Mediagazer: “Actionable news”: A dull phrase, but one which should shape what we do (David Higgerson)

HarperCollins Resolves Lawsuit with Gawker — In a statement, HarperCollins revealed they have resolved their lawsuit against Gawker over a post containing photographed excerpts from Sarah Palin's memoir, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag.

Discussion: The Wrap, Yahoo! News, The Wire, New York Observer, Vanity Fair, TVNewser, Gothamist, The Daily Caller, paidContent and Hot Air

Discussion: Media Decoder, Mediaite and Yahoo! News

New York Post:

AM New York exec Spears arrested for assault — Tweet — A top publishing executive at AM New York, part of the Cablevision-owned Newsday Media Group, was arrested at the freebie newspaper's Manhattan offices on Thursday for a domestic violence assault and attempted strangulation of his girlfriend.

Discussion: Yahoo! News and Gawker

Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:

Why check in to TV shows? Miso's new answer: For the deals — Whenever I talk about apps that allow users to share what they're watching with friends by “checking in” to a TV show, the first question anyone asks me is, 'Why the heck would I want to do that?

Discussion: The Next Web

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

A/B testing for headlines: Now available for WordPress — Audience data is the new currency in journalism. I don't just mean the traditional Costco buy-in-bulk kind — “our readers are 52 percent male, 46 percent over $75,000 household income, 14 percent under age 35,” and so on.

Rend Smith / Washington City Paper:

What's Tweeting Courtland Milloy? — The Washington Post columnist tweaks D.C.'s newcomers as “myopic little twits,” but is he the crotchety grandpa the city needs? — FULL ARTICLE — With slicked back hair and a dapper sport coat, Courtland Milloy could be confused for a preacher.

Discussion: Romenesko

David Higgerson:

“Actionable news”: A dull phrase, but one which should shape what we do — If you were presented with the following three news stories: The promotion of Newcastle United to the Premier League, the death of Raoul Moat after a week on the run, or a story which revealed which restaurants …

Nic Newman / paidContent:

How News Corp.'s Daily Can Succeed Without Paper — Nic Newman's Tigerspike, a digital design agency, has developed seven iPad apps for News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), including The Times' Eureka and The Australian, as well as for The Daily Telegraph, The Economist and others.

Discussion: mediabistro.com

Sree Sreenivasan / DNAINFO.com:

Six Ways Journalists Can Use Twitter Better — Sree Sreenivasan discusses how to make the most of Twitter. — For several months now, I have been thinking about how journalists can use Twitter in smarter ways. Here's a compilation of ideas - many of them found, of course, on Twitter itself.

Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:

‘Tonight Show’ Says It Will Credit Bloggers for Taylor Swift Montage — When Rich Juzwiak saw a series of video clips that Jay Leno played for Taylor Swift on Monday's broadcast of “The Tonight Show,” showing the country star reacting with similar expressions of surprise to a series of awards-show victories …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, fourfour and Mediaite

Mike Henry / AdAge:

Why MTV Must Acquire Vevo Before It's Too Late — Music Labels Got Digital Right for Once, and Now MTV Is Playing Defense — Prior to 1981, music was a tightly controlled substance. You heard it on the radio. You bought the record. You relied on music labels to tell you what was cool.

Cecilia Kang / Post Tech:

Comcast, NBC argue against sharing with Internet TV — Comcast and NBC Universal executives met with senior officials at the Federal Communications Commission this week, urging the agency against conditions to their proposed merger that would require the new company to provide shows and movies to Internet video distributors.

Discussion: GTVHub.com, more at Techmeme »

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Twitter: “No Plans For A Twitter News Network”, But It's Still An Interesting Idea — Earlier today, Reuters ran a short interview with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in which he talked about the possibility of tweets being used to create a “Twitter News Service”.

Discussion: Reuters, TVNewser, WebProNews, BlogsDNA, Mashable!, MarketingVOX, SelectStart and SAI, more at Techmeme »

Brian Steinberg / AdAge:

Fox to Use Hulu Inventory for Advertiser ‘Make-Goods’ — Network's Maneuver Pushes TV, Online Audiences Closer — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Fox has secured agreements with about a dozen advertisers to supply them with inventory from online-video site Hulu to make up for ratings shortfalls …

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Delays dog Google's digital music service — Tweet — Google is having trouble getting its ambitious digital music service off the ground in time for the crucial holiday shopping season. — The major music labels are reluctant to wade into untested waters surrounding a “digital locker” …

Discussion: Adrants, 10connects.com … and Technically Incorrect