Mediagazer: Q&A: iCrossing's Paul Doleman on the Hearst takeover (Graham Charlton/the Econsultancy blog)

NPR's On the Media:

Media Encounter Access Problems While Covering the Oil Spill (On The Media: Friday, 04 June 2010) — A handful of media outlets have reported that their reporters were denied access while trying to cover the oil spill in the Gulf, leaving some journalists worried that BP is deciding where they can and can't go.

Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:

Wildlife photos vividly bring home impact of Gulf spill — Over the past 46 days, the media's captured a lot of images from the oil spill, from grainy, underwater video of oil gushing into the Gulf to President Obama arriving in the region. — But as the oil begins washing ashore photos …

Discussion: Lens, The New Yorker Blog and Boing Boing

Peter Kadzis / thephoenix.com:
High-octane coverage — The Huffington Post owns Gulf coverage …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Romenesko

John Koblin / New York Observer:

‘Journal’ Responds to ‘Times’ Cease-and-Desist Letter: 'We're Within Our Rights' — The Journal has responded to The Times' cease-and-desist letter over the “Not Just Wall Street. Every Street” ad campaign. The Journal said, in words more bitter than this, essentially: Stuff it.

Discussion: paidContent, Gawker and Editors Weblog

Discussion: Romenesko and MEDIA BEESWAX

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Wants HuffPo Badly — Yahoo is clearly positioning itself to become a stronger player in the online content game, as evidenced by its recent acquisition of Associated Content. But we are hearing that the real prize they want is the Huffington Post. The two companies are currently …

Discussion: Beet.TV and The Huffington Post

Brian Lam / Gizmodo:

At This Monday's Apple Keynote? Help Us Liveblog — It's no surprise: Apple has not responded to our requests to attend the WWDC keynote on Monday at 10am PST. But we'll still cover the news. Want to help? — If you're going to the keynote, and want to be a part of the exciting Apple coverage …

Discussion: The Next Web, Techland and Edible Apple

Edmund Lee / AdAge:

Bradford: Demand Media Will Take Out AOL First, Yahoo Later — Sales Chief Says Content Created by Lots of Humans, Not Some ‘Crazy Robot’ — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Joanne Bradford, the newly minted chief revenue officer for Demand Media, seems to be drawn to seemingly insurmountable challenges.

New York Post:

Rachael Ray boils over mag cover story — Rachael Ray and her magazine, Every Day With Rachael Ray, are upset that Good Housekeeping put Ray on its July cover without her blessing. GH used quotes from Ray taken from previous interviews and used images by photographer Jim Wright that were outtakes …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, TVWeek.com, New York Magazine and The Huffington Post

Claudia Eller / Company Town:

Construction magnate Ron Tutor and troubled financier David Bergstein in exclusive talks for Miramax — Los Angeles construction magnate Ron Tutor and his embattled film financier partner, David Bergstein, are entering into exclusive negotiations with Walt Disney Co. to acquire Miramax Films.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Thompson on Hollywood, /Film and The Wrap

Joe Pompeo / Silicon Alley Insider:

Time Inc.'s Former Digital News Chief, Vivek Shah, Acquires Ziff Davis — Ziff Davis, the parent company of digital technology pubs including PCMag.com, ExtremeTech and GearLog, has been acquired by Time Inc.'s former digital news chief, Vivek Shah, in a partnership with the Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill Partners.

Discussion: paidContent, Wall Street Journal, Folio and TechCrunch

Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg:

New York Times CEO Says Circulation Holding Up Against Wall Street Journal — New York Times Co. Chief Executive Officer Janet Robinson said the namesake newspaper is holding on to its circulation as the Wall Street Journal promotes its New York section and cuts advertising rates.

Discussion: Romenesko, New York Observer, The Wrap and New York Magazine

Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:

Age, Gender, Location: The Demographics of the Blogosphere — Ten years ago, most people were not aware of blogs and blogging. Today, however, blogging is a mainstream phenomenon. While it doesn't get the same hype as Twitter and Facebook today, there are still millions of blogs and bloggers out there.

Discussion: Open Left, Mashable! and Kirk LaPointe's …

Graham Charlton / the Econsultancy blog:

Q&A: iCrossing's Paul Doleman on the Hearst takeover — It was announced yesterday that Hearst Corporation will be acquiring digital marketing agency iCrossing in a deal reported to be worth $325m. — I've been asking iCrossing UK CEO Paul Doleman about the deal... Why is a publishing group buying a digital agency?

Bud Fox / Benzinga.com:

Viewers Tuning Out CNBC — Competition is heating up in the business news segment. The May Nielsen numbers suggest that CNBC's ratings are being squeezed by the likes of Fox Business Network. — The substantial stock market sell off in May, which was the worst in nearly 50 years, may also have contributed to lower numbers at CNBC.

Discussion: The Wire and Inside Cable News

Phil Bronstein / SFGate:

Can Fwix Fix Traditional Media? — Walking the alleyways of Chinatown, you can hear the clacking sounds of gambling tiles coming out of back windows. It's a pleasurable little sensory experience of the neighborhood culture. — If you wander the back streets of South Market …

Washington Times:

FTC floats Drudge tax — Journalism can reinvent itself without government ‘help’ — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking ways to “reinvent” journalism, and that's a cause for concern. According to a May 28 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul.