Mediagazer: Net News in Chicago: Still Poor, Still Striving (Michael Miner/Chicago Reader)

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Jonathan Klein to Leave CNN — Jonathan Klein, the president of the beleaguered CNN/U.S. cable channel, is being replaced by Ken Jautz, the president of the tabloid-friendly sister channel HLN. — Mr. Jautz's title will be the executive vice president of CNN/U.S. Scot Safon …

Arianna Huffington / Guardian:

Leonard Downie's downer — Old media sniping about the Huffington Post as a ‘parasite’ aggregator just shows they don't get the new link economy — Once again, some in the old media have decided that the best way to save, if not journalism, at least themselves, is by pointing fingers and calling names.

Discussion: New York Observer, The Wire, WebNewser, Romenesko and Cision

Discussion: The Wall Blog, Crikey, Jon Slattery, International Media, Journalism.co.uk, The Wire, The Next Web and WebNewser

The Wall Blog:

Has the Times paywall killed its blogs? — I wrote last week that I don't have a problem with The Times paywall just its implementation. One of its biggest failing appeared to be shutting its once popular blogs behind the paywall. — I've suspected it is doing them no good and a couple …

Discussion: Harry's Place

Brooks Barnes / Media Decoder:

Disney's Internet Chief Resigns — The Walt Disney Company's top Internet executive, Steve Wadsworth, resigned late Thursday following a difficult tenure in which Disney's Web strategy underwent repeated retrenchments. — Mr. Wadsworth, whose title was president of the Disney Interactive Media Group …

Discussion: paidContent, Company Town and Hollywood Reporter

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

As another magazine charges for access, where's the proof of paywall success? — The great paywall debate centres on the decision of big publishers to charge for access. So most of the noise has been generated by Rupert Murdoch's online paywalls at The Times, Sunday Times, and now the News of the World.

Michael Miner / Chicago Reader:

Net News in Chicago: Still Poor, Still Striving — No one's getting rich. Hardly anyone's getting paid at all. — So we're told by The NEW News 2010, the second annual survey by the Community Media Workshop of what it calls “the Chicago area's online news ecosystem.”

Discussion: Romenesko

Jason Fell / Folio:

Hearst Turns Inward for New Business Ideas — Launches internal project soliciting plans for ‘high-potential’ ventures. — One of the biggest players in consumer magazine publishers is looking inward for inspiration. — As Hearst gears up to launch its mobile application think tank the App Lab …

Discussion: Romenesko

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Saudi Arabians Will Soon Need A License To Blog — According to The Media Note, Saudi Information and Culture Ministry spokesman Abdul Rahman Al-Hazza announced last night Saudi time that all Saudi Arabian web publishers and online media, including blogs and forums, will need to be officially registered with the government.

Discussion: Gearlog and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »

Ed Yong / Not Exactly Rocket Science:

Should science journalists take sides? — Tonight I took part in a debate at the Royal Institution of Great Britain entitled “Should science journalists takes sides?” The event was chaired by Fiona Fox of the Science Media Centre and panellists included myself, Mark Henderson from the Times …

Discussion: Argo, the Blog

Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:

How Online Video Killed Blockbuster — Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning, as part of a pre-arranged recapitalization that it has negotiated with its bondholders. With the filing, Blockbuster has wiped out nearly $1 billion in debt and given most of its bondholders equity in the company instead.

Discussion: Media News International

Discussion: Company Town, Gizmodo, Reuters, Online Video News, TechCrunch, The Wrap, Globe and Mail, paidContent, MediaPost and VentureBeat

Nat Worden / Wall Street Journal:

Apple TV Splits Networks — Top Media Executives Question Whether 99-Cent Rentals Hurt Pay Model — NEW YORK—Media executives gathered this week at a conference here sounded a note of caution on Apple Inc.'s 99-cent digital-rental service for TV shows amid a division in the industry on whether to participate.

Discussion: Online Video News and Digits

Steven Church / Bloomberg:

Philadelphia Inquirer Lenders Outbid Raymond Perelman for Newspaper Owner — Philadelphia Inquirer lenders won a bankruptcy court auction for the newspaper and its sister publication with a high bid of $105 million, outbidding Raymond Perelman, father of billionaire Ronald Perelman.

Discussion: Philly.com, Romenesko, DealBook and Shaping the Future …

Emma Heald / Editors Weblog:

How do Yahoo and others compare to traditional news producers? — One of Yahoo's top journalists for its news blog The Upshot has quit, reportedly saying that Yahoo's ‘corporate conservatism’ got in the way of his attempts to report the news. According to Daily Finance's Jeff Bercovici …

Discussion: Cision

eMarketer:

The Continued Rise of Blogging — More than half of web users will read blogs this year — Social networks and microblogs have in recent years nudged blogging off the social media pedestal. For some consumers, who have more communication tools at their fingertips than they did a few years ago …

Discussion: Real Lawyers Have Blogs

Media Week:

Trust green lights BBC Magazines sell-off — The BBC Trust has rubber-stamped the sale in principle of a majority stake in BBC Magazines, putting brands such as Radio Times in play. — BBC Magazines: longstanding title Radio Times — The trust cleared the way for a sale in principle …

Discussion: Press Gazette and Guardian

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Netflix, NBC Universal content deal brings Battlestar Galactica, SNL and more to Watch Instantly — Just in case a throwaway mention of a streaming-only subscription for US customers wasn't enough, an agreement adding plenty of recognizable content from NBC to its Watch Instantly service …

Discussion: NewTeeVee, Splitsider, PR Newswire and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »

Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:

just cancelled Bob Woodward interview ... I just cancelled a Bob Woodward new book interview because the publisher won't get me a copy to READ BEFORE I do the interview. ON THE RECORD at ten is not the Home Shopping Channel - I actually read the books before I do the interview out of respect for the viewers …

Discussion: TVNewser, The Huffington Post and New York Magazine

Andrew Wallenstein / Hollywood Reporter:

EXCLUSIVE: MySpace taps new content chief — Andy Marcus aims to leverage site's audition platform — MySpace has tapped Andy Marcus to take the reins on its efforts in the entertainment business. — Formerly senior vp business and legal affairs at MySpace, Marcus will move over to senior vp entertainment and video.

Discussion: NewTeeVee, paidContent, WebProNews and All Things Digital

Steven Bertoni / Money Talks:

Tribune Insider Denies Eisner Rumors — “The name Michael Eisner has never been uttered in any board conversation.” … That's what a Tribune director recently told me over the phone. He says the company has no bad opinions of the famous former Disney chief, just that the Tribune board has no idea where the rumors are coming from.

MediaShift:

A Guide to Rising Public Media Networks in the U.S. — While it's taken public broadcasters awhile to catch up to the possibilities and dynamics of social and mobile media platforms, over the past year on MediaShift we have been documenting a flurry of innovation that reveals new possibilities …

Discussion: Technology360 and Center for Social Media blogs

Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:

Next New Networks Chairman, CEO Swap Roles — Web video startup Next New Networks announced that CEO Lance Podell is stepping down from his current role, citing personal reasons. Podell will continue to oversee the broader strategic direction of the company as its chairman.

Discussion: Next New Networks, MediaMemo, Beet.TV and paidContent

Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:

The Problem With TV Everywhere: There's No Business Model — Some cable providers and networks have been busy creating so-called TV Everywhere services that let subscribers log in and view on-demand video content online. But despite some early enthusiasm from select networks, these services have been slow to catch on.

Discussion: FM Blog

Ken Silverstein / Harper's:

Broder and Woodward Still on Lecture Circuit — Two years ago, I wrote about private groups offering big speaking fees and perks to David Broder and Bob Woodward, even though both had talked in the past about the impropriety of journalistic “buckraking.” Broder, for example, said in 1996 …

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:

A New Era at Forbes: Staffer Calls Cover Story ‘Stupefyingly Inane’ — Forbes magazine unveils a new look this week, with a redesigned issue on newsstands tomorrow featuring its signature Forbes 400 list, but for a sense of how much the company has changed since Lewis D'Vorkin took …

Discussion: Talking Biz News, CJR and Romenesko

Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:

Netflix May Launch Streaming-Only Plan in the U.S. — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings doesn't usually reveal future plans, but he decided to throw us a bone today after two days of bad publicity, hinting at the option of a cheaper subscription plan that comes without any physical DVD rentals in the U.S.

Discussion: The Official Netflix Blog, paidContent, WebNewser and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »

Nick Bilton / Bits:

Instapaper Goes From Hobby to Start-Up — On Tuesday Marco Arment, the chief technology officer at the social networking site Tumblr, announced that he would be leaving it to tend to a personal project: Instapaper. — I caught up with Mr. Arment on the phone on Wednesday to find out what was next from his personal project.