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4:25 AM ET, February 22, 2011

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Matt Mullenweg:
Blogging Drift  —  The New York Times has a pretty prominent article today called Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter.  The title was probably written by an editor, not the author, because as soon as the article gets past the two token teenagers who tumble and Facebook instead of blogging …
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Mschuler / Marx Layne:
If blogging is dead, then it's living a healthy afterlife  —  As long as people enjoy writing more than a few sentences at a time, blogging will never die.  —  I'd contend that if blogging is dead, as this New York Times article suggests, then it's living a healthy afterlife.
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Libya: journalists prepare for ‘floodgates to open’  —  Newspaper journalists and broadcasters descend on Libyan border as uprising threatens Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year rule  —  Journalists from newspapers and broadcasters across the world, including ITV News and the New York Times …
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Jack Shenker / Guardian:
Egypt's media undergo their own revolution
Discussion: Editors Weblog
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The NYT's journalistic obedience  —  Earlier today, I wrote in detail about new developments in the case of Raymond Davis, the former Special Forces soldier who shot and killed two Pakistanis on January 27, sparking a diplomatic conflict between the U.S. (which is demanding that he be released …
Lauren Rabaino / mediabistro.com:
What newsrooms can learn from tech startups  —  NYU journalism professor and media critic Jay Rosen recently led a Web Journalists Chat on Twitter around the topic of “radical change in the newsroom” (see the highlights here).  One of the reoccurring themes of the chat was that newsrooms need to radically revamp their culture.
Discussion: mediabistro.com
Echo:
[VIDEO] TV Industry Taps Echo to Keep Viewers' Attention  —  Over on the NYtimes yesterday, Brian Stelter writes about the TV industry's push to build real-time two screen experiences for audiences using Social Media content.  —  He writes: … He couldn't be more correct.
Discussion: WatchingTV Online and New York Times, Thanks:chrissaad
Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Promising A Guest Who ‘Everyone Will Want To Watch’ Piers Morgan Books Larry King  —  CNN's Piers Morgan, who never goes anywhere these days without access to Twitter, took to the web over the weekend to reveal a “secret guest” whose booking on Piers Morgan Tonight would “get EVERYONE watching....” and be a “must-watch.”
Discussion: The Wrap
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Anthony Crupi / Mediaweek:
Can Piers Punch Back?  —  Shaw had it half right …
Discussion: TVNewser
David Folkenflik / NPR:
U.K. Papers' Paywalls A Test Of Relevance  —  Conventional wisdom says readers are only willing to pay for online news that fuels their passion or helps them make money.  Across the Atlantic, however, a pair of leading daily newspapers have ignored that conventional wisdom …
Trevor Butterworth / The Daily:
In the age of Google, knowledge is still hard to come by  —  “History,” says Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, “has shown a correlation between the amount of information available to the average citizen and economic growth.”  So true!  History, it must be said, also shows …
David Carr / New York Times:
2 Platforms, With 2 Sets of Problems  —  Digital subscriptions, a grail for the mainstream media that often seemed more like a mirage, took on some firm if not altogether friendly dimensions last week.  —  Traditional print publishers have spent the past few years cast in the role …
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Arianna Huffington, Media ‘Dahling’  —  Arianna Huffington's distinctive Greek lilt is often imitated.  —  “Helllloooo, dahlings!” the familiar parody goes.  But here's the problem: Arianna Huffington doesn't actually talk like that.  Zsa Zsa Gabor does though, and that seems to be where the confusion has arisen.
Wall Street Journal:
No More Mr. (Or Ms.) Nice Guy  —  As The Journal Drops ‘Courtesy Titles’ From the Sports Pages, It's Modernity Over Gentility  —  Joe Torre (left) and Derek Jeter after a 2001 playoff game.  —  Athletes get called many things, fairly and not.  Great ones are often described as “amazing …
Judy Battista / New York Times:
N.F.L. Labor Dispute Plays Out on Twitter  —  A few hours after N.F.L. owners filed a complaint against the players union last week alleging that it was not bargaining in good faith, Houston Texans right tackle Eric Winston took to his keyboard to react.  —  “The NFL has reached that point …
Ben Fritz / Company Town:
Blockbuster to be sold; opening bid set at $290 million  —  Home video chain Blockbuster Inc., in bankruptcy, has opted to put itself up for sale after creditors were unable to agree on a recapitalization plan.  —  The Dallas-based company said Monday that it has submitted a plan …
 
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Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
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Patrick Thornton / Poynter:
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David Phelps / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
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Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
A Canon Still Camera is a “Game Changer” for Video Journalism, the AP's Kevin Roach
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Amy Larocca / New York Magazine:
The Street Is Their Oyster
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
New Jersey TV Station Is Accused of Failing Its Audience
Discussion: The Huffington Post