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Spitzer, Parker to host primetime CNN show — Washington (CNN) - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Kathleen Parker will co-host a new hour long CNN primetime news program starting in the fall as the nation prepares for the 2010 midterm election, the network announced Wednesday morning.
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Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
A ‘Thankful’ Spitzer Anticipates Some Criticism — Eliot Spitzer described himself as “extremely thankful” to be getting an opportunity to revive his reputation as a television news host after the tawdry circumstances of his forced resignation as governor of New York.
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Joe Pompeo / The Wire:
Critics Bewildered By Spitzer's New Gig As Talking Head
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New York Observer
Aaron / YouTube Blog:
YouTube wins case against Viacom — Today, the court granted our motion for summary judgment in Viacom's lawsuit with YouTube. This means that the court has decided that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement.
Clint Hendler / CJR:
A Politico Graf Goes Missing — Yesterday in one of Politico's write-ups of the furor that ensued as it became known that damaging quotes from General Stanley McChrystal and his staff would appear in an article by Michael Hastings in Rolling Stone, the following paragraphs appeared:
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Newsweek:
How ‘Rolling Stone’ Got Into McChrystal's Inner Circle — Reporter Michael Hastings explains the backstory to the piece that upended a general—and maybe even a war. — It's the kind of story that ricochets through Washington—and around the world—at lightning speed.
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Robin J Phillips / BusinessJournalism.org …:
U.S. business journalists express confidence in journalism's future — Almost two-thirds of business journalists report that the amount of business coverage at their organization has stayed the same or increased in the past five years, according to a new survey commissioned …
Bloomberg:
Hulu Said in Talks With CBS, Viacom as Paid Service Nears — Hulu LLC is in talks with CBS Corp., Viacom Inc. and Time Warner Inc. to add their television shows to the video website's planned paid subscription service, people with direct knowledge of the discussions said.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ben Stiller to create Yahoo web show — ‘Webisodes’ to feature star's parents commenting on news items - but brand's David Beckham sponsorship likely to be dropped — Yahoo has signed up Ben Stiller, star of films including Zoolander and Dodgeball, to create an online current affairs show starring his parents.
Jim / Gannett Blog:
For USAT, surprise news ushers in a long summer; Hunke's team now hunts for paper's ‘future path’ — Summer officially started yesterday, and today's forecast high in McLean, Va., home to USA Today, is a steamy 93 degrees. — But that's not the only reason working conditions have grown …
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Robert Sietsema / Fork in the Road:
An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky — Dear Josh: — You and I have known each other for years, and I've always regarded you as a knowledgeable and sometimes even scholarly observer of the culinary scene. — But I found your piece ("Great Wedding Food: Tips from a Newly Married Critic") …
Jason Deans / Guardian:
Digital helps C4 weather recession — Broadcaster's digital services and costcutting helped it to offset loss of advertising revenues on main channel — Channel 4 made a small profit of £300,000 in 2009 as a strong performance from digital TV and costcutting helped offset a £61.6m loss on its main network.
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Media Week
Rebecca / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
‘Hot News’ Doctrine Could Stifle Online Commentary and Criticism — San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP), and Public Citizen Monday urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to consider the critical First Amendment questions …
Melissa Grego / Broadcasting & Cable:
Ad Group Forms $10-Million Media Fund for Family Entertainment — ANA Alliance for Family Entertainment unveils plan to support scripted programming at annual symposium — The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Alliance for Family Entertainment has formed a $10 million media fund …
Irin / Jezebel:
The Daily Show's Woman Problem — The Daily Show is many things: progressive darling, alleged news source for America's youth, righteous media critique. And it's also a boys' club where women's contributions are often ignored and dismissed. — If Olivia Munn, the former videogame show host introduced …
Michele Gershberg / Reuters:
Consumers say: “In tweets we trust” — (Reuters) - Brands that use microblogging sites like Twitter to provide real-time responses to the public are winning a higher degree of trust from consumers, according to a study by a leading public relations firm. — Some 75 percent of people surveyed …
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Jim / Gannett Blog:
Urgent: Tallahassee Democrat adds paywall July 1; Web-only access will cost readers $9.95 a month; Florida daily is one of three in GCI making move — Gannett's Tallahassee Democrat said today that it would offer readers three new ways to access news on its website, all going into effect July 1.
Simon Dumenco / AdAge:
Google News Cares More About Facebook, Twitter and Apple Than Iraq, Afghanistan — Dumenco's Trendrr Chart of the Week — Some notes about, and context for, the latest weekly Trendrr chart, a collaboration between Advertising Age and social-media tracking service Trendrr Pro:
Matthew Lynch / WWD Media Headlines:
Rupert Murdoch Talks Media Predictions and the iPad — The topic of the opening night panel at this week's New York Forum on Tuesday was ostensibly corporate reinvention, and for a few moments the hour-plus discussion stuck to script. — Hearst Magazines president Cathie Black explained …
Robert Quigley / Geekosystem:
How Reddit Controls the Internet News Cycle — Five years ago today, social news site Reddit, the brainchild of recent UVA grads Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman, witnessed its first-ever post. (The site would wrap up private internal alpha testing and open to the public five days later.)
Ben Elowitz / paidContent:
How Paypal Can Help Save Media—And Itself — Ben Elowitz (@elowitz) is co-founder and CEO of Wetpaint, a platform for social web sites, and author of the Digital Quarters blog. Prior to Wetpaint, Elowitz co-founded Blue Nile, the online retailer of luxury goods.
Choire / The Awl:
Wimbledon Blogger Forced to Tennis-Blog For Ten Hours — An exhausted liveblogger was just forced to blog for ten hours. Xan Brooks, of the Guardian, was barely keeping it together. — “9.10pm: Is it over? It is not over. For a brief moment back then, I thought it was over.”
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