Mediagazer: Comcast's Plans for Executives Offer Clues to Future of NBC (Bill Carter/New York Times)

9:00 AM ET, November 22, 2010

Top News:

A News Corp. Newspaper, but Not in Print — People who own an iPad will tell you it makes everything look sexier. Maybe even a newspaper. — Rupert Murdoch, an old-timey newspaper romantic, has nonetheless deputized himself as the digital savior of paid content.

Discussion: Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, Trends in the Living Networks and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

What Should An iPad Newspaper Look Like? — News Corp is taking the iPad very seriously as a new way to distribute the news. The media giant is taking it so seriously that it is developing a new publication called the Daily which will only be available on the iPad (no print edition, no Website).

Discussion: Media News, more at Techmeme »

Horace Dediu / asymco:

The integrated iPad news daily: Read all about it! — When I wrote my opinion on the future of publishing (Citizen Publisher), I focused my lens on books and magazines. Published works that have relatively low time-sensitivity and hence relatively long shelf life are quite different …

Discussion: Gizmodo, Electronista and 9 to 5 Mac, more at Techmeme »

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch, BFF?

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk, Technically Incorrect and Guardian

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

For NBC Sale, Tensions Rise in Washington — Comcast is still in negotiations with the government over its proposed takeover of NBC Universal, but that did not stop the cable company from announcing a new management slate for the entertainment giant last week.

Discussion: Online Video News, Hillicon Valley and Gizmodo

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Comcast's Plans for Executives Offer Clues to Future of NBC — Comcast did not initiate a broad Sherman's March through the management of NBC Universal last week when it announced its new executive lineup in anticipation of the government's approval of its takeover. The move was more surgical than scorched-earth.

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

Old Media Decides Digital Still Needs a ‘Chief’ — Time Inc., Gannett, Clear Channel and Wenner All Seek a New ‘CDO’ — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — It's a good time to be a “chief digital officer,” or at least play one inside a media organization. After a brief heyday mid-decade …

Michael Cieply / Media Decoder:

A Movie Critic Loses Her Screening Privileges (But Gets 'Em Back) — LOS ANGELES — Was it something I said? — Debbie Schlussel, the Michigan-based blogger and movie critic, was left to wonder whether she had offended the powers at Paramount Pictures when she learned last month …

Discussion: Romenesko and Debbie Schlussel

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Fighting Unlicensed Content With Algorithms — It's high time to fight the theft of news-related contents, really. A couple of weeks ago, Attributor, a US company, released the conclusions of a five-month study covering the use of unauthorized contents on the internet.

James Robinson / Guardian:

UK papers ‘too dependent on ads’ — Book edited by Oxford University academics also claims there is no correlation between internet use and newspaper profitability — British newspapers are too dependent on advertising according to a new book edited by academics at Oxford University.

Discussion: paidContent and Editor's Blog

Wall Street Journal:

Online TV Streams Come Under Fire — In the latest cat-and-mouse game between media companies and technology start-ups threatening to undermine their businesses, the big networks are intensifying their fight to stop Internet services that stream TV stations online.

Halfdan Hussey / The Wrap:

Silicon Valley and Hollywood: Strange Bedfellows — For years Silicon Valley and Hollywood have attempted to unite and partner. Why hasn't it worked so well to date? How can we create a better outcome? — Partnerships are created when two forces that share a similar goal and vision come together.

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Better Advertising Project Raises Millions For Its Web Privacy Seal of Approval — Online advertising plus privacy is a combination that freaks a lot of people out. For others, it's a business. — At least, that's the plan for Better Advertising Project, a startup that wants to serve …

Boris Kachka / New York Magazine:

Reinventing the Book — Jonathan Safran Foer's object of anti-technology. — According to one of Jonathan Safran Foer's favorite essays, John Ashbery's 1968 classic “The Invisible Avant-Garde,” what makes innovative work exciting is that you're never sure it's any good.