Mediagazer: ABC does Ad inventory exchange system with its affiliates (rbr.com)

11:20 AM ET, September 30, 2010

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Anderson Cooper negotiating for daytime talk show — Exclu: CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is close to a deal for a syndicated daytime talk show. — The “Anderson Cooper 360” host is deep in talks with Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution for a program that would be pitched to stations next year.

Discussion: TVNewser, Romenesko, Media Decoder, New York Observer, Inside Cable News, New York Magazine, Gawker and The Huffington Post

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, Romenesko, The Wrap, Mediaite, The Wire, Gawker and New York Magazine

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

Joe Pompeo / Silicon Alley Insider:

Yahoo Media Boss Disputes Censorship Claims — Jimmy Pitaro, vice president of media for Yahoo, disputed claims that Yahoo muzzled outgoing star investigative reporter John Cook. — Asked whether Yahoo had censored Cook, who was one of a handful of well-known journalists plucked …

Discussion: AdExchanger.com and paidContent

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: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, more at Techmeme »

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

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

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

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.

Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Boston.com's Beard named National Journal Group online editor

Discussion: The Wrap, Nieman Journalism Lab and FishbowlNY

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

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

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Facebook's Sandberg: In The Future, All Media Will Be Personalized — There will always be a place for mass marketing, but in the next three- to five years, a website that isn't tailored to a specific user's interest will be an anachronism, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told Arianna Huffington at the latter's Advertising Week event.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and ReadWriteWeb, more at Techmeme »

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: Company Town, MediaPost, Hollywood Reporter and Reuters

Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:

The Short Lifespan of a Tweet: Retweets Only Happen Within the First Hour — For some, Twitter is a social network and for others it is just a broadcast medium. Judging from the latest data from social media analytics and monitoring service Sysomos, for the majority of users, Twitter is indeed mostly a broadcast medium.

Discussion: Mashable!, The Next Web, Sysomos, hypebot, Kirk LaPointe's …, BizReport, Web Analytics World and broadstuff, more at Techmeme »

Gabriel Perna / International Business Times:

Study Examines Online News Reading Habits — Despite the push by organizations such as Google and Yahoo!, a recent study found not everyone is a fan of web-based customization for news. — Through an extensive study, Penn State researchers found certain browsers and readers of online news do not prefer customization.

David Kaplan / paidContent:

HuffPost's Hippeau: Social Informants Are The New ‘Influencers’ — Since last October, the number of comments on Huffington Post stories have more than doubled to 3.5 million, making commenting the “main attraction” on the online aggregator, said CEO Eric Hippeau, opening the company's Advertising Week gathering.

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