CNN Worldwide, which includes CNN/U.S., HLN, CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN.com, CNN Airport Channel, CNN Radio and CNN Newsource. He joined CNN one year after its 1980 inception, as a video journalist, CNN's entry-level position.

Discussion: The Wire and Inside Cable News

Steve Busfield / Guardian:

Carla Bevan quits Marie Claire for AOL — The magazine's online editor is moving to become editor-in-chief of AOL's UK content sites — Marie Claire's online editor, Carla Bevan, is to join AOL as editor-in-chief of its UK content sites. — Bevan will run AOL's family of lifestyle sites such as Eleven …

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Cable wars loom — It's shaping up to be a long, hot summer for local cable operators. — Both Time Warner Cable and Cablevision are facing the expiration of agreements to carry some of TV's most popular channels, setting the stage for another round of public battles in which viewers run …

Discussion: Company Town

Fred / A VC:

Ad Spend Trends — This chart is from a deck put together by Hal Varian, Google's Chief Economist — The thing that jumps out at you is the long and structural decline in newspaper ad revenue as a share of the total market. And that's why Hal put this slide in his deck.

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider