Mediagazer: Hollywood studios grappling with when and where to release … (Ben Fritz/Company Town)

4:20 PM ET, November 3, 2010

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Regina McCombs / Poynter Online:

The iPad Election: Not quite ready to declare victory for mobile — I love election night. It's my favorite non-holiday night every other year. For 25 years, I spent it at someone's campaign headquarters. Working at Poynter has led to severe election withdrawal, and I was looking forward …

Discussion: Web Journalist Blog and TVNewsCheck

David Folkenflik / NPR:
The Annals Of Election Night Analysis

Discussion: Yahoo! News and American Journalism Review

The Media Desk / Media Decoder: Election Night: Live Blogging the Media Coverage

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
The NYTimes.com Goes Live Tonight with Video News and Commentary, a First

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab and New York Times

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

It's people! Meet Soylent, the crowdsourced copy editor — The phrase “on-demand human computation” has a sinister tinge to it, if only because the idea of sucking the brain power out of a group of people is generally frowned upon. And yet, if you call it “crowdsourcing” everything sounds so much friendlier!

Dan Trombetto / Folio:

Rising Stars: Ten Under 30 — A look at publishing's new breed, from editors to CEOs. — While it's natural to worry about how the publishing industry is going to attract the next generation of media leaders, the fact is the industry is already seeing a demographic shift, with younger people taking on more leadership roles.

Discussion: Romenesko

New York Post:

Newsweek post yet to be filled — Tweet — Newsweek's new owner, Sidney Harman, now calls the fruitless merger talks involving Barry Diller, Tina Brown and The Daily Beast an “unfortunate dalliance” while he concedes that he is nowhere close to finding a permanent editor-in-chief.

Discussion: Romenesko, New York Observer and New York Magazine

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Twitter Promoted Tweets Come To Google — In a first ever move, Google is now carrying ads from someone else's ad network — Twitter's, as Google integrates Twitter's new Promoted Tweets into Google Realtime Search. — It's quite a coup for Twitter. Not only did the company get Google …

Discussion: The Next Web and CenterNetworks, more at Techmeme »

Ryan Nakashima / Canadian Press:

Google TV exec says broadcasters ‘misunderstand’ role of its online TV platform — LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Attempts by broadcasters to seek payment for allowing their online video to be viewed through Google Inc.'s new Web-connected TV platform represents a “misunderstanding” of what it is, a Google executive said Tuesday.

Discussion: mediabistro.com, the Econsultancy blog and Canadian Press

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

News Corp Earnings In Line — First look at Rupert Murdoch's latest report card: News Corp. ended the September quarter with revenue of $7.4 billion and earnings of $0.27 a share (after factoring out a one-time tax gain). That's almost exactly what the Street was looking for — expectations were $7.4 billion and $0.24 per share.

David Kaplan / paidContent:

AOL's Armstrong: All About ‘Content Exits’ — AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong began the company's Q3 earnings call talking about a three-pronged strategy around distribution. That includes “communication products” like AOL mail, search, social media and its homepage, which was revamped this week.

Discussion: The Digital Home, MediaMemo, AdAge, Variety, MediaPost, Associated Press and The Wire, more at Techmeme »

Ben Fritz / Company Town:

Hollywood studios grappling with when and where to release their movies on DVD, digital — For consumers already confused about when a movie goes on sale on DVD and Blu-ray versus its availability on video on demand, digital download, Netflix and Redbox rental and Netflix online streaming, life could get even more complicated.

Discussion: /Film and GigaOM

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

At My Wit's End: Jason Calacanis Threatens To Sue Us — Jason Calacanis, our former partner on our TechCrunch50 events, is threatening to sue us. His demand letter and draft complaint are embedded below. In a nutshell, he wants part of the proceeds from our sale to AOL.

Discussion: MediaPost and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

What Clicks on a Big Day: The Front Page — Sure, the steady bleed of readers from print to the Web is only getting worse. But there is still no substitute for A1 the day after a big news story. — It was hard to turn on the television on Wednesday morning without seeing images …

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Federated Media Snaps Up BigTent — Federated Media, the San Francisco-based advertising and publishing network, has acquired BigTent, a platform hosting more than 15,000 communities, mostly made up of parenting groups, especially moms. — Financial terms of the deal with BigTent, also located in San Francisco, were not disclosed.

Discussion: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, FM Blog and WebNewser

The Independent:

The story behind Vogue's iPad app — Going from page to screen has been less than seamless. Vogue's editor, Alexandra Shulman, tells Ian Burrell why it takes time for things to click — After 94 years as one of the most beautiful products on the newsstand, Vogue, the magazine that never misses …