Mediagazer: Why NPR Matters (Long) (James Fallows/The Atlantic Online)

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

Why NPR Matters (Long) — I have known and very occasionally worked with Juan Williams, and I don't want to say much about him. I think Andrew Sullivan is very astute in pointing out the difference between the complex way Williams wrote about racial stereotypes and racial differences early in his career …

Discussion: ...My heart's in Accra, The Politico, The Daily Dish, CNN, Poynter Online and The Huffington Post

Discussion: TVNewser, NPR Topics, Media Matters for America, rbr.com, Salon, FishbowlDC, National Media and The Huffington Post

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:

No Longer ‘Must-See TV’ — Drop in Thursday's Prime-Time Viewing Could Cost Marketers Weekend Shoppers — Television is losing ground in one of its most lucrative strongholds: Thursday nights. — Fewer people in the U.S. are watching Thursday prime-time TV so far this fall …

Discussion: Media Buyer Planner and TV Squad

Ian Austen / New York Times:

Globe and Mail Uses Old Weapons in Press War — TORONTO — Like many newspapers in North America, The Globe and Mail rushed out an iPad application. But the technology that the 166-year-old Globe is really staking its future on is not the sort that immediately comes to mind in an increasingly digital world.

Discussion: J-Source and The Wire

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Debut for a Nimbler, Newsier National Journal — WASHINGTON — “The conversation” is a term of art in the media often associated with longing. Media companies want to join it, shape it, lead it. — This has not always been a strong suit for National Journal.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, NationalJournal.com, Romenesko, White House Correspondents …, coverawards.com and Housing Complex

Thanks:dgelles

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

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

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk, Folio, Poynter Online, Epicenter, mocoNews and Adobe, more at Techmeme »

Megan McCarthy / Mediagazer News:

See a great media story? Tip it to Mediagazer on Twitter and get recognized. — You can now use Twitter to tip Mediagazer to breaking media industry news - and you may do so unintentionally. — If you read Mediagazer, you're probably aware of Twitter, the microcontent platform …

Thanks:madlid

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

In Growing Up, Did Wikileaks Also Sell Out? — Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Image via Wikipedia — One of the most noteworthy things about this past weekend's gigantic release of Iraq War documents by Wikileaks was what wasn't in it: the names of confidential informants who worked with American and Iraqi security forces.

Discussion: Gawker, Thanks:bcaulfield

Brian Steinberg / AdAge:

CW Says Study ‘Dispels Myth’ About Aversion to Ads in Online Video — Fans Watched 95% of Spots to Completion; Industry Sees Signs That Viewers Will Tolerate More Intrusion Into Shows — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In the infant business of streaming TV shows online, media companies have long …

Discussion: paidContent and VideoNuze

Jose Martinez / NY Daily News:

Mommy blogger Lyss Stern agreed to write puff piece to pay off $45K dental bill then reneged: suit — Author Lyss Stern shows off her winning smile at the “If You Give A Mom A Martini...” book launch last year. A Manhattan dental practice claims she didn't pay for it.

Discussion: Gothamist, Gawker, Jezebel 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: TUAW

Nat Ives / AdAge:

How to Read Newspapers' New Circulation Numbers — Industry's Circulation Decline Slows, But Dive Below the Top Line to Really Understand — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Newspapers' circulation losses have slowed further, to a 5% daily drop in the most recent report from an 8.7% decline …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Bloomberg, Media Life Magazine, Romenesko, Crain's New York Business, paidContent, Los Angeles Times, Tower Ticker and Gannett Blog

Kevin Nguyen / The Bygone Bureau:

On Editing: A Look Inside The Morning News, McSweeney's, and The Awl — The web has a reputation for being scrappier and looser with its editorial standards than traditional print outlets. But even with fewer formal structures for editing and fewer editors, a handful of websites still publish …

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

MTV Is Looking Beyond ‘Jersey Shore’ to Build a Wider Audience — The second-season finale of “Jersey Shore” last week was one of the highest-rated hours all year on MTV. There was, perhaps, no better time to promote another boozy, in-your-face unscripted show.

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:

Local newspaper boasts ultimate passive-aggressive paywall policy — The North County Gazette, a regional paper covering upstate New York, offers its articles online with a sort of an honor system instead of a standard paywall. OK, but instead of a straight-up honor system or “tip jar” …

Discussion: Urlesque

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 …

Discussion: New York Observer

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

NFL's cable play — Tweet — The NFL has jumped into the increasingly tangled morass of disputes between content providers and the cable and satellite companies that distribute them, The Post has learned. — The league's NFL Network, hoping to reach a carriage agreement with Cablevision …

Discussion: Creative Loafing Atlanta, Associated Press, Company Town and ClickZ, via:paidcontent

Mike Hudack / NewTeeVee:

The Golden Age of Choice and Cannibalization in TV — (The following guest post was written by Mike Hudack, CEO of Blip.tv, who will be speaking at our fourth annual NewTeeVee Live conference on November 10 in San Francisco. To learn more about the show, click here.)

Discussion: Technology Liberation Front and VentureBeat

Michael Gross / Crain's New York Business:

Elvis has left the building — I've been in and i've been out. in is better. A fashion designer said that to me about the famously punitive Women's Wear Daily in its heyday. I couldn't help but recall the line when Richard Johnson abruptly left his job as editor of Page Six.

Discussion: Romenesko

rbr.com:

More newspaper companies partner with The Onion — Most recently The Onion has been in the news as the website which originated the “Sluts” video which led to Lee Abrams' ouster from The Tribune Company. That's apparently not dissuading other major newspapers from partnering with the satirical news content company.

Discussion: National Media, New York Observer and Tower Ticker

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Just who does Jon Stewart think he is? — These days, he can claim to be many things: political satirist, pseudo-anchorman, media critic, author, successful businessman, philanthropist, Emmy Award magnet. On Monday he arrives in Washington in a new, self-anointed role: as our national voice of reason …

Discussion: Next Media Animation and Romenesko

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Schmidt's “Just Move” Joke About Google Street View & How It Went Missing — Don't like Google Street View taking pictures of your house? “Just move,” joked Google CEO Eric Schmidt, in a CNN interview on Friday. A controversial joke, no doubt — one made even more controversial for later seeming to disappear from the interview.

Discussion: Digital Daily, Techdirt and Hillicon Valley, more at Techmeme »

Alex Balk / The Awl:

Why I Won't Talk — A recent article in a local newspaper had some kind things to say about this site, and we're very pleased with the reaction. It's a testament to the hard work that the those of us at this site—David and Choire, sure, but particularly the amazing and talented contributors …

Discussion: Brooks in Beta, AdPulp, The Rumpus.net and New York Times, via:erikmal

Jack D. Lail / JackLail.com:

Free enterprise just hasn't been good for journalism — If you were thinking that the Internet ruined journalism, you'd be wrong; it's competition and free enterprise that destroys the noble profession. — At least that's my reading of Paul Steiger's speech last week as part …

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