Mediagazer: Against Odds, Web Site Finds Niche (David Carr/New York Times)

David Carr / New York Times:

Against Odds, Web Site Finds Niche — Something odd showed up last week in the mailbox of Choire Sicha, a veteran blogger who lost his job and started a Web site with a few pals two years ago: a paycheck. — In September 2008, Mr. Sicha, Alex Balk and David Cho all found themselves laid off from Radar …

Discussion: Common Sense Journalism, New York Observer, AdPulp, The Hairpin, The Rumpus.net and NYConvergence.com

Steve Fishman / New York Magazine:

Newsboy — Looking for one last turn in the spotlight, 92 year old Sidney Harman paid his dollar for Newsweek. And Tina Brown was all set to dance. So why did it fall apart? — Tina Brown has always had a thing for older men—years ago, she'd married one.

Discussion: Gawker and Romenesko

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Pitching Movies or Filming Shows, Hollywood Is Hooked on iPads — Last month at a meeting in Hollywood, it was time to plot out the sequel to “Star Trek,” last year's blockbuster reboot of the sci-fi franchise. — The attendees all brought smartphones — gadgets far more powerful …

Discussion: Poynter Online and SAI

Jay Rosen / Pressthink:

NPR News Analyst: How Juan Williams Got Fired — “The term ‘analysis,’ as NPR is using it here, means something so obscure, tendentious and peculiar to the culture of professional journalism that the vacuous and tautological statements I've quoted are probably the network's better option.”

Discussion: The Politico, The Atlantic Online, WBUR and NPR, Romenesko, Free Press, CNN, The Daily Caller, main page collection, Poynter Online and Media Decoder

Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser, NPR Topics, Media Matters for America and Free Press

Noam Cohen / New York Times:

Blurring the Line Between Apps and Books — STEPHEN ELLIOTT, a 38-year-old from San Francisco, just introduced his first piece of software for sale: an app for the iPad and iPhone called “The Adderall Diaries.” — He's not exactly a programmer — better to call him a writer.

Discussion: New York Observer

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

PBS Making Digital Push With New Website, iPad Application … PBS is beta-launching Monday a new website at PBS.org, which will offer local content from member stations alongside national content and offer auto-localization features. — The public broadcaster also is launching PBS for iPad …

Discussion: paidContent, AppScout, ThinkMobile, ReadWriteWeb and digiphile, more at Techmeme »

Jon Orlin / TechCrunch:

Internet TV and The Death of Cable TV, really — Yes, you heard this before. The Death of Cable TV. Yet, it hasn't happened. But now, so many disruptions are happening in the video space, cable tv is really stepping towards the cliff. Don't expect the cable industry to just give up.

Discussion: Online Video News

John Koblin / WWD:

Style.com Moves to Fairchild Group — NEW YORK —The Condé Nast Web site Style.com is becoming part of Fairchild Fashion Group, effective immediately. The editorial team at Style.com, including editor Dirk Standen, will now report to Fairchild editorial director Peter Kaplan.

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

WSJ Doesn't Buy Into Amazon's ‘Buy Once, Read Everywhere’ Plans — Earlier this month, I told an Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) VP the aspect that bothered me most as a Kindle user was the inability to access my subscriptions across the e-reader platform. Amazon execs are among the best I've ever seen …

Discussion: Poynter Online

Kevin Shalvey / Flood Magazine:

The New Yorker has a Paywall Problem, Part 2 — Comments left throughout The New Yorker's JavaScript code include an email address of a faculty member at Lehman College. — Eleven years ago, when Jon Lech Johansen was a 15-year-old kid in Norway, he sat at his computer and banged out code …

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

How can SPJ remain relevant in the Internet age? — The Society of Professional Journalists is America's oldest and largest journalism organization — which means that, like nearly every other journalism organization these days, its traditional role is under significant pressure to adapt to the new journalism reality.

Discussion: Net Worked

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

A Win For Adobe: Conde Nast Will Use It Instead of Rolling Its Own Tablet Magazines — Here's a win for Adobe, which could use one: Conde Nast, which has been testing the software company's tablet publishing tool against a home-grown version, is going to use Adobe's offering instead.

Discussion: Poynter Online and FOLIO: Section Blogs

Max Read / Gawker:

State's Biggest Paper Refuses to Print (Legal) Gay Marriage Announcements — The Manchester Union Leader, the biggest paper in New Hampshire, is refusing to run notices for gay weddings. Even though gay marriage is legal in New Hampshire. I guess they're hoping if they ignore it, gay marriage will go away?

Discussion: WMUR

Wall Street Journal:

Political Ads Inundate Media Markets — Rates Soar Fivefold in Cities With Tight Races, Like Syracuse and Seattle, Prompting Candidates to Find Creative Solutions — U.S. political candidates have amassed more advertising cash this year than ever before. The hard part is finding places to spend it.