Mediagazer: John Sigle: News is what is, not what you want to hear (Shreveport Times)

3:45 AM ET, September 1, 2010

Top News:

Apple Said to Plan Netflix Service on New TV Product — Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc., preparing to announce a new set-top box that delivers video to consumers' TVs, will include programming from Netflix Inc., according to three people with knowledge of the plans.

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Kristin Huguet / Apple:

Apple to Provide Live Video Streaming of September 1 Event — What: — Live video stream of Apple's September 1 event — When: — Where: — www.apple.com — Live Video Streaming — Apple® will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple's industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming …

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
TV Tiptoes into the Web: Why Apple's iTunes Rentals Aren't Game-Changers

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Los Angeles Times:
Murdoch may be key to Apple's plan to offer 99-cent digital rentals of TV shows

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Mike Florio / NBCSports.com:

Washington Post suspends Mike Wise for a month — At the outset of his daily radio show on 106.7 the Fan in D.C., Mike Wise announced that the Washington Post has imposed a one-month suspension on him for his ill-advised Tuesday Twitter hoax regarding, ironically, the suspension of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Discussion: Ombudsman Blog, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Yahoo! News, Romenesko, NBC Sports, DailyFinance, TBD All News, Press Coverage, The Wrap and Deadspin

Aaron Morrissey / DCist:

A Few Words On Twitter, Journalism and Mike Wise — Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise tried to make a statement about the way that we consume media in the social media age. For that, he's reportedly been suspended from his job for a month. The lesson: no one is bigger than the medium.

Discussion: SportsGrid, Romenesko and TBD All News

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Sports Columnist Cunningly Uses Twitter to Prove That He's Dumb

Discussion: D.C. Sports Bog, Scocca, Press Coverage and Back Porch FanHouse

Erik Wemple / TBD:
Colleague defends Washington Post's Mike Wise

Discussion: Washington Post, D.C. Sports Bog, New York Observer, Deadspin, Press Coverage, Romenesko and Back Porch FanHouse

Dominic Patten / The Wrap:

Michael Eisner Close to Tribune Co. Takeover — Michael Eisner is ready to cross the finish line. — An announcement on the former Disney CEO becoming the chairman of the Tribune Co., is imminent, a person familiar with the talks has told TheWrap. — “Right now, it's going to be Eisner,” the person said.

Discussion: Romenesko, Gawker, MediaPost, Los Angeles Times, FishbowlNY and New York Observer

Village Voice:

NYC's Golden Gossip Era Fades — Gotham gossip loses grip, fights off rabble. Rattled tattletales tell all. — A few months ago, Richard Johnson, the 56-year-old long-time editor of Page Six, walks into the office of his boss, New York Post editor-in-chief Col Allan.

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:

Want to join my entrepreneurial journalism class? — I have a little room in my entrepreneurial journalism class at CUNY. — I'd especially like a few under- or unemployed journalists looking to start businesses in the class to add to the mix of experience among the students.

Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:

iPad Newspapers: Ripe For Innovation — Just as the iPad has proven to be a boon to magazine publishers, newspapers have flocked to the device too. All of the major western newspapers have an iPad app now: the New York Times, Wall St Journal, Guardian, USA Today, Financial Times, and others.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee: Cable iPad Apps at the Forefront of TV Everywhere

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Deseret News Tries A Controlled Burn To Save Itself — Last week, one of the nation's top dailies imploded its structure to go “digital first.” Today, the Deseret News, a much smaller paper in Salt Lake City, Utah, is following USA Today with an equally radical reorganization but very different emphasis …

Discussion: Deseret News, Romenesko, Salt Lake Tribune, rbr.com, B&C and Collective Talent

Wall Street Journal:

Amazon Grabs the TV Remote — Amazon.com Inc. is working on a new subscription service that would deliver TV shows and movies over the Internet, ramping up the battle among Web companies to control entertainment in the living room. — The Internet retailer has in recent weeks pitched …

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News & Tech:

Dallas Morning News planning paid website — The Dallas Morning News plans to convert a portion of its website to paid access within the next six months, News & Tech has learned. — The Morning News' strategy will include walling off stories written by the paper's staff writers …

Discussion: Unfair Park and Romenesko

Paul Bedard / US News:

Washington Times Sold For $1, Just Like Newsweek — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon is regaining control of the Washington Times after allies of the South Korean spiritual leader agreed to acquire the paper for just $1 and assumption of most if its debts, according to an internal memo.

Discussion: The Wrap

Shreveport Times:

John Sigle: News is what is, not what you want to hear — Yes, they do have a very large and qualified staff of reporters and broadcasters, and they do cover breaking non-political news events as well as anybody. But their commentary programs, despite charades to the contrary …

Jim Romenesko / Poynter Online:

Too many old, decrepit newspaper captains — Too many old, decrepit newspaper captains — Missoulian digital manager Tim Akimoff's farewell (posted on Facebook) — The next adventure — So I've tried to live by G.K. Chesterton's quotes for the last few years of my life.

Discussion: The Wire

MediaPost:

Don't Be Afraid Of The Cookie Monster — There's an early episode of “Law & Order: SVU” (this one) in which detective Stabler is explaining to his teenage daughter why he put a parental control package on her computer and read her emails. It's because, he says pointing to the screen …

Mac Slocum / O'Reilly Radar:

Hacking online advertising — I gloss over the text ads that appear at the top of Gmail, but this one caught my eye: — I think it's clear I'm not the founder of TechCrunch. In that sense the ad failed to reach its intended audience. But I did notice the ad. I even clicked through.

The Independent:

Jonathan Ross returning to the BBC — Jonathan Ross is to return to the BBC less than three months after his high-profile departure, to host a movie awards show, it was announced today. — The star, whose contract with the corporation ended in July, spelling the end for his BBC1 chat show …