Mediagazer: Zero tolerance for latency (Frédéric Filloux/Monday Note)

10:25 AM ET, July 19, 2010

Top News:

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

In a World of Online News, Burnout Starts Younger — ARLINGTON, Va. — In most newsrooms, the joke would have been obvious. — It was April Fools' Day last year, and Politico's top two editors sent an e-mail message to their staff advising of a new 5 a.m. start time for all reporters.

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

Up-and-coming conservative candidates shy away from media analysis — Some of the most conservative and combative Republicans running for Congress are convinced that the media have it in for them. — But these candidates seem to regard it as an affront when reporters challenge …

Discussion: On Media's Blog and Los Angeles Times

David Carr / New York Times:

Post-Mortem: No Hair Shirt for Steve Jobs — By now, most people know what happens when your fingers come in contact with the lower left-hand corner of the iPhone 4 — are you there? — but it took the touch of an old-line, nontech tester of technology to get Apple to admit as much.

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James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:

E! co-founder launches celebrity website — Online network the Look also includes fashion programming — The co-founder of E! is launching a celebrity-focused online network complete with several programs in the hope of establishing a new brand in the entertainment programming space.

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Glamour's Weight-Gain Secret — If September 2007 was the high point of the hefty fashion magazine, with more than 700 pages of ads in Vogue and about 400 each in Elle and InStyle, then 2009 was more apropos to the ethos of the fashion world: svelte and petite.

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Media Buyer Planner

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Online, a Journalist Adds a Business Role — Kelly Wallace's move from television to the Internet embodies the lingering differences between the forms. — Ms. Wallace spent a decade in front of the camera as a reporter and anchor at CBS and CNN. Then she got the online itch …

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Eliza Shapiro / Capital New York:

‘Times’ comes to town, sweating in its gown — In a few weeks The New York Times will launch its long-awaited latest experiment in collaborative online journalism, The Local: East Village. — The L:EV, as it is referred to by its editors (they pronounce it “Lev"), announced itself back in February …

Guardian:

Media plug in as papers struggle — Political change boosts social media but adds to uncertainty for others, says our panel of experts — Steve Jobs, number one in the MediaGuardian 100 2010 — It has been a year of change in the traditional media industry - new editors at the Sun …

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Social Media Draws a Crowd — Start-Ups and Established Agencies Look to Carve a Niche in Online Action — As more and more advertising dollars flow into social media, some Madison Avenue firms are seeking to grab a piece of the action. But it will be a tough fight as the space is overrun …

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CNN:

CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — Interview With Bob Schieffer; Interview With Editor of RadarOnline — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: It's not hard to tell when Fox News is pushing a story. It shows up hour after hour after hour.

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Curt Hopkins / ReadWriteWeb:

70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement — Blogetery, a Wordpress platform, has seen its entire community shut down by its host, BurstNET. Subsequent statements by BurstNET indicated that the service was suspended at the request of an unidentified law enforcement agency. … Sponsor

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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Zero tolerance for latency — The big battle of the coming years will be a battle for time. For media related software or for web design, the fight will be for customers' or readers' attention, the challenge will be to prevent them from fleeing elsewhere and to give them more in less time.