Mediagazer: Content Shifting — I got this comment from @Daryn on yesterday's SoundCloud post: (Fred/A VC)

11:55 AM ET, January 10, 2011

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Jack Shafer / Slate:

The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech in the wake of the Giffords shooting. — The attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the killing of six innocents outside a Tucson Safeway has bolstered the ongoing argument that when speaking of things political …

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Steve Safran / Lost Remote:

How incorrect reports of Giffords' death spread on Twitter — Update: NPR Senior Strategist Andy Carvin, who worked on the NPR online effort Saturday, has left a great explanation in our comments section about some of the decisions he faced. We have incorporated a small piece of it into the story …

Discussion: Nieman Storyboard, NPR, The Huffington Post, New York Times, eMedia Vitals, Editors Weblog, Erick's blog, Regret the Error, Poynter, Washington Post, Broadcasting & Cable, The Daily Beast, NY Daily News, Hot Air, Yahoo! News and The Politico

Las Vegas Blog: CNN Exec Explains Photo Snafu, But Questions Remain

Chad Catacchio / The Next Web:
Twitter isn't the new Cronkite - it needs the new Cronkite(s)

Discussion: CJR, Poynter, The Huffington Post, TVNewser and On Media's Blog, Thanks:bradtnw

Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:

Playboy to Go Private — Playboy is going private. — The board of directors for the iconic but struggling men's brand has agreed to 84-year-old founder Hugh Hefner's $6.15-per-share offer to take the company private. — Hefner first made a $5.50-per-share offer in July.

Discussion: Folio, Multichannel, Gawker, Chicago Breaking Business, minonline.com, TechCrunch and PR Newswire

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:

CNN Mulls Show Shake-Up — Amid Ratings Struggle, Network May Replace Kathleen Parker on ‘Parker Spitzer’ — CNN is considering replacing Kathleen Parker, co-host of its new evening program “Parker Spitzer,” according to people familiar with the matter, as the network struggles to reverse a steep slide in its evening audience.

Discussion: The Wire, Yahoo! News, Poynter, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, On Media's Blog, mediabistro.com, Moneywood, Chickaboomer, Inside Cable News, Mediaite, Gothamist, Gawker and New York Magazine

David Carr / New York Times:

A Sacrifice to Appease NPR's Gods — A long time ago, a kingdom was beset by tempestuous storms, and it was decided that one of the most prized citizens would be fed to the volcano as a sacrifice to appease the punishing gods. After the sacrifice was made and the crowd exulted …

Discussion: Chickaboomer

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

YouTube Introduces Weekly Talk Show — If most television networks can have talk shows featuring celebrities, why not YouTube? — The “Partners Project,” which started last month, is being positioned as the talk show of YouTube, featuring contributors who have drawn online audiences of millions.

Fred / A VC:

Content Shifting — I got this comment from @Daryn on yesterday's SoundCloud post: … To which I replied: … Once you use a service like Instapaper or Boxee Watch Later, this kind of thing becomes muscle memory. You want to be able to content shift everywhere and onto every device.

Discussion: PSFK

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

The TV-Internet Nuptials — LAS VEGAS — The blending of television and the Internet is inevitable. But will it happen in concert with the major cable and satellite distributors, or in spite of them? — That question loomed large at the Consumer Electronics Show last week …

Discussion: Beet.TV

Lynn Cowan / Wall Street Journal:

Nielsen IPO to Gauge Appetite of Investors — This week marks the start of the year's first IPO investor road shows in the U.S., and among the companies wooing investors, a biggie is expected: consumer-analytics specialist Nielsen HoldingsBV. — Nielsen, which tracks consumer behavior ranging …

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Le Monde: a blueprint of a turnaround — The iconic French newspaper Le Monde is about to begin a new chapter of its complicated history. Last September, what remains France's most influential paper changed hands (see previous Monday Note Le Monde's escape velocity and story in NY Times' DealBook).

Discussion: Editors Weblog

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

The Day of The Daily: Murdoch's iPad Thingy Coming Jan. 19 — Mark your calendars, media nerds. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 is the day it all changes. Maybe. — That's the planned launch date for The Daily, the iPad-only publication News Corp. has been feverishly developing.

Simon Dumenco / AdAge:

Media in 2011: The (Real) Year of Living Dangerously — On Print Survivors, IPad Glossy Sales, Paywalls and Beautifully Low Budgets — CHEAP AND SMART: FX's ‘Louie’ was made on small budget. — Media people love bad news — everybody knows that. But what's been surprising …

Anthony Crupi / Mediaweek:

Apps Irk Cable Nets — Comcast's scheme to begin streaming live video content to iPads and other tablets precipitated a flurry of legal correspondence last week, as several cable network groups made it clear that they had not signed off on any such arrangement.

Jerry Lazar / KobreChannel:

Clueless in Columbus — Here are five lessons the media should learn from the Columbus Dispatch's video story about Ted Williams. (That golden-throated homeless guy does have a name.) — * 1. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. The gift horse we're talking about is not Williams.

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