Mediagazer: Rupert Murdoch and the future of British media (Guardian)

Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:

The Death Of The RSS Reader — A weekly look at a story that is defining the news. — IAC (NSDQ: IACI) notoriously let Bloglines deteriorate since buying it five years ago; the company outsourced the RSS reader's engineering team to China several years ago and by the time it made the announcement today …

Discussion: Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, The Ask.com Blog, Silicon Alley Insider, Google Operating System, The Next Web and PC World, more at Techmeme »

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, paidContent and Silicon Alley Insider

yelvington.com:

Nine years of insanity, and journalism shares the blame — It is nine years now since the day America lost its mind. Since the day a small band of hate-filled terrorists opened the door to madness, and our nation walked right through. Since the day when the entire world was moved to stand as one …

Discussion: City Room, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Mediaite and Anil Dash

Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch and the future of British media — As angry MPs agree witnesses should be called to account over the phone-hacking affair, Henry Porter and Will Hutton examine the wide influence of the media empire behind the scandal — The malign influence of Rupert Murdoch on British life

Discussion: Press Gazette

Tom Lowry / Variety:

Media congloms: once burned, twice shy — Congloms wary, but climate could spur new wave — The bruising recession of the past two years clearly has left its imprint on the entertainment business, with spending going from profligate to prudent. Companies are hoarding unprecedented amounts of cash …

NPR's On the Media:

New and Old Media in Post-Katrina New Orleans — Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina wreaked profound devastation on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. The Times-Picayune and other outlets were praised for their coverage of the aftermath, but with countless government meetings and public forums to cover …

Peter Kirwan / Wired News:

What's Hiding in Demand Media's Finances? — If you believe the hype, Demand Media represents the beginning of the end for everything that's noble about journalism. — Coincidentally, Richard Rosenblatt's company, which runs sites like eHow, Cracked.com and Livestrong.com …

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Revealing Little, and Hoping It Will Make Viewers Want More — HARDLY a weekday goes by without a Twitter message or a Facebook post from Blair Underwood, one of the stars of “The Event,” NBC's single greatest hope for the fall television season. — The actor — or his digital assistant …

Discussion: TVbytheNumbers and Company Town

Ian Fullerton / Chicago Reader:

Everybody's a Reporter — The city makes it easier for journalists of all stripes to get to where the action is. — What does it mean to be a journalist? That's a complicated question these days, but in Chicago for decades there's been a rule of thumb.

Discussion: Romenesko

Chicago Sun Times:

“Roger Ebert presents At the Movies” — “Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies,” a weekly half-hour film review program, was announced today by its producers, Chaz and Roger Ebert. The program continues the 35-year-old run of a reviewing format first introduced by Gene Siskel and Ebert and later by Ebert and Richard Roeper.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, LA Observed, The Wrap, Tuned In, ArtsBeat, TVbytheNumbers, Deadline.com, /Film, The Hollywood Reporter, Cinematical, Broadcasting & Cable and New York Magazine

Knowledge@Wharton:

Posterous' Sachin Agarwal: In Search of ‘the Easiest Way to Publish Online’ — When Sachin Agarwal wanted to publish content online, he found that sites like YouTube and Flickr only took him part of the way. They did their jobs well, but there was no site offering a way to integrate photos, text and video into a single product.

Andy P / WordPress.com News:

Introducing Subscriptions — Keep track of posts across multiple blogs with the subscriptions reader. — Do you have trouble keeping track of all the blogs you read each morning? You may use RSS feeds to keep track, but those can be tricky to manage for a non-technical person.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and The Next Web

Libby Reinish / Save the News Blog:

No More Bleeding Ledes, Please — Sensationalism is rampant in our consolidated news system, where scandal, celebrity gossip and violence (or the threat of looming violence) lead the headlines. Ever wonder why this is all we see and read and hear? — It isn't simply that scandal …

Discussion: Common Sense Journalism and Silicon Alley Insider