Mediagazer: How I Survived an Attack in Cairo (Taimur Khan/GQ)

12:55 AM ET, February 17, 2011

Top News:

A simple way for publishers to manage access to digital content — (Cross-posted on the Google News Blog) — At Humboldt University in Berlin today, Eric Schmidt announced Google One Pass, a service that lets publishers set their own prices and terms for their digital content.

Edmund Lee / AdAge:
Google Outbids Apple — Offers Publishers 90% Cut on Tablet Subs

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Trends in the Living Networks, memeburn, The Big Picture, eMedia Vitals, GigaOM, The Next Web and TechCrunch

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Media General to use Google One Pass in Virginia, Journalism Online metered model in N.C.

Discussion: paidContent and WebNewser

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

iTunes subscriptions won't stop free news — While the new iTunes subscription service for publishers may inspire more efforts than ever to charge for content, it won't put a dent in the overwhelming consumption of free news on the Internet. — The Apple subscription service unveiled yesterday intends …

Nat Ives / AdAge: Why Elle, Nylon and Pop Sci Said Yes to Apple's iPad Subscription Terms

John Gapper / John Gapper's blog:
Apple's battle for control with Amazon

Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, NAA Community, Billboard.Biz, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, Editors Weblog, thebookseller.com/news …, mocoNews and AdAge

Nathan Koppel / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Subscription Rules Raise Possible Antitrust Issues

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:

Google Penalizes Forbes For Selling Links, Again — Forbes.com, the extremely popular magazine web site, has been notified by Google that they have been penalized for selling links on their web site. — Denis Pinsky, the Digital Marketing Manager at Forbes.com, posted a Google Webmaster Help thread with the notification warning.

more at Techmeme »

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Forbes Accused Of Link Spam, Plays Dumb, But Forgets To Delete All The Links

Discussion: Search Engine Land

Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:

Newspaper Guild of NY ready to launch $1 million campaign against NY Times — The Newspaper Guild of New York said Wednesday it is prepared to spend $1 million on a campaign to “rally public support for journalists and other unionized staff” facing compensation cuts at The New York Times.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

NYT says it's seeking ‘a modern contract’ with the guild — Romenesko Misc. — Shortly after the Newspaper Guild of New York's contract talks release was posted here, the Times sent statement saying that it's “seeking a modern contract with the Guild that addresses the new realities …

Discussion: Future of Journalism and FishbowlNY

Taimur Khan / GQ:

How I Survived an Attack in Cairo — On the front lines, in the middle of the action, at the tip of the spear—that's where reporters like Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot always want to be. But what happens when you find yourself a little too close to the story, caught up in a melee …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Mediaite, Gawker, Inside Cable News and TVNewser

Suzi Parker / Politics Daily:
Lara Logan Assault: For Female Reporters, the Added Peril of Turbulent Places

Discussion: The Huffington Post, NY Daily News, mediabistro.com, National Review, Editors Weblog, Double X, PopEater, CNN, The Wire, Watchdog Blog, Mother Jones, Still Not Going To Do …, The Answer Sheet, The Daily Beast, The Wrap and The Atlantic Online

Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:

Arianna Online: AOL could use some of Huffington's cachet — The popular pundit says it's ‘the best home’ for Huffington Post. She'll be in charge of all editorial content for the faded Internet brand. — Reporting from New York — Elegantly clad in black lace, her famously copper hair now blond …

Discussion: Poynter

Jessica E. Vascellaro / Digits: AOL and HuffPo Tap Booz, Talk Integration

A.J. Daulerio / Deadspin:

Katie Baker Has Been Poached By Bill Simmons For His Forthcoming Editorial Project — Our great friend and part-time contributor (even though everyone who worked here considered her full-time), has decided to leave the lush life of freelance writing while praying her day job co-workers …

Discussion: The Wire

Laura Rich / AdAge:

From Hulu to Google TV, Battle Is on in Distribution Turf War — As Online Video Content, Traditional TV Programming Converge on Multiple Platforms, Who Will Win Attention of Viewers, Advertisers? — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — When it comes to monetizing online video content through advertising, Hulu has been a clear leader.

Steve Goldstein / minonline.com:

Access Intelligence Acquires Red 7 Media — min's parent company, Access Intelligence, will close a deal on Friday, Feb. 18, to acquire Norwalk, Conn.-based Red 7 Media, which serves the event industry with its Event Marketer, EXPO, Best Events and Event Design media brands and associated events …

Discussion: paidContent

DealBook:

Borders Files for Bankruptcy — Borders Group, the beleaguered bookseller, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday after failing to secure agreements with publishers and other vendors about reorganizing its debt. — The bookseller listed $1.29 billion in debt and $1.27 billion in assets …

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Wall Street Journal, Deal Journal, CrunchGear, Digital Trends, AOL News, Moral Hazard, Jacket Copy, City Room, The Latest Word, Gawker and Gothamist

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Inside Twitter's Sales Machine: A Secret Guide for Advertisers (Video) — Twitter hopes to generate something like $100 million from advertising this year, but first it has to teach people how to buy its ads. Here's how it's doing that: A hand-holding how-to video, which walks through everything …

Discussion: SAI, paidContent, Digital Trends, The Next Web and @robinjp, more at Techmeme »

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

With RSS Face Down In A Ditch, Lifeless, Pulse Finds A Heartbeat Beyond It — We love the “RSS Is Dead” meme here at TechCrunch. Hell, we started it. And while RSS isn't exactly dead as in gone, it is dead in that the vast majority of people who consume content on the web have absolutely …

Discussion: The Pulse Blog and MacStories

Maria Bustillos / The Awl:

Meet the Heroes of Early Scientology Reporting—Plus, a Visit to the Celebrity Centre — Across the street from Scientology's fabled Celebrity Centre, on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, there is a coffee house called The Bourgeois Pig. It is super dark in there but the coffee isn't bad, and you can sit outside.

Discussion: LA Observed, Most Recent Home Page Posts …, The Atlantic Online, Runnin' Scared, Nieman Storyboard and The New Republic

Harry A. Jessell / NetNewsCheck:

Study Questions Quality Of Local Site Traffic — On average, 55% of the visitors to locally oriented news and information Web sites are neither local nor loyal, but instead are readers from outside of the market and “fly-bys” unlikely to return frequently, according to a new study from Borrell Associates.

Discussion: @ckrewson

Scott Libin / Poynter:

WJLA General Manager Bill Lord on future of TBD.com: ‘We need to be more cost conscious, and we need more page views’ — In retrospect, maybe choosing the name TBD was prophetic. — Six months after its birth, the fate of the Washington, D.C., metro news site now appears to be determined …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Dataviz, democratized: Google opens Public Data Explorer — Two years ago, Google acquired Gapminder, the Swedish graphics-display company whose Trendalyzer software specializes in representing data over time. (You may recall the company from this awesome and much-circulated TED talk from 2006.)

Discussion: The Official Google Blog, CNET News, Search Engine Land, ReadWriteWeb, O'Reilly Radar and Google Labs

Joe Mullin / paidContent:

Movie Studios, Publishers Seek Limits On Celebrities' ‘Rights Of Publicity’ — What kind of control should celebrities have over creative works that involve their images? In a high-stakes case just argued in a California appeals court, media companies are asking for courts to place clearer limits …

Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:

Demand Media taps Peter Guber to motivate its freelancers (The Cutline) — Demand Media taps Peter Guber to motivate its freelancers — Demand Media has come under scrutiny not only for the less-than-modest rates it pays the army of freelancers who churn out servicey “how to” …

MediaShift:

How the Kindle Made Single-Story Sales a Reality for Magazines — I've never seen a “Not for Individual Sale” label on a magazine story. So why can't I buy most individual magazine articles in digital form just yet? — Selling stand-alone stories has seemed like a potential business model …