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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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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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Joshua Neuman / Heeb Magazine:
So Much for Controlling the Media — I have some good news and some bad news. — The good news is that Heebmagazine.com will continue to provide trenchant analysis of world events, cultural critique of all that is Jewish and Goyish and countless photos of scantily-clad Israeli models under …
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The Wrap, New York Observer, Gawker, New York Press and New York Magazine
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Yahoo Revs Up Its Local Content Efforts — Over the last year, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has talked repeatedly about the importance of both local content and local advertising. But, while the company has announced local ad partnerships with Gannett (NYSE: GCI) and direct marketer Valassis …
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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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MediaMemo and HyperlocalBlogger
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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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Google Goes Hunting for a Music Boss — Anybody want to run the music division of the world's biggest media company? Because Google is hiring: The search giant is casting about for an executive to run its music service, which doesn't actually exist yet. — Industry sources tell me Google …
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Media Maverick and Electronista, more at Techmeme »
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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Between the Lines Blog and TechCrunch
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Will Richmond / VideoNuze:
Over 88% of Hulu Plus Content is Already Available for Free on Hulu.com — A new analysis of all the content available on Hulu Plus reveals that over 88% of all the full-length TV program episodes available in the $10/mo subscription service are already freely accessible on Hulu.com.
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Fast Company, /Film and the Econsultancy blog, more at Techmeme »
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Hulu Plus By The Numbers: 14 Percent More TV Than Basic Hulu
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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.
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Jason Pinter / The Huffington Post:
Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner Speak Out On Franzen Feud: HuffPost Exclusive — What's Your Reaction: — With the publication of Jonathan Franzen's fourth novel, Freedom, which was extensively covered in the New York Times while Franzen himself appeared on the cover of TIME magazine …
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GalleyCat, The Awl, New York Observer, Jezebel, Gawker and Politics Daily
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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TVNewser, Gawker, The Daily Caller, The Wrap, The Wire, Mediaite, Wonkette, Inside Cable News, On Media's Blog, The Huffington Post, NTS MediaOnline and Chickaboomer
Jerry Barmash / FishbowlNY:
Exclusive: Veteran Anchor Mike Schneider Discusses His Time at Bloomberg — Between February 3 and 4 of 2009, more than 100 Bloomberg Radio and TV staffers were laid off at their world headquarters in New York. — It was an unprecedented move for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's financial news outlet …
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Ian Shapira / Story Lab:
From rumor to reporting: The Washington Times story — This week, a major story about The Washington Times broke, but news coverage of the change in ownership at the faltering paper began and ended in two vastly different places. Let's take a look, step by step, at how the story …
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Romenesko, FishbowlDC and New York Magazine
MediaShift Idea Lab:
10 Must-Read Sites for Hyper-Local Publishers — Here at NowSpots we're developing a new advertising platform that will let local publishers sell and publish real-time ads on their sites. In my last post here on MediaShift Idea Lab, I explained why real-time ads are a better business model …
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Tribune says it has about $1.6 billion in cash on hand — There's been a lot of media speculation lately regarding our Chapter 11 process — and the temptation is to let it distract us from the things that matter most: focusing on our business and serving our customers and communities.
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Tim Carmody / Epicenter:
5 Myths About Philadelphia's ‘Blogging Tax’ — Philadelphia: ‘Proclaim LIBERTY throughout the land,’ by Tony the Misfit/flickr. Used gratefully via a Creative Commons license — The city of Philadelphia has been under fire on the web for what's been called a “blogging tax,” …
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