Mediagazer: On the Media: The battle for NPR's public's funding (James Rainey/Los Angeles Times)

Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

MSNBC suspends Scarborough for campaign donations — MSNBC said Friday that it is suspending “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough for two days after he acknowledged giving eight previously unknown $500 contributions to friends and family members running for state and local offices during …

Associated Press:

Palin's publisher sues Gawker over book excerpts — NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book filed a lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of “America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag” before its release next week.

Alan Rusbridger / Guardian:

The splintering of the fourth estate — Media organisations are trying various routes to the future - the Guardian's is firmly an open and collaborative one — Back in June, I was invited to speak in Amsterdam at a “Royal Symposium”. It turned out I was sharing the platform with a writer …

Discussion: ABC News, Journalism.co.uk and Editors Weblog

Emily Gould / The Awl:

An Open Letter to Tavi Gevinson and Jane Pratt — First I just wanted to say the same thing that I imagine hundreds if not thousands of people have already said, which is that I am a big fan of both of yours. I've admired the way that Tavi has gracefully handled a lot of flak from jealous haters …

New York Post:

Cathie Black's book is hot — Tweet — Sales of Cathie Black's business memoir, “Basic Black,” have spiked since Mayor Mike Bloomberg unveiled his decision last week to tap the media executive as the new chancellor of the Department of Education. — “There's no question her appointment …

Discussion: New York Observer, Romenesko and mediabistro.com

Lauren Dugan / mediabistro.com:

The National Post: How One Newspaper is Embracing Twitter [Interview] — The National Post is a large Canadian newspaper that's embracing social media as an extension of its newsroom. We had the opportunity to chat with Chris Boutet, the Senior Producer of Digital Media at the Post …

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: The battle for NPR's public's funding — (Jennifer S. Altman, For The Times / September 28, 2006) — Republicans, who will control the House, have already tried one procedural gambit, with more likely to come. — “Dignified” is not a word often associated …

Paul Hoffman / Editors Weblog:

Mail Online is 2nd biggest newspaper website worldwide: is Facebook responsible? — It would be tempting to assume, especially given the unsurprising fact that the New York Times website ranks number one in terms of worldwide usage, that all of today's most viewed news websites have sprouted …

Sense About Science:

Bloggers and Libel Law — “So you've had a threatening letter. What can you do?” — A new guide to the libel laws for bloggers is being published today. — The guide, entitled 'So you've had a threatening letter. What can you do?', is published by Sense About Science in association …

Discussion: Online Journalism Blog, Telegraph, Thinking Is Dangerous, ZDNet, consider, evaluate, act, Guardian and Journalism.co.uk

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Covering a crisis more like molasses than quicksand — How do you cover a crisis that is not a crisis in the way we generally think of one — sudden, frenzied, tragic — but rather a tragedy that builds, slowly, over time? From the BP oil spill to Haiti's pre- and post-earthquake heartbreaks …

Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Journalists of the future need data skills, says Berners-Lee — Inventor of the world wide web says that the stories of the future won't come from chatting in bars but from poring over rows of data. Do you agree - and is that what students are learning? — Are you ready to be a journalist of the future?

Discussion: Editors Weblog

James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:

The Onion's First TV Series Trailer — The Onion's first TV show is a spoof of the cable news networks (without, it seems, the burning Howard Beale-style indignation of Jon Stewart). The Onion team has produced daily Web video parodies for three years now.

Discussion: Mediaite

Damon Kiesow / Mobile Media:

Radio reporter covers D.C. with an iPhone only — Neal Augenstein has been a radio reporter at WTOP for 14 years, and a smart phone mojo for 10 months. An average day for him in Washington, D.C., may include anything from breaking news to lifestyle features and, since February …

Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:

Rupert Murdoch's tablet tabloid gearing up for launch — As News Corp. staffs up its forthcoming tablet tabloid, The Daily, the names of editorial staffers recruited for the venture are leaking out left and right. — The latest is Hunter Walker, who will be working The Daily's gossip beat …

Discussion: Editors Weblog, Gawker, BlogPost and Romenesko

Discussion: City Room

Appolicious ™ App Directory:

paidContent founder Rafat Ali on touchscreens and the future of media — After selling digital news site paidContent for $30 million to Guardian Media in 2008, Rafat Ali in July left The Guardian and is now planning his next entrepreneurial journey. — The future of media, says Ali, will revolve around touchscreen devices.

Bo Peabody / Money Game:

DOWN ON THE (CONTENT) FARM: Here's Why I Would Never Invest In Demand Media — Demand Media filed its S-1 registration statement with the SEC four months ago and is now attempting to sell its stock offering. — Demand is the first media company in the post-bust era of the Internet …

Discussion: The Awl and SAI

Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:

NBC Universal Reorg Gives Bond, Zalaznick New Digital Duties — Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) has announced the new executive structure for NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), ending Hollywood's favorite guessing game these past few months. Few surprises given the endless speculation, but there were shifts worth noting …

Discussion: Company Town and mediabistro.com

Discussion: AdAge