Mediagazer: The Daily Meal Swallows Up Always Hungry, Names Jeff Zalaznick … (David Cohen/WebNewser)

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

So A Blogger Walks Into A Bar... Yesterday I was tipped off about a “secret meeting” between a group of “Super Angels” being held at Bin 38, a restaurant and bar in San Francisco. “Do not come, you will not be welcome,” I was told. — So I did what any self respecting blogger would do …

Discussion: WebNewser, Silicon Alley Insider, A VC, VentureBeat, GigaOM, Gawker, eMedia Vitals, Fortune, Felix Salmon, PC World, Techdirt, Adventures in Capitalism, the Econsultancy blog, watchmojo.com, FM Blog and broadstuff, more at Techmeme »

Discussion: GigaOM and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

Huffington snags N.Y. Times star — In the latest sign that Web sites can compete on an equal footing with media giants, a top reporter for the New York Times is defecting to the Huffington Post. — Peter Goodman, until recently the paper's national economic correspondent and now a writer …

Discussion: The Wire, Gawker, Soup and The Wrap

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Six Apart Deal With VideoEgg Marks the End of an Era — After denying rumors of a deal over the past several weeks, blogging platform Six Apart and advertising network VideoEgg have confirmed they are merging to create a new social-media company called SAY Media.

Discussion: Bits and WebNewser

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

VideoEgg Will Acquire Six Apart And Rename Itself SAY Media — Advertising network VideoEgg will acquire blogging and advertising network Six Apart, and the combined entity will be renamed Say Media. The companies will officially announce the transaction tomorrow.

Discussion: CNET News, Mashable!, Anil Dash, Everything TypePad, One Man & His Blog, Business Wire, VentureBeat, The Blog Herald, The Next Web, paidContent:UK and Digital Daily

Irina Slutsky / AdAge:
VideoEgg Buys Six Apart to Build ‘Conversational’ Media Company

Discussion: Movable Type and ClickZ

Henry Blodget / The Wire:

The Next Shoe Drops At The New York Times: Now Circulation Revenue Is Starting To Decline — The New York Times Company just issued a disappointing outlook for Q3. — None of the news is good, but the worst part is that the company's circulation revenue, which held the ship together through the bust, is starting to break down.

Discussion: Romenesko

Discussion: Associated Press, Gannett Blog and eMedia Vitals

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter Online:

How Slate's Jack Shafer Calls Out Bogus Trend Stories — After Jack Shafer called out The New York Times for running a “bogus trend story” about criminals wearing Yankees caps, journalists had fun with the criticism on Twitter. — The Times' Nicholas Kristof tweeted: “@jackshafer Quit picking on us!

Discussion: Romenesko

Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:

What's Behind the Exodus at Newsweek? — Next week, the sale of Newsweek to Sidney Harman will be finalized, giving the 91-year-old audio equipment magnate control of the struggling newsweekly. — And the magazine's masthead will look quite a bit different than the one he agreed to buy more than a month ago.

Discussion: Romenesko

Julie Creswell / New York Times:

For a Few, Papers Seem a Timely Bet — Randall D. Smith, a pioneer in the hard knocks business of vulture investing, is circling a new target: the beleaguered newspaper industry. — Mr. Smith puts money into risky investments that few others will touch — and these days, that includes many newspaper and radio companies.

Discussion: Romenesko and Guardian

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Tim Armstrong Won't Talk About AOL's Secret Video Plans — Tim Armstrong will usually talk at length, if not in specifics, about what he's up to at AOL. Not so when it comes to video. — “Yes, we have a video strategy, and no, I'm not going go into detail on it,” he told (or didn't tell) …

Discussion: paidContent and Silicon Alley Insider

Andrew Wallenstein / Hollywood Reporter:

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate enters Web business — Studio orders 24 episodes of original series ‘Trailer Trash’ — Lionsgate is venturing into original Web programming years after its fellow studios have entered — and in some cases, exited — that struggling business.

Brent Lang / The Wrap:

TheGrill: People Spend More Than Half Their Day Consuming Media — What a difference two years make. — More has changed in media consumption over the last two years than in the 30 years that proceeded it, Bruce Friend, president of Ipsos OTX MediaCT said at the TheWrap's Grill Conference on Monday night.

Discussion: Romenesko, MediaPost, National Media, BusinessJournalism.org … and Poynter Online

DigiDave:

Six Journalism Startups and Analysis: Plus One Dead Startup Another Rises from the Dead — In the last few weeks there has been some interesting and exciting news in the journalism-startup world. I wanted to take some time to highlight new players and provide my own personal analysis.

Discussion: MediaShift Idea Lab, eMedia Vitals and Editors Weblog

Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk:

New online platform to allow freelancers to auction exclusive stories — A new online app has been launched for freelancers looking to sell exclusive stories and ideas to news editors. — Qluso, which was developed by Northern Irish technology start-up NewsRupt and goes live in beta on 4 October …

Discussion: Guardian

Victor Godinez / Dallas Morning News:

Belo, Time Warner fire volleys in talks over TV stations — Time Warner Cable Inc. and Dallas-based Belo Corp. are negotiating a new agreement over how much Time Warner will pay Belo to carry several of its television stations in markets around the country, including ABC affiliate WFAA-TV (Channel 8) in Dallas.

Discussion: MediaPost

David Cohen / WebNewser:

The Daily Meal Swallows Up Always Hungry, Names Jeff Zalaznick National Restaurant Editor — The Daily Meal added Always Hungry founder and editor-in-chief and Dine Private founder Jeff Zalaznick to its menu as national restaurant editor, as the Spanfeller Media Group food site prepares for its Oct. 15 launch.

Discussion: paidContent and Eater National

Tom Krazit / Relevant Results:

Google News turns 8 amid news industry in flux — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Krishna Bharat, founder and engineering head of Google News, was stuck in New Orleans at a conference in the days after September 11, 2001, and like so many others desperately searching for news about the attacks …

Discussion: Google News Blog

Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:

John Cook Leaving (Maw of) Yahoo News, Returning to Gawker — Andrew Golis of Yahoo just posted a job opening noting that John Cook is going back to Gawker! Doesn't this sound familiar? … Recently, Peter Goodman left the New York Times for the Huffington Post, noting that...

Discussion: Andrew Golis and Romenesko

Jeff Ruby / Chicago magazine:

Why the Professional Restaurant Critic Will Survive the Age of Yelp — PEER REVIEW: Anthony Bourdain is wrong: The food critic is not dead — While promoting his new book in June, Anthony Bourdain told a crowd at a Manhattan Barnes & Noble that I was dead.

Ideo / /p.log:

The Future of the Book - by IDEO. — What new experiences might be created by linking diverse discussions, what additional value could be created by connected readers to one another, and what innovative ways we might use to tell our favorite stories and build community around books?

Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:

MediaDailyNews: ivi TV Sues Major Media, Claiming Right To Internet TV — ivi TV Sues Major Media, Claiming Right To Internet TV — Another digital video company has ridden the wrong side of some copyright issues in running television programming via the Internet.

Discussion: PlagiarismToday and rbr.com

John Koblin / New York Observer:

Sam Dolnick, a Member of the Sulzberger Clan, Gets Times' Local Immigration Beat — A.G. Sulzberger is starting up his new beat in Kansas City, but he's not the only Sulzberger-Ochs family member getting new work at the Times newsroom. — Sam Dolnick, the grandnephew to former Times publisher Arthur Ochs …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Alexander Hotz / Mashable!:

How Social Media has Changed the Game for Documentary Filmmaking — Alexander Hotz is a freelance multimedia journalist and public radio junkie based in New York City. Currently he teaches digital media at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Follow Alex on Twitter at @hotzington.

Brian Morrissey / Adweek:

Do TV Spots Work in Web Video? — The answer is yes, but online-specific creative also has its place — A common knock on the Web video industry is that it needs to move beyond repurposed TV spots, often shown as pre-rolls before content begins. — But new research from Dynamic Logic finds …

Chad Bray / Metropolis:

Connecticut's Blumenthal, Along With Other AGs, Calls for Closure of Backpage.com … Attorneys general from 21 states on Tuesday called on Village Voice Media's Backpage.com to close its adult services section, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and New York Magazine