Mediagazer: It's Official: WaPo Hands Newsweek Over To Harman (David Kaplan/paidContent)

3:35 PM ET, September 30, 2010

Top News:

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 …

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
CNN's Anderson Cooper in Daytime Talk Show Deal

Discussion: Romenesko, The Wrap, Macleans.ca, All Things CNN, The Huffington Post, CJR and New York Magazine

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, The Huffington Post, 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: Fortune, Hollywood Reporter, MediaPost, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Alley Insider, The Wall Blog, paidContent, Between the Lines Blog, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Romenesko, ClickZ, 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

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: Gawker, paidContent, Media Decoder, NetNewsCheck Latest and 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: IFJ.org and eMedia Vitals

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

David Kaplan / paidContent:

It's Official: WaPo Hands Newsweek Over To Harman — The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) just sent out a two sentence press release announcing the closing of the deal to sell Newsweek magazine to audio equipment impresario Sidney Harman. No mention of the terms.

Discussion: rbr.com and eMedia Vitals

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

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

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

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 …

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: Media Buyer Planner, TeleRead, Fast Company, The Atlantic Online and ResourceShelf

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

Howard Kurtz:

Newseum entering Twitter age — The Newseum, scrambling to keep up with the fast-changing media landscape, is taking a step into the technological future. — Under a $5 million grant to be announced Thursday, the Pennsylvania Avenue museum will create an exhibit to enable visitors to interact …

Discussion: Associated Press and The Daily Beast

Bloomberg:

Post-Gazette to team up with Legal Intelligencer — PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Wednesday that it will launch a new print and online weekly legal news section in partnership with The Legal Intelligencer, the nation's oldest daily legal newspaper.

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.

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 …