Mediagazer: Dim Reading in Geekville (Trevor Butterworth/Medialand)

3:25 PM ET, October 13, 2010

Top News:

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

In Coverage of Mine Rescue, Watching, Waiting and Counting — The pictures said it all. In a remote part of Chile, a capsule emblazoned with the colors of the country's flag was hoisted out of an underground tomb and inside was a miner, the first of 33 to be rescued in a remarkable effort televised …

Discussion: New York Observer, New York Times, Free Press, CNN, PC World, The Lede, Media Matters for America and The New Yorker Blog

Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Breaking Business:

Tribune Co. exec apologizes for ‘offensive’ memo — Days after Tribune Co.'s corporate management was characterized in a newspaper article as fostering a sexist “frat house” atmosphere, one of its top executives sent a company-wide e-mail with links to off-color satirical videos.

Discussion: Mixed Media, The Wrap, Gawker, Media Decoder, TVWeek.com, Romenesko, Hollywood Reporter, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post and LA Observed

Robert Feder / blogs.vocalo.org:
Time for Tribune to clear the air on foul management

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, Romenesko, Media Decoder, Chicago Breaking Business, Gawker and The Wrap

Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:

Exclusive: Yahoo Hires Ex-Talking Points Blogger to Replace John Cook — Yahoo may be having trouble retaining top executives, but the company continues to hire high-profile bloggers to crank out original content. — On Wednesday, Yahoo is expected to announce the hiring of Zachary Roth …

Discussion: Romenesko and WebNewser

Zeke Turner / New York Observer:

A New Gossip Girl at the Post — Last Wednesday night, Page Six reporter Emily Smith was at the club Provocateur in the meatpacking district at a party for the season finale of The Spin Crowd, an E! network reality show produced by Kim Kardashian. — Ms. Kardashian came and left quickly …

Discussion: New York Post, Romenesko, Gawker and The Awl

Ken Doctor / Newsonomics:

“Public Media” $100 Million Plan: 100 Journalists Per City — We've seen lots of motion in the public radio world over the last year. We've seen 12 topical sites prominently launched in major cities, under the rubric of Project Argo. We've seen National Public Radio building out a state …

Discussion: Romenesko

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

It's a brave new world at Condé Nast Digital — Tweet — The latest buzz inside Condé Nast is that a sweeping reorganization of the Condé Nast Digital operations is about to take place. — One outcome will combine the corporate print ad side with corporate digital ad sales …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, paidContent, TIME Healthland and The Wire

Emma Heald / Editors Weblog:

The Times of London's impenetrable but straightforward paywall — Assistant editor for online Tom Whitwell and Director of Times Digital Gurtej Sandhu told participants at a lunch during the 17th World Editors Forum a few details about the progress of the Times of London's new paywall and the thinking behind it.

Discussion: The Wire and mediabistro.com

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Reuters To Roll Out Online Video Series; ‘Rocketboom’ Meets ‘Newshour’ — As part of its continuing efforts to build out its multimedia strategy, Reuters.com is developing a series of online video programming for its website. Plans call for a daily “morning show” that would be aimed …

Discussion: The Wire, Talking Biz News and Felix Salmon

Alex Pham / Company Town:

Sony's take on Google TV — The Internet's path from home computer to living room television has been littered with casualties, from WebTV, launched in the 1995, to Ultimate TV in 2000 and Apple TV in 2007. — Despite that, Sony is making a run at connecting the Internet with the TV …

Discussion: rbr.com, NewTeeVee, Sony, Multichannel News, GigaOM and paidContent, more at Techmeme »

Felix Salmon:

How Dealbook lost its HP scoop — The NYT's Dealbook franchise spent a chunk of yesterday in internal discussions on how to use Twitter, which is hopeful. But first they should work on their ability to use the Web. — A nice little scoop fell into Dealbook's lap yesterday, when Ray Lane …

Trevor Butterworth / Medialand:

Dim Reading in Geekville — On the eve of 2010, a year that would be a landmark in cyber-insecurity, the Washington Post downsized cybersecurity reporter, Brian Krebs. It sent something of a shockwave through the world he covered, where Krebs was widely respected not just for his doggedness …

Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:

NPR staff told to stay away from Colbert, Stewart rallies if not covering them — From: [NPR chief executive] Vivian Schiller — Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 8:58 AM — Subject: FW: NPR Journalists and political activity — Please see Ellen Weiss' note to her staff below …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Observer, The Huffington Post and Moraes on TV

Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:

Parker Spitzer Is Tanking CNN's Prime Time: Worst Ratings In 10 Years — CNN's prime time ratings woes are only increasing with new program Parker Spitzer. — Monday night was the lowest weekday prime time rating average in more than 10 years, since June 28, 2000. And it wasn't just the 8pmET that was seeing low ratings.

Discussion: Tuned In

Kevin / Strange Attractor:

Evolution of comments needed — Amidst all of the brouhaha of the latest instalment of bloggers versus journalists, George Brock, the head of journalism at City University, hits on something that is important: Comments on news sites need to evolve. … This isn't to say that comments …

Discussion: Online Journalism Blog and Strange Attractor

James Robinson / Guardian:

Police ask Guardian for phone-hacking evidence — Paper's editor, Alan Rusbridger, points out that police already have access to material on practices at the News of the World — Read Alan Rusbridger's letter to the Metropolitan police — The Metropolitan police have written …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and Jon Slattery

Tanzina Vega / Media Decoder:

Internet Advertising Revenue Increases — Advertising revenue on the Internet just broke a record, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. — Revenue for the first half of 2010 was $12.1 billion, an 11.3 percent increase over the same period last year.

Discussion: IAB, Silicon Alley Insider, TechCrunch, Adrants, VideoNuze and Search Engine Land