Mediagazer: Magazine Publishers Turn Back From the Abyss (Peter Kafka/MediaMemo)

Keach Hagey / The Politico:

Does HuffPo refuse to link to Gawker? — Deep into Ben McGrath's largely sympathetic profile of Gawker Media impresario Nick Denton is an awkward encounter between Denton and Jai Singh, an old acquaintance from Denton's time in San Fransisco who had recently started at the Huffington Post.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Soup, The Wire and New York Times

Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:

The New Yorker's Nick Denton Profile: What Did Everyone Think? — Well, last night, The New Yorker dropped their long-anticipated (at least by us) profile of Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton. We did the quotability run-down, but: how're the reactions? And what did Denton himself think?

Discussion: Mixed Media, City Room, Mediaite and The Awl

The Wrap:
Arianna's $250K Bus to Jon Stewart Rally a ‘Shock’ at HuffPo HQ

Discussion: Mediaite, The Huffington Post and Romenesko

Felix Salmon:
Gawker's numbers — Ben McGrath's long-awaited New Yorker profile …

Discussion: VentureBeat, Hit & Run, New York Observer, Romenesko and New Yorker

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Times Names Deputy Magazine Editor — The New York Times will have a new deputy editor for its Sunday magazine. — On the heels of the paper's selection of Hugo Lindgren as editor of the magazine, Mr. Lindgren announced on Monday that he has hired Lauren Kern to be his second in command.

Discussion: mediabistro.com

Lucia Moses / Mediaweek:

What Should Hugo Do? — The New York Times Magazine has long been one of the most important magazines in the country, and many journalists and readers would argue, among the most boring. — Now, after a long competition, it has a new editor, Hugo Lindgren, from Bloomberg Businessweek.

Discussion: BuzzMachine, Romenesko and The Wrap

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

British media unite against Murdoch — Letter to Vince Cable signed by many of UK's leading news providers warns £8bn deal would damage democratic debate — Analysis: Turning up the heat on Murdoch's News Corporation — Datablog: how powerful would the takeover make Murdoch?

Discussion: Press Gazette and Jon Slattery

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

Twitter Crushing Facebook's Click-Through Rate: Report — What is the most effective way for marketers to spread their message online? Facebook? Twitter? Company blogs? Email? — According to a new report by marketing firm SocialTwist, Internet sharing trends have shifted heavily …

Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Poynter Online and Silicon Alley Insider, more at Techmeme »

Mindy McAdams / Teaching Online Journalism:

Boring old news media: Still boring, still old — I was just rereading a post by Steve Yelvington — whom I used to call the smartest man in online journalism (and he may still be — it's just that there are so many more people in it now, it's hard to name just one).

Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:

‘The Simpsons’ Explains Its Button-Pushing Banksy Opening — How did “The Simpsons” manage to track down Banksy, the pseudonymous British artist, and get him to create the powerful opening-credit sequence from Sunday's show, which seems to reveal the torturous sweatshop responsible for its creation?

Discussion: Velocity, Comic Riffs, Politics Daily, TechCrunch, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Underwire, Most Recent Home Page Posts …, Gothamist, Wooster Collective, Laughing Squid and Gawker

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Magazine Publishers Turn Back From the Abyss — Magazine publishers took a particularly brutal beating during the last ad recession, so they have a very long way to go if they're going to climb back. Still, this is a start: Ad pages increased 3.6 percent in the last three months …

Discussion: MPA, All Things Digital and BoomTown, more at Techmeme »

Alex Mindlin / New York Times:

Short Attention Spans for Web Videos — After watching an online video for a full minute, 44.1 percent of viewers will have clicked away, according to Visible Measures. But an outsize slice of that loss occurs in the first 10 seconds, during which 19.4 percent of a video's audience defects.

Lauren Goode / Digits:

Mobile TV's Uphill Climb — A group of broadcasters has been making the case that local content is the way to go when it comes to television on mobile devices, and it is wielding results from a recent consumer trial to prove it. — But there aren't yet many devices that use Mobile DTV chips …

Discussion: NewTeeVee

Katy Bachman / Mediaweek:

‘Better’ Gets Bigger — Meredith's daytime show to air in L.A.; national ads next? — Meredith's syndicated daytime show Better is poised to become a player in the national advertising arena. — In less than a month, the lifestyle show based on the iconic Meredith magazine brand will debut on KCAL …

Discussion: MediaPost

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

A Media Non-Move: ESPN.com Star Bill Simmons Stays Put — Here's a variation on the “old media star bails for new media outlet” story-a new media big shot staying put at the place that made him famous. — ESPN.com is hanging on to star columnist Bill Simmons, whose contract was set to expire this year.

Discussion: The Adam Carolla Show