Mediagazer: The Hazards of Hyperlocal — Why neighborhood news online … (Barb Palser /American Journalism Review)

11:20 AM ET, August 31, 2010

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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:

Exclusive: Glenn Beck Launches “News And Opinion” Website, The Blaze — Having conquered TV, radio, book publishing and now live events, Glenn Beck is looking to expand his media empire into a new arena - the web (obviously GlennBeck.com is thriving too). — Mediaite has the exclusive details …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals, Hollywood Reporter, The Blaze, Moneywood, The Wire, On Media's Blog, The Huffington Post, The New Yorker Blog, New York Magazine and The Wrap

Nate Freeman / New York Observer:

Huffington Post and the Would-Be Glenn Beck Sex Tape — Huffington Post contributor Beau Friedlander published a post to that site this morning offering $100,000 to anyone who could produce a sex tape of Glenn Beck, but it didn't stay online for long. A few hours after it went up the tags …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Media Matters for America, The Blaze, The Daily Caller and Skybarn

Barb Palser / American Journalism Review:

The Hazards of Hyperlocal — Why neighborhood news online is a dicey proposition A hallmark of a successful product is that it addresses an unmet consumer need or want, either conscious or latent. Like DVRs, Facebook and aerosol pancake batter. At this moment, news organizations …

Discussion: Lost Remote, Romenesko and HyperlocalBlogger

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

NYTimes.com Connects With Facebook; Users Must Opt In — We're not tracking every site that adds log ins using Facebook or Twitter but when the site is a few months away from putting up a paywall—and it's one of the top news sites— it's worth a little attention.

Discussion: Romenesko, eMedia Vitals, The Wire, New York Times, Guardian and WebNewser

Los Angeles Times:

Murdoch may be key to Apple's plan to offer 99-cent digital rentals of TV shows — Executives of the media baron's News Corp. are said to be split over whether to go along with the plan. NBC, CBS and Time Warner are opposed, while Disney is in favor. — The price that people pay to watch …

Discussion: TVWeek.com and Company Town, more at Techmeme »

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

Two Can Play That Game, Rupert — The Times has the smarter strategy in the head-to-head with The Wall Street Journal — Rupert Murdoch has de-emphasized business coverage in The Wall Street Journal since buying the paper in 2007, something that The Audit, focused as we are on the business press, has criticized quite a bit.

Discussion: Talking Biz News, The Big Picture and News On News

Dean Starkman / CJR:

Susanne Craig leaving WSJ for the NYT — Susanne Craig, one of The Wall Street Journal's star Wall Street reporters, is moving to The New York Times, a boost for the Times and the latest blow to the Journal's coverage of that core beat. — Craig told The Audit she's “looking forward to a new challenge.”

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Talking Biz News, Guardian, Runnin' Scared, New York Observer, New York Magazine and Romenesko

Scott Rosenberg / Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard:

In Defense of Links, Part Two: Money changes everything … The Web is deep in many directions, yet it is also, undeniably, full of distractions. These distractions do not lie at the root of the Web's nature. They're out on its branches, where we find desperate businesses perched …

Discussion: Romenesko and Washington Post

Scott Rosenberg / Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard:
In Defense of Links, Part One: Nick Carr, hypertext and delinkification

Discussion: TeleRead

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The AP and Google reach a licensing renewal agreement — here's what it might mean for their relationship — Earlier today, Google and The Associated Press announced that they've struck a new licensing deal that will allow Google to continue posting content from the news cooperative.

Discussion: Associated Press, Editors Weblog, Media News International and Romenesko

Josh Cohen / Google News Blog:
Extending the Associated Press as Hosted News partner

Discussion: Shelly Palmer, paidContent:UK, Wall Street Journal, Strupp, PC Magazine, 901am, bizjournals, GigaOm, DailyFinance and The Wrap

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google & AP Extend Long-Term Content Deal

Discussion: Relevant Results and The Next Web

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Roku Tries A Price Reset With Google TV, Apple Whatever In The Wings — Video service Roku cut prices by 23 to 30 percent across its WiFi set tops today, taking its most expensive device below $100 in the hopes of being perceived as the best value heading into the fall sales season.

Discussion: NewTeeVee, more at Techmeme »

Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:

As Newsweek Staff Dwindles, Still No Savior In Sight — Turnover is probably a good thing for a magazine as sclerotic and outmoded as Newsweek, and there's been turnover aplenty in the weeks since audio equipment mogul Sidney Harman bought the failing title from the Washington Post Co. (WPO).

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Another Departure From Newsweek

Discussion: On Media's Blog

Jason Fell / Folio:

Modern Luxury Sold — Regional magazine publisher to be bought by Atlanta-based Dickey Publishing. — After going on the block this spring, regional magazine publisher Modern Luxury Media has agreed to be sold to Atlanta-based Dickey Publishing. Under terms of the deal …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

WWD:

French Vogue Celebrates 90... A Bigger Niche?... Cindy Sherman Wears Chanel... WWD.com is the authority for news and trends in the worlds of fashion, beauty and retail. Featuring daily headlines and breaking news from all Women's Wear Daily publications, WWD.com provides …

Julie Bosman / ArtsBeat:

Esteemed Literary Journal Closes Offices After Suicide — The award-winning literary journal The Virginia Quarterly Review has canceled its winter issue and closed its offices in the aftermath of the suicide last month of its managing editor and a subsequent investigation by the University of Virginia, which operates the journal.

Discussion: New York Observer

Om Malik / GigaOm:

The New Now: How Real Time Redefines the Now — This past week, Nova Spivack, founder of Twine, a web service that dealt with information overload, stopped by in our offices to discuss the future of the web. I first met Nova when he started Earthweb (now called Dice.com), and over the years have kept in touch with him.

Discussion: PSFK

Jason Fell / Folio:

Gourmet Brand to Return to Print—As Special Newsstand-Only Issues — First up is Gourmet Quick Kitchen, due out next month. — Is shuttered Gourmet clawing its way back out of the grave? — After being shut down by Condé Nast last fall, the publisher announced in June …

Discussion: New York Observer, MinOnline, Free Press and Gawker

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Piers Morgan Finally Admits to CNN Talks — LOS ANGELES — Piers Morgan broke his silence about his impending job at CNN on Sunday, saying in a red carpet interview at the Emmys that negotiations are almost finished. — Mr. Morgan has been in talks with CNN this summer about replacing Larry King …

Discussion: Inside Cable News, New York Observer, The Wire and News On News

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

5 Lessons from Longshot, A Magazine Made in 48 Hours — Weekends bring out the avocation in people. Some rock-climb. Other people play in basketball leagues. Hobbyists build robots. My friends and I make magazines. — I co-founded Longshot Magazine with Mat Honan and Sarah Rich a few months ago.

Discussion: The Daily Dish

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

ESPN Teaming With YouTube for ‘SportsCenter’ Stunt — Social media blitz by sports network — Who doesn't want to appear in a highlight on SportsCenter? Now you might get your chance. — ESPN is getting ready to launch a tie-in between SportsCenter and YouTube in which fans will be able …

Discussion: TVWeek.com

Matt / Argo, the Blog:

Sourcing images: best practices and best sources — There's a whole universe of images out there, but you have to be mindful. (Courtesy of NASA.gov) — We consistently hear from the Argo-bloggers that the most difficult part of blogging is the visual component - telling your stories in pictures as well as words.

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Local news rivals doom publisher pay walls — The local news sites being developed by Yahoo, AOL, Huffington Post and a growing number of other online players will dash the hopes of most newspaper publishers of charging for access to their online content. — While newspaper executives …

Discussion: Editors Weblog, Kirk LaPointe's …, Media Matters for America, paidContent and eMedia Vitals, more at Techmeme »

Knoxville News-Sentinel:

Future of news: Insider Dave Morgan touts new media — Digital startups said to have advantage over traditional outlets — Register or log in using your account on these websites. — Web Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH — This is a question-and-answer interview with Dave Morgan …

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