Mediagazer: Study of Waterboarding Coverage Prompts a Debate in the Press (Brian Stelter/Media Decoder)

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Study of Waterboarding Coverage Prompts a Debate in the Press — A study released this week of the four biggest newspapers in the United States said that in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, there was “a dramatic shift in coverage away from nearly a century of practice recognizing waterboarding as torture.”

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Romenesko

the nytpicker:

As A NYT Reporter, Bill Keller Freely Used The Word “Torture” To Describe Interrogation Techniques In Other Countries. — If the word torture, rooted in the Latin for “twist,” means anything (and it means “the deliberate infliction of excruciating physical or mental pain to punish or coerce"), then waterboarding is a means of torture.

Discussion: Boing Boing

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Google Adds Real-Time Stats To Blogger - To Google Analytics Next? — Blogger, Google's blog publishing platform, has just been given a useful new feature many a Blogger user will appreciate: near real-time statistics (via Louis Gray). — Dubbed Blogger Stats, the feature is available for all non-private Blogger blogs.

Discussion: Neowin.net

Get Related Content for Your Blog with the Zemanta Gadget — Guest post by Boštjan ‘Bos’ Špeti, Zemanta CEO — About a year ago this blog featured Zemanta, a tool that helps you get more out of blogging. Previously, Blogger users could install a Zemanta browser plugin …

Discussion: Z-Blog

Chang Kim / Blogger in Draft:
Introducing Blogger Stats

Discussion: Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Google Operating System, Erictric, Digital Inspiration …, Softpedia News, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Computerworld and louisgray.com

Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:

How Much Money Could The Times' Paywall Bring In? — For all the scepticism about The Timeses' paywalls, one must properly define what “success” would be for the project. Murdoch is not trying to re-invent all of web culture, and the papers know that their audience will be decimated.

Jane M. Von Bergen / Los Angeles Times:

How do people follow the World Cup? ESPN is interested — Researchers are using the tournament as a living laboratory to test how people consume sports. The results can help price advertising, deploy staffing resources and select broadcast times. — Reporting from Philadelphia …

Alex Alvarez / FishbowlNY:

Exclusive: ESPN: The Magazine To Move From New York To Connecticut — ESPN: The Magazine is moving from its New York headquarters to Bristol, Connecticut this coming fall. — We were able to speak with someone from ESPN: The Magazine, who explained that the move didn't exactly come …

Discussion: TVNewser, GalleyCat, The Wrap, WebNewser and UnBeige

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

Evening News Ratings in a Word: Down — The network news standings, always near immutable, showed nothing suggesting a shakeup during the second quarter - though they did demonstrate a distinctive trend for all parties: downward. — For ABC and CBS, down meant all the way to another new low …

Discussion: Variety, The Huffington Post, Romenesko and rbr.com

Alicia Shepard / NPR:

Taking The Lord's Name In Vain — Taking the Lord's name in vain does not go over well in some households, particularly in the South. — In a June 23 story about Tom Cruise's new action movie, Knight and Day, Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep was discussing the “Superstar” crisis in Hollywood as Cruise ages out of that category.

Discussion: Romenesko and The Awl

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: Survey shows not all polls equal — Daily Kos' lawsuit against Research 2000 charging doctored results is a reminder to the public to carefully scrutinize polls. — Virtually every single American supports the Arizona crackdown on illegal aliens.

Discussion: CJR

Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:

Simon Cowell Says He Helped Broker Morgan Deal; CNN: ‘There Is No Deal’ — The day after CNN/US President Jon Klein told B&C that the network execs “never have negotiated” with Piers Morgan, TV producer and personality Simon Cowell tells Extra, “[Morgan] was under contract to us on 'America's Got Talent …

Discussion: GalleyCat, FishbowlNY, WebNewser, International Media and UnBeige

Google Launches Useful, Curious “Ad News” — Here's something useful for people who pay attention to search and advertising for a living: Ad News. Powered by Google News, it selectively delivers stories from news sites and blogs and is organized by topic: search, display, mobile advertising, traditional media, etc.

Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:

Blockbuster To Be Delisted from NYSE — More bad news for Blockbuster: the DVD rental firm announced yesterday that it will lose its place on the New York Stock Exchange next Wednesday, after it failed to get enough shareholder votes on proposals designed to help it comply with NYSE requirements.

Discussion: investor.blockbuster.com and All Things Digital