Mediagazer: Sanders Tells Regulators to Block Comcast-NBC Deal (Bill Carter/Media Decoder)

1:05 PM ET, November 16, 2010

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Ben Smith / The Politico:

2 Dems claim Arianna Huffington stole website idea — Two Democratic consultants are accusing Arianna Huffington and her business partner of stealing their idea for the powerhouse liberal website Huffington Post. — Peter Daou and James Boyce charge that Huffington and partner Ken Lerer designed …

Discussion: Mediaite, Romenesko, New York Magazine, BlogPost, SAI, thedp.com, Gawker and WebNewser

Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:

New Forbes C.E.O. Mike Perlis weighs in on Lewis D'Vorkin's ‘content continuum’ — For the first time in nearly a century, the Forbes media empire won't be captained by someone named Forbes. — Late Monday, Forbes Media announced that it was tapping Mike Perlis, a publishing industry veteran …

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
No founding family running Forbes day-to-day

Discussion: Talking Biz News, paidContent, Folio, MediaMemo and CNET News

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Forbes Hires SoftBank's Mike Perlis As President/CEO

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

EXCLUSIVE: Do Online Viewers Watch Less TV? New Poll's Findings Might Surprise You … NEW YORK — Pay TV industry folks have heatedly debated this fall whether consumers are dropping their cable or other TV subscriptions to watch more TV content online. A new study by Nielsen …

Discussion: New York Magazine, ReadWriteWeb and GigaOM

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

Sanders Tells Regulators to Block Comcast-NBC Deal — Comcast is expected to announce a new management lineup for NBC Universal as soon as Wednesday, in anticipation of completing its takeover of the company by the end of the year or early next year. — But at least one senator says strongly …

Discussion: Guardian, Broadcasting & Cable, Free Press, Hillicon Valley and MediaPost

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Ben Silverman's Electus Launches Online Morning Show ‘AOL Daybreak’ … NEW YORK - AOL Inc. on Monday launched a new morning video show, called AOL Daybreak, on its home page in partnership with Ben Silverman's multimedia studio Electus. — Lindsay Campbell, best known …

Discussion: New York Observer

Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:

New York Times re-structures its web newsroom — The New York Times announced a re-organization of its web newsroom today. — Web producers will now report directly to their respective desks. Digital editor Jim Roberts has been named assistant managing editor for news …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:

Apple Finally Snares Beatles — Steve Jobs is nearing the end of his long and winding pursuit of the Beatles catalog. — Apple Inc. is preparing to disclose that its iTunes Store will soon start carrying music by the Beatles, according to people familiar with the situation …

Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:

Sam Zell to Bow Out of Tribune — Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell said Monday that he doesn't see himself having an operating role in the media company after it exits bankruptcy. — “I think when we're done with the bankruptcy process I will turn it over to whoever the creditors decide they want to run it …

Discussion: New York Magazine and LA Observed

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Oprah Releases Mag App For The iPad; Ad Placements Are Limited And Premium — Oprah's still got her TV show and the upcoming debut of her Discovery TV network next year. But what she hasn't had is an iPad app dedicated to her Hearst-published monthly, O, The Oprah Magazine—until now.

Discussion: mediabistro.com

James Robinson / Guardian:

NoW boss: quality press sneers at working class — Managing editor Bill Akass claims upmarket papers have snobbish attitude towards readers of ‘tabloid tittle-tattle’ — A senior News of the World executive last night accused upmarket papers of “sneering at the working class” …

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

TechCrunch runs into legal battle following sale to AOL — Legal wrangle follows AOL's multi-million-dollar buyout of influential blog network in September — The agenda-setting technology blog TechCrunch looks set to take centre stage in a courtroom battle between two of its high-profile founders.

Discussion: The Next Web, L.A. Times Tech Blog and SAI

Stephen Walker / VentureBeat:

How much is online-media baron Demand Media really worth? — With online media company Demand Media likely to price its IPO within a matter of days, I thought it was a good time to analyze how the company is likely to be valued in the public markets. I have to admit, when I first looked …

Edmund Lee / AdAge:

Yahoo Cranks Up New Content Machine — Portal Completes Integration of Associated Content; Hires More Bloggers — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Yahoo is launching blogs, hiring writers and turning on its own fire hose of freelance content as it attempts to create and scale a low-cost model for media.

Discussion: Yodel Anecdotal, The Will Leitch Experience, Runnin' Scared and Mediaite

David Lieberman / USA Today:
Yahoo to launch network featuring exclusive news

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Ellie Behling / eMedia Vitals:

The blurring line between brands and publishers — Brands and publishers have always had a mutually dependent relationship, which has grown much more complex since the days of Mad Men. Brands want to engage their audience with content, and often look to publishers to help them.

Leon Neyfakh / Bookish:

Esopus: Not Another Art Mag — I met Tod Lippy last winter, right as I was starting to report on the art beat for the New York Observer. An artist I'd met recently put me in touch with him because she saw I was trying to figure out how the art world worked, and thought Lippy …