Mediagazer: The State of Internet Music on YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, and Facebook (Austin Carr/Fast Company)

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

Editor Martin Dunn Out at New York Daily News (Updated) — Multiple sources tell us that New York Daily News editor Martin Dunn is stepping down. The newsroom was just notified. He's citing “family reasons” for his departure. Dunn's departure memo, after the jump. [Updated below].

Discussion: Media Decoder, New York Observer, New York Post, FishbowlNY, Runnin' Scared, The Wrap, Gothamist, Romenesko, Crain's New York Business and Jon Slattery

Boston Herald's Convey named NYDN editor — MARTIN DUNN TO LEAVE DAILY NEWS; VETERAN JOURNALIST KEVIN CONVEY APPOINTED NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF — NEW YORK (July 20, 2010) Daily News Chairman and Publisher, Mort Zuckerman, and Editor-in-Chief Martin Dunn, announced that Dunn is leaving the Daily News to deal with a family medical issue.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Peter Lauria / The Daily Beast:

Sumner's Witch Hunt — Viacom's billionaire owner wants to know who's badmouthing his girl-band pet project to The Daily Beast. And he offered to make Peter Lauria “well-rewarded” if he fessed up. HEAR THE TAPE. — Viacom employees be warned: Sumner Redstone is on a witch hunt.

Discussion: MediaMemo, Romenesko, Speakeasy, Company Town, FishbowlNY, Movieline, Jezebel, Mediaite, TVNewser, The Wrap, mediabistro.com, New York Observer, Media Decoder and Gawker

Joe Pompeo / The Wire:

Sumner Redstone Tries To Bribe Reporter To Reveal Sources Who Embarrassed Him — Remember the sex war that was brewing at MTV last month? The one where MTV CEO Judy McGrath was on the verge of leaving the company because 87-year-old Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone was forcing the network …

Discussion: Company Town

Joe Pompeo / The Wire:

Longtime Top Forbes Editor William Baldwin Is Changing Roles To Become A Writer — William Baldwin, one of the highest-ranking editorial staffers on the Forbes masthead, who's basically been editing the magazine since 1999 (Steve Forbes has the title of editor-in-chief), announced today that he's, well, transitioning to a new role.

Discussion: MinOnline, Romenesko, New York Observer, paidContent, BusinessJournalism.org … and Talking Biz News

Reyhan Harmanci / Bay Citizen:

From Ashes of 48 Hour Magazine Rises Longshot Media — This morning, J-Lab announced the recipients of the Knight-Batten Innovation Award, and SF-based experimental 48 Hour Magazine got recognized with a $1,000 prize. It's perhaps more accurate to refer to it as the magazine formerly known as 48 Hour.

Joe Pompeo / The Wire:

48 HR Magazine Gets A New Name That CBS Can't Sue Them Over — Here's an update to the story of the small experimental magazine that set out to do something new and different, and the big bad mainstream media company that tried to ruin all their fun. — 48 HR magazine, so-named for the amount …

Discussion: TVNewser

Henry Blodget / The Wire:

On Our Third Birthday, Some Thoughts On Digital Media And The Future Of The Newspaper Business — Yesterday, we poked fun at the New York Times's latest discussion of how hard people in successful online media companies work. — We poked fun because the New York Times never seems to portray the energy …

Discussion: Romenesko and Gannett Blog

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Times loses nearly 90% of online readers — Less than three weeks after the Times paywall went up, data shows a massive decline in web traffic — The Times has lost almost 90% of its online readership compared to February since making registration mandatory in June, calculations by the Guardian show.

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Gawker, State of the Fourth Estate, New York Magazine, The Staggers and MediaPost

Discussion: Online Journalism Blog and Jon Slattery

Ryan Broderick / The Awl:

Helpful Explanations: Understanding the Gawker v. 4chan Thing — Now, I don't want to beat a dead horse, but this is the internet, and beating a dead horse is an Olympic sport around here. So for those of you seemingly out of the loop about this Gawker v 4chan nonsense, here's a bit of context.

Discussion: MomLogic, msnbc.com, Gawker and Runnin' Scared

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Keach Hagey / The Politico:

Dana Priest's controversial co-author — With two Pulitzer Prizes to her name, Dana Priest is one of the Washington Post's most celebrated reporters. Until Monday, when the Post published the first installment of a bombshell series on post-9/11 intelligence industrial complex …

Discussion: Romenesko, Mediaite and Big Journalism

John Koblin / New York Observer:

Intrigue at The Times Magazine: Marzorati's Departure Followed Soured Morale and a Controversial Deputy — Just over four years ago, The New York Times' magazine empire was getting bigger and richer, and a reward was in order. In March 2006, executive editor Bill Keller announced …

Marion Maneker / The Big Money:

Is the Wall Street Journal the Future of News Video? — Why TV news in 2015 could look a lot like the outlet's video today. — It's not hard to mock the Wall Street Journal's online video operation. The outlet's daily broadcasts can feel a bit like the A.V. club at a tony school aping the nightly news.

Discussion: Romenesko

Sam Whiting / San Francisco Chronicle:

KQED expands local news, integrates media — KQED expands local news, integrates media — KQED Public Media will increase its local news content and integrate radio and online formats starting today when 10 newscasts are added to 88.5 FM and made instantly available in audio on kqednews.org.

Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:

Marine Corps drops PR rep for referring to RIMPAC as SNOOZEPAC on blog — The annual Rim of the Pacific exercise — called RIMPAC — has thousands of sailors and Marines participating in 38 days of nation-building and joint operations off the coast of Hawaii.

Discussion: Battle Rattle

Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:

The Ideology Of Journalists: A Response To Jay Rosen — Here is my first attempt at responding to Jay Rosen's advice to journalists. I largely agree with his basic points. But I propose an additional distinction between ideological polemics and journalism.

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

MOG Launches All-You-Can-Eat Music Service For iPhone And Android — After months of waiting, it's finally here. Streaming music service MOG has launched its mobile applications for Android and iPhone, giving subscribers unlimited access to its library of 8 million songs, which can be streamed or downloaded over both 3G and WiFi.

Discussion: GigaOM and MediaPost

Margaret Sullivan / Buffalo News:

Editor: End of anonymous commenting stirs debate — A few weeks ago, I wrote about The News' plans to change our policy on readers' online comments. The gist is this: Beginning Aug. 2, we will no longer post anonymous comments. If you want to comment in The News — both in print and online …

Discussion: Romenesko and MarketingVOX

MediaShift:

AOL Patch and MainStreetConnect Expand Hyper-Local News — It's difficult for media people to search any job site these days without running into an ad for AOL's Patch. It seems equally difficult to read media news sites without finding a feature story about Connecticut's MainStreetConnect.

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

The State of Internet Music on YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, and Facebook — “More people are engaged with music than ever before,” said Tom Silverman, chairman and CEO of Tommy Boy Records. “It's a hockey stick going up; it's an incredible opportunity that so far has eluded us.”

Discussion: hypebot

DAN FIERMAN / GQ:

Bill Murray Is Ready To See You Now — He is one of the greatest comic actors alive. A man who's navigated his career with a peerless instinct for quality and self-respect. The man behind movies—from Caddyshack to Stripes, from Rushmore to Lost in Translation—that seem to have defined …

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