Mediagazer: Liz Murdoch takes a Shine to independence (Financial Times)

7:25 AM ET, July 26, 2010

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Nick Davies / Guardian:

Afghanistan war logs: Story behind biggest leak in intelligence history — From US military computers to a cafe in Brussels, how thousands of classified papers found their way to online activists — Julian Assange on the Afghanistan war logs: ‘They show the true nature of this war’

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New York Times:

Piecing Together the Reports, and Deciding What to Publish — The articles published today are based on thousands of United States military incident and intelligence reports — records of engagements, mishaps, intelligence on enemy activity and other events from the war in Afghanistan …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk, Guardian, CNN, Media News, The Politico, The Atlantic Online, Mediaite, Embargo Watch, New York Magazine and Hot Air

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

WikiLeaks May Have Just Changed the Media, Too — The website WikiLeaks has published more than 90,000 leaked U.S. military records about the war in Afghanistan. Marc Ambinder has a lot more about the content of the classified archive, but there's another fascinating aspect to the story …

Discussion: PressThink, New York Times, Danger Room, The Nation, BAGnewsNotes, wikileaks.org, BBC News, Jon Slattery, The Huffington Post, Fast Company, Wonkette, Threat Level, FP Passport and FM Blog, more at Techmeme »

Daniel Lyons / Newsweek:

Arianna's Answer — The Huffington Post may have figured out the future of journalism. But it's going to be a very difficult future. — Arianna Huffington at her home in July. — If you had to declare a winner among Internet media companies today, the victor easily would be Arianna Huffington.

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Tallying Up Viewers — Industry Group to Study How a Mobile Nation Uses Media — Some of the nation's biggest media companies and advertisers, seeking to develop new ways of measuring audiences, could make Apple Inc.'s iPhone the vehicle for a study of how Americans consume media on a range of devices …

Discussion: Search Engine Watch and mocoNews

Chris Lefkow / Agence France Presse:

Fees for online news yet to succeed — Top technology and media executives wrapped up a three-day conference in Aspen, Colorado, during which they grappled with — and left unresolved — the question of whether readers will pay for news online. — Firmly in the paid camp in the “paid vs. free” …

Nicholas Watt / Guardian:

BBC website ‘needs clearer red lines’ — Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt praises corporation but also raises several concerns in Andrew Marr interview — The BBC needs “clearer red lines” around its website to allow competitors that depend on private revenue to survive, the government warned today.

Financial Times:

Liz Murdoch takes a Shine to independence — Media mogul daughter's Shine Productions has hit the $1bn mark with operating profits expected to be around £50m next year

Stefanie Cohen / New York Post:

Cashin' in on video — They're stars of the tiny screen — YouTube legends living unassumingly next door. — Almost 450,000 viewers tune in to 20-year-old Tessa Violet, a k a MeekaKitty, as she rants about infomercials, video games and whatever else pops in her mind while she hangs out in her mom's apartment.

Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:

Sumner Redstone's strange world: “He thinks he's Paul Newman” — EXCLUSIVE: THR learns his raunchy girl-band is a go at MTV as new details emerge — MTV has confirmed to THR that a reality show about an aspiring raunchy girl band favored by the boss, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone …

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Understanding the Digital Natives — They see life as a game. They enjoy nothing more than outsmarting the system. They don't trust politicians, medias, nor brands. They see corporations as inefficient and plagued by an outmoded hierarchy. Even if they harbor little hope of doing better …

Mike Shields / Mediaweek:

NBCU Creates Its Own Ad Network — NBCU has created its answer to an online ad network—though one comprised solely of its owned-and-operated sites. — Called Universal Audience Platform (UAP), the group, which will have its own logo and staff, will be headed by Nick Johnson, svp, NBCU Digital Media Sales.

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