Mediagazer: BBC and News Corp. Sharpen Attacks (Eric Pfanner/New York Times)

Americans Spending More Time Following the News — Ideological News Sources: Who Watches and Why — OVERVIEW — There are many more ways to get the news these days, and as a consequence Americans are spending more time with the news than over much of the past decade.

Discussion: Associated Press, On Media's Blog and Politics Daily

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

Media Notes: A new poll shows ‘old media’ holding their own in an Internet world — With news and gossip leaping off every laptop screen, smartphone and Facebook page, the common wisdom these days is that traditional news outlets are doomed. — But a funny thing happened on the way to the funeral …

Mat Honan / The Awl:

The First Interview: Meet Josh Simpson, the Man Behind Twitter's @BPGlobalPR — On May 19, @BPGlobalPR started sending out messages about the Gulf oil spill to Twitter. The parody account took on the persona of an inept and insensitive public relations pro working at BP …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and New York Magazine

New York Times:

Hollywood Reporter to Become a Weekly Magazine — LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Reporter has been dying a slow death for a decade, bleeding from layoffs, vanishing advertisers and diminished relevance in a news cycle now dominated by cutthroat entertainment blogs.

Discussion: media 360

Chris Dale / YouTube Blog:

Testing, testing...YouTube begins trial of new live streaming platform — From U2 to the Indian Premier League to the White House to E3, we've worked closely with our partners to give you a front row seat to a wide array of live events. Today and tomorrow, tune in as we open a new chapter of YouTube live streaming.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Beet.TV, NewTeeVee, CNET News, SlashGear, SocialTimes.com, Engadget, USA Today, The Next Web and All Things Digital, more at Techmeme »

The Independent:

Read all about it: The secret dossier of lawbreaking that spells trouble for Rupert Murdoch...and David Cameron — Rebekah Brooks was among journalists who used a private detective who was later convicted — The News of the World paid a private detective to provide hundreds of pieces …

Discussion: New York Magazine

David Carr / New York Times:

Retooling in Response to Politico — Everyone knows that Washington is a pretty good place to look for news. Less well known? You can make money doing it. — While the rest of the country cycles through the effects of the recession, Washington keeps spending money (our money) …

Simon Dumenco / AdAge:

RIP, the Press Release (1906-2010) — and Long Live the Tweet — When It Comes to Pithy Spin, Should Marketers Be Taking Their Cues From the Celebrity-Industrial Complex? — “I specifically ordered Persian rugs with cherub imagery!!! What do I have to do to get a simple Persian rug with cherub imagery uuuuugh.”

Discussion: POP! PR Jots

Chris Smith / New York Magazine:

America Is a Joke — The worst of times for politics and media has been the best of times for The Daily Show's host—and unfortunately things are getting even funnier. — I — t's hard to top a kick in the nuts. — Especially when the kicker is Linda McMahon, the Connecticut Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate.

Discussion: On Media's Blog

John Naughton / The Observer:

Good journalism will thrive, whatever the format — The web has been a boon for serious investigative writing — If I've learned one thing from watching the internet over two decades, it's this: prediction is futile. The reason is laughably simple: the network's architecture and lack …

Discussion: 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: Beyond Search, The News About The News, Kirk LaPointe's …, Runnin' Scared, Mashable! and Silicon Alley Insider