Mediagazer: Behind The Scenes of CNN's Election Tech: iPads, Magic Walls, Holograms, Twitter (Austin Carr/Fast Company)

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: Mediaite, TVNewsCheck and Media Decoder

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

Behind The Scenes of CNN's Election Tech: iPads, Magic Walls, Holograms, Twitter — Walking into CNN's newsroom is like walking into Best Buy during the holidays: gigantic flat panel displays are plastered all over the hangar-like space; people are running around frantically with laptops …

Discussion: Inside Cable News, via:ellmcgirt

David Folkenflik / NPR:
The Annals Of Election Night Analysis

Discussion: Media Decoder, Mediaite, Tuned In, Denver Post, CJR, New York Times, Web Journalist Blog, Yahoo! News and American Journalism Review

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

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

News Corp. Puts MySpace On Double Secret Probation — That big MySpace relaunch we read about last week? That's all fine and good. — But the troubled Web property is a ... really troubled Web property, its News Corp. parent stressed today. And it needs to get its act together before it gets kicked off campus.

Discussion: SAI, paidContent, Broadcasting & Cable, Between the Lines Blog and Business Wire, more at Techmeme »

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

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: Relevant Results, ReadWriteWeb, The Next Web, All Things Digital, SAI and CenterNetworks, more at Techmeme »

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

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: the Econsultancy blog and Canadian Press

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: MediaMemo, The Digital Home, Variety, Associated Press, The Wire, AdAge and MediaPost

Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk:

‘Why are we just doing static things?’: Burt Herman talks dynamic storytelling with Storify — Tweet — Having a social media editor in the newsroom, someone who handles the official Twitter account say, while everyone carries on as before, isn't good enough for Burt Herman.

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:

Rap, Parlayed Into Books — Publishing Firm Launched by Duo Behind Cash Money Records — Ronald and Bryan Williams, two entrepreneurial brothers from New Orleans who run the successful music company Cash Money Records Inc., are turning their attention to the book business.

Discussion: New York Magazine

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: New York Magazine, MediaPost, TechFlash and PC Magazine, more at Techmeme »

Nat Ives / AdAge:

Boy Genius, Now Under Jay Penske's Wing, Aims to Grow Up — Redesign Is One Step, but Can One-Man Shows Still Grow Into Big, Sustainable Businesses Online? — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Can a one-man, one-woman or even a one-boy show still grow into a broader media business on the web?