Mediagazer: Exclusive: Major Meltdown at Yahoo as More Top Execs to Depart … (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

1:35 PM ET, September 30, 2010

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Anderson Cooper launching daytime talk show — UPDATED: Exclu: CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is launching a syndicated daytime talk show. — The “Anderson Cooper 360” host has made a deal with Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution for a program …

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Exclusive: Major Meltdown at Yahoo as More Top Execs to Depart, Including U.S. Head Hilary Schneider — The executive turmoil at the very top of Yahoo continues, with the company poised to announce the resignations of three top execs, including U.S. head Hilary Schneider (pictured here), according to sources close to the situation.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, MediaPost, paidContent, Romenesko, Silicon Alley Insider, Fortune, ClickZ, Between the Lines Blog, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, VentureBeat and Tech Trader Daily, more at Techmeme »

Joe Pompeo / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo Media Boss Disputes Censorship Claims

Discussion: BoomTown, AdExchanger.com and paidContent

John Koblin / New York Observer:

Hugo Lindgren Named New York Times Magazine Editor — In a stunning move, The New York Times is expected to announce that Hugo Lindgren will be the next editor of The New York Times Magazine, according to three people familiar with the deal (UPDATE: It's now official. The announcement is at the bottom of this post).

Discussion: Media Decoder, Strupp, Romenesko, The Wrap, Mediaite, Gawker, The Wire and New York Magazine

Robert Gavin / Boston Globe:

Globe to offer two websites: one free, one pay — The Boston Globe next year will split its digital news brands into two distinct websites, keeping Boston.com free while establishing a subscription-only pay site, BostonGlobe.com, which will feature all the content produced by the newspaper's journalists …

Discussion: Romenesko

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Women ‘significantly underrepresented’ in the media, survey suggests — A research project which monitors the gender of those in and reporting on the news claims women are “significantly underrepresented and misrepresented” in media coverage. — It also suggests that gender bias …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals and IFJ.org

Kate Kaye / ClickZ:

Twitter Shuts Out Political Advertisers, For Now — Many political candidates and their campaigns have embraced Twitter, but when they've come calling about advertising there, Twitter has not reciprocated. Twitter has only recently begun rolling out its paid products for advertisers …

Discussion: mediabistro.com and Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim

Om Malik / GigaOM:

Michael Arrington's Road to Millions — Earlier this week, AOL snapped up TechCrunch, a technology blog network started by former attorney Michael Arrington, for an undisclosed amount of money. The final price is said to be somewhere between $25 million to $60 million.

Discussion: Guardian, more at Techmeme »

Bloomberg:
Armstrong Says TechCrunch to Boost AOL's Brand, Talent: Video

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Celeste Katz / The Daily Politics:

Breaking: Carl Paladino To Reporter: “I'll Take You Out, Buddy!” Updated With Video — Now it's REALLY personal. — Actually, he really IS mad tonight. — Our Glenn Blain is up in Lake George at the Sagamore Hotel, where GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is making a stop …

Discussion: Capital Tonight, The Politico, TPMDC, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Gothamist, New York Observer, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, MyFox New York and TPMMuckraker

rbr.com:

ABC does Ad inventory exchange system with its affiliates — In an increasingly cooperative effort to create financial opportunities in the network/affiliate relationship, ABC Television Network and its Affiliate Board of Governors, which represents more than 200 affiliates …

Discussion: Company Town, Broadcasting & Cable, Hollywood Reporter and MediaPost

Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:

The Big Switch to Internet TV & How Clicker Aims to be Your TV Guide — Television is one of the biggest markets in entertainment, but it is at the early stages of a huge shift online. While most people still watch TV through cable and via traditional linear programming …

Mary Hamilton / Metamedia:

Data journalism at the Frontline — Last week I went to a Frontline Club event on data journalism. There's a live stream of the talks and questions here along with a good brief rundown of who said what. It's well worth watching all the way through for four good talks exploring four very different aspects of data journalism.

Alexander Howard / ReadWriteWeb:

Katie Couric: We Need Better Filters for a “Tsunami of News” — Will hanging out with the geeks improve network news? Judging from CBS News anchor Katie Couric's comments at the Web 2.0 Expo yesterday, the potential is there. — Will it matter? In a news environment …

Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:

Newsweek's Kushner jumps to National Journal Group — Press release. — Adam Kushner Joins National Journal Group as Deputy Magazine Editor — Washington, D.C. (September 30, 2010) — National Journal Group announced today that Adam Kushner is joining the organization as Deputy Magazine Editor.

Julie Bosman / New York Times:

In Study, Children Cite Appeal of Digital Reading — Many children want to read books on digital devices and would read for fun more frequently if they could obtain e-books. But even if they had that access, two-thirds of them would not want to give up their traditional print books.

Discussion: TeleRead, The Atlantic Online, Fast Company and ResourceShelf

Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:

Diller, Emanuel, Malone Hatefest: Inside the Live Nation Board Meeting — The Live Nation board meeting on Monday that concluded with Barry Diller anouncing he was to give up the chairmanship of the board is described as a “circus” by one participant. — You call this a corporation?

Discussion: MediaPost, Hollywood Reporter, Company Town and Reuters

Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:

Why Facebook Could Be the Next TV For Advertisers — With 165 million users in the United States spending almost two hours a week perusing pictures and wall posts, Facebook has an audience larger that last year's record-breaking Super Bowl and more dedicated than many sit-com fan bases.

Penelope Pitstop / Media Week:

NatMag and Hachette tipped as early contenders for BBC Magazines — It's official - BBC Magazines and its portfolio of 35 titles are up for sale, or as the BBC prefer to think of it, “looking for a partner”, but who would buy a group of magazines today?

Discussion: FishbowlNY