Mediagazer: Online, a Journalist Adds a Business Role (Brian Stelter/Media Decoder)

9:45 AM ET, July 19, 2010

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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.

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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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.

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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 …

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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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

CNBC.com reports record month in June — Business news site CNBC.com had its best June ever in terms of unique visitors. — According to latest data from comScore Media Metrix, the site was visited by 5.6 million unique users this past month and generated 278 million page views.

Jonathan Handel / Hollywood Reporter:

Transportation strike could paralyze Hollywood — Teamsters dispute with studios may lead to Aug. shutdown — In two weeks, Hollywood might be stranded by the side of the road. — A labor drama playing out behind closed doors could lead to an Aug. 1 strike by thousands of transportation workers …

Discussion: New York Magazine and The Huffington Post

justin & lex @ g20:

Christie Blatchford, You're Obsolete. — FROM LEX: — I've been really dying to respond to Christie Blatchford's ridiculous article in the Globe and Mail for the last two weeks, but every time I sit down to write about it, I just get cranky. Especially because the July 3rd issue …