Mediagazer: Heeb Magazine Suspends Print Edition, Goes On-Line Only (Eric Kohn/Speakeasy)

5:30 PM ET, August 26, 2010

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Matthew Lynch / WWD:

Newsweek Editorial Director Steps Down — Newsweek editorial director Mark Miller has resigned, several sources have told WWD. — Save for a yearlong stint with ABC News in the 1990s, Miller had been with the magazine in almost every conceivable editorial capacity since joining as a summer intern in 1985.

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

ITunes Music Update: Think Social, Not Streaming — When will Apple launch a cloud-based version of the iTunes music service that lets you stream your songs to wherever you are, whenever you want? — Probably not at Apple's newest product launch next week.

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Eric Kohn / Speakeasy:

Heeb Magazine Suspends Print Edition, Goes On-Line Only … This morning, “Heeb” publisher and editor-in-chief Josh Neuman announced on the magazine's website that the snarky Jewish publication has ceased production of its print edition. This should come as no surprise to anyone following …

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John Mayer / one forty plus:

Huffington Post FULL OF S**T? (Yes!) — Ahh, Huffington Post, the internet Death Star. The world's first spectator banking website. Come watch a site's intelligence move in and out like bellows of accordion depending on whether or not there's ad dollars to be sucked out of any willing orifice.

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New York Post:

MSNBC's Ed Schultz goes bonkers — MSNBC talk show screamer Ed Schultz had a meltdown in the network's 30 Rock newsroom, shouting at staff, “I'm going to torch this [bleep]ing place.” — The hot-tempered anchor of “The Ed Show” lost it during a phone call in the packed studio and slammed down the phone before exploding.

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David Kaplan / paidContent:

Cisco Buys Online Video Distributor ExtendMedia — Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) is in the process of acquiring ExtendMedia, a company that specializes in managing online video content. The space has seen some consolidation lately and with the growth of mobile video, the rate of acquisitions is likely to increase rapidly.

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Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:

Cisco's ExtendMedia Purchase: TV Everywhere And Beyond — Cisco doubled down on TV Everywhere today, announcing the intent to acquire Massachusetts-based ExtendMedia in order to bolster its IP video delivery infrastructure. The company said in a press release that ExtendMedia's video CMS will be …

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Peter Lauria / The Daily Beast:

Why Eisner Fits at Tribune — Many in Hollywood seemed puzzled yesterday by reports that the former Disney chief might run a newspaper company. Peter Lauria has four reasons why Michael Eisner seems open to it. — Hollywood was buzzing yesterday about reports that Michael Eisner …

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John Lippman / Company Town:
Tribune Co. creditors court Michael Eisner and Jeff Shell for top jobs

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Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Yahoo readies San Francisco news site — Moving quickly to leverage its $90 million-ish acquisition of Associated Content, Yahoo has begun recruiting writers to begin building a local news site for the San Francisco area. — Though hundreds of news shops of every shape …

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David Pogue / New York Times:

New Kindle Leaves Rivals Farther Back — Too bad there's not a reality TV show called “America's Most Freaked-Out Tech-Company Meetings,” where you watch classic panicked board meetings. For example, when the Apple employee left an iPhone 4 prototype in a bar. Or when Intel learned that its Pentium chip contained a math error.

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Sarah Hartley:

10 Characteristics of hyperlocal — What, if anything, the term ‘hyperlocal’ now means is something that keeps coming up in conversations I have and it strikes me that it's no longer necessarily defined by a tight geographical area, but instead seems to have evolved to describe more of an attitude than a place.

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

DISNEY, WARNER BROS. SUE TO STOP ADVERTISING ON PIRATE WEBSITES — EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. and the Walt Disney Co. have teamed up in a new legal effort to choke off the air supply of various websites that post and index links to pirated movies. — The two studios are suing Triton Media …

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Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:

New Technology to Lure Shoppers — Marketers Try Interactive Mirrors, Discounts via Scanners — It's Steven Spielberg's futuristic “Minority Report” come to life. — Marketing companies are experimenting with a new wave of digital technologies to pitch to consumers while they shop …

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Jason Fell / Folio:

Meredith Title Next Up to Insert Video Ad in Print Magazine — Successful Farming's August issue features a video ad from pesticide advertiser. — It was only a matter of time before more print magazines followed Entertainment Weekly's footsteps and start incorporating video elements into their print magazines.

Danah Boyd / Technology Review:

Why Privacy Is Not Dead — The way privacy is encoded into software doesn't match the way we handle it in real life. — Each time Facebook's privacy settings change or a technology makes personal information available to new audiences, people scream foul. Each time, their cries seem to fall on deaf ears.

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:

How Entertainment Weekly Embraces the Digital Age — YouTube Channels, Mobile Apps and Barcoded Pages — In partnership with Entertainment Weekly, YouTube just announced the launch of a specialized site for getting a sneak peek at the new television season which includes …

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Rob ORegan / eMedia Vitals:

Economist seeks to replicate ‘immersive’ qualities of print on iPhone and iPad — The Economist's paid content strategy hinges on the quality of its journalism (more so than its clever advertising). It is one of the few magazine publishers to claim success with a partial online paywall.

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