Mediagazer: Rethinking Public Media: More Local, More Inclusive, More Interactive (Amy Garmer/KnightComm)

NPR:

NYT Reporter Defends Publishing WikiLeaks Cables … Sen. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, has suggested that The New York Times should be investigated for publishing classified diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. — “To me The New York Times has committed …

Discussion: Techdirt and The Huffington Post

A Profoundly Bad Idea — Sen. Joe Lieberman and his call for a federal investigation of the Times over WikiLeaks. Posted: Wed, Dec. 8 2010 — Rem Rieder (rrieder@ajr.umd.edu) is AJR's editor and senior vice president. — Sen. Joe Lieberman has come up with a terrible idea.

Discussion: Salon

Cpen / Twitter Blog:

To Trend or Not to Trend... Since Twitter first introduced the Trends feature in the summer of 2008, one frequently asked question has been “Why isn't X trending?” This question has come up around a variety of subjects, from #justinbieber and #adamlambert to #flotilla, #iranelection and #demo2010.

Discussion: Guardian, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Social Medium, ResourceShelf and SAI, more at Techmeme »

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Pulitzer board announces changes for 2011 competition — Romenesko Misc. — The rules for 12 of the 14 categories now state explicitly that entries may use any available journalistic tool, including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations or any combination of those formats.

Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:

Sonoma Index-Tribune drops paywall on news website — The Sonoma Index-Tribune has ended its three-month-long practice of charging readers to view online content, even as another news website begins operation in the community. — In September, the twice-weekly Index-Tribune started charging viewers $5 …

Discussion: paidContent, eMedia Vitals and mediabistro.com

Yahoo / Yodel Anecdotal:

Yahoo! Gets Hyper-Local — Here at Yahoo! we are constantly redefining how people experience and interact with content on the Web. Users today want to go beyond words presented on the screen. They want videos. They want social activity. They want it anywhere and anytime.

Discussion: Y! Mobile Blog, NetNewsCheck Latest, paidContent, SAI, Search Engine Land, Bits and GigaOM, more at Techmeme »

Amy Garmer / KnightComm:

Rethinking Public Media: More Local, More Inclusive, More Interactive — At a time when government funding for public broadcasting is hotly debated, Rethinking Public Media: More Local, More Inclusive, More Interactive, a new policy paper by Barbara Cochran, offers five broad strategies …

David Folkenflik / NPR:

TV Network Expands Bloomberg News' Horizon … Just last year, Margaret Brennan walked away from the nation's leading financial cable news channel to a rival with such small ratings that its executives currently do not pay to find out how many people are watching. — “Yeah, it was a gamble,” Brennan concedes.

Discussion: TVNewser and Inside Cable News

Patricia Cohen / Media Decoder:

Foer Steps Down at The New Republic — The New Republic is getting a new editor in the new year. Richard Just, currently the executive editor, is taking over Jan. 1 from Franklin Foer, who is stepping down after a five-year stint. — Mr. Foer, 36, who closed his last issue of the magazine on Tuesday …

Discussion: New York Observer, Yahoo! News, Poynter, The Huffington Post and bookforum.com

Jessica E. Vascellaro / Speakeasy:

Departing NBCU Chief Zucker Considers Private Equity, Other Options … Departing NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker has added to his list of possible next acts one more item: joining a private-equity firm. — Zucker has been approached by several, according to people familiar with the matter.

Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:

Netflix signs new Disney-ABC deal, shows up doubters — Disney apparently doesn't think Netflix is a threat. The company has struck a deal to offer content via Netflix's streaming service. — Netflix has signed a new licensing agreement with one of the biggest Hollywood studios …

Discussion: New York Post, The Digital Home, PR Newswire, Mashable!, MediaMemo and The Wrap

Discussion: The Official Netflix Blog, MediaPost, NetNewsCheck Latest, Multichannel, Company Town, MediaPost, Fast Company, rbr.com, GigaOM and Broadcasting & Cable

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Guardian memo: 54,000 a month behind Times paywall — New research from Experian Hitwise has been used by The Guardian to suggests that 54,000 people a month are accessing content behind the paywall of The Times and Sunday Times. — The research was commissioned by Guardian News and Media …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, Editors Weblog and Media Money

Seth Godin / Seth's Blog:

The Domino Project — Book publishing is changing. It's changing faster than it has in a hundred years. I've been persistent enough to be part of that change, provoking and poking and wondering about what comes next. — Today, I'm thrilled to report on what's next for me.

Discussion: bookforum.com and theBookseller.com

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

News Corp. COO: Please Don't Associate Us With Our Newspapers — Rupert Murdoch may have printer's ink flowing through his veins, as is often said of the News Corp. chairman, but for his No. 2, president and COO Chase Carey, newspapers are more like an albatross around the neck.

Discussion: New York Observer and rbr.com

Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:

News Foo Camp: Not fully open, but certainly not secret — I tweet a lot from journalism events. I think I can say that few people tweet as much about journalism as I do. I didn't tweet much from News Foo Camp last weekend. — But other campers and I tweeted enough that our tweeps wanted more.