Mediagazer: The Future of the Book - by IDEO. (Ideo//p.log)

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: Master of 500 Hats, A VC, VentureBeat, GigaOM, eMedia Vitals, Gawker, Techdirt, Silicon Alley Insider, the Econsultancy blog, Adventures in Capitalism, watchmojo.com, FM Blog and broadstuff, more at Techmeme »

Discussion: GigaOM and VentureBeat

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: Associated Press, Gawker, The Wire, Soup, Talking Biz News 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, more at Techmeme »

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 Next Web, The Blog Herald, paidContent:UK and Digital Daily

Irina Slutsky / AdAge:

VideoEgg Buys Six Apart to Build ‘Conversational’ Media Company — Rechristens Itself as Say Media and Touts Scale, Influencers — SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — Ad network VideoEgg has purchased blogging network Six Apart and the companies have combined to form Say Media …

Discussion: Movable Type and ClickZ

Mallary Jean Tenore / Making Sense of Media:

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!

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

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, National Media, MediaPost, 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

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 and New York Post

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

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

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

Erik Wemple / TBD All News:

WaPo's Frank Ahrens: From writing about cars to flacking about them — Frank Ahrens' engineering degree has had a heady 2010. Back in March, the Washington Post veteran plowed his technical expertise into a much-trafficked story on the hurdles faced by Toyota officials in diagnosing their problems with unintended acceleration.

Discussion: Romenesko

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: Celebrity magazines' odd anonymous outlook — Even when sources have good things to say about Britney Spears and other stars in People, Us Weekly and other outlets, they're often anonymous. But what's the big secret? — It's been more than two years since pop queen Britney Spears bottomed …

Susan Anderson / New Jersey Online:

In the loop with Betty Liu — Bloomberg Television morning news anchor Betty Liu is sitting at the Millburn Diner, talking about the subprime housing crisis while having a slice of carrot cake and a cola when the topic suddenly turns to playdates and pickup times for her 5-year-old twin boys.

Discussion: Inside Cable News

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Bob Iger: Disney is ‘under-appreciated’ — Points out study that ranks it as ninth most-valued brand — NEW YORK - “At times we feel under-appreciated,” Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger told a Wall Street crowd here Tuesday when asked what investors tend to miss or under-appreciate about Disney.