Mediagazer: Univision Chief: We'll Be the Top U.S. TV Network Within 5 Years in Any Language (Dylan Stableford/The Wrap)

10:55 PM ET, February 25, 2011

Top News:

Finding more high-quality sites in search — Our goal is simple: to give people the most relevant answers to their queries as quickly as possible. This requires constant tuning of our algorithms, as new content—both good and bad—comes online all the time.

Demand Media:

A Statement About Search Engine Algorithm Changes — How our content reaches the consumer - whether it's through direct visits, social media referrals, apps or search - has always been important to and monitored closely by us. We also recognize that major search engines like Google have and will continue to make frequent changes.

Discussion: Mashable!, MediaMemo, CNNMoney.com, Epicenter, eMedia Vitals, New York Times, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, TechCrunch, BoomTown, SAI, Search Engine Land, Techland and paidContent, more at Techmeme »

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Google's Content Farming: Good for Consumers or Good for PR?

Discussion: broadstuff and New York Times

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Forecloses On Content Farms With “Farmer” Algorithm Update

Discussion: CNET News, GigaOM, Sean Percival's Blog, Digital Trends, Fortune, SAI and paidContent

Josh Gerstein / The Politico:

Feds spy on reporter in leak probe — Federal investigators trying to find out who leaked information about a CIA attempt to disrupt Iran's nuclear program obtained a New York Times reporter's three private credit reports, examined his personal bank records and obtained information …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Salon, The Raw Story, Yahoo! News and Poynter

Emily Bell / Guardian:

Spotlight falls on media management psychology as lights go out at TBD — The failure of a local news website in Washington highlights a key dilemma: embrace the new, or rely on the tried and trusted? — One of the most high-profile journalism launches in the US in recent months …

Discussion: Poynter

Jxpaton / Digital First:
Hyperlocal News Can't Be Monetized And Other Lies You Heard This Week About TBD.com

Discussion: CJR, GigaOM, Newspaper Death Watch, mediabistro.com and Reflections of a Newsosaur

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter: TBD's course raises questions about failure and success on the way to journalism's future

Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:

Kathleen Parker Splits From CNN's ‘Parker Spitzer’ — Kathleen Parker, the co-host of “Parker Spitzer,” CNN's four-month-old, ratings-challenged primetime show, is being dropped from the program, according to sources inside the CNN newsroom. Eliot Spitzer, her co-host, will remain …

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Twitter's Ad Team Runs Into the Learning Curve, and Promoted Tweets Take a Step Back — Another sign that Twitter's advertising plans are very much a work in progress: The company is playing down Promoted Tweets, the first ad units it introduced last year. — Instead, Dick Costolo's sales force …

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

Could Facebook become a better news reporting tool than Twitter? — Twitter has transformed the way journalists work, allowing them to source and report on stories much faster than in the past. How about Facebook though? Could it ever become just as important a journalistic tool?

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Rockville Central: set to become a Facebook-only outlet

Discussion: New York Observer, Lost Remote, Brad Rourke's Blog and WebNewser

Emily Bell / Guardian:

In the absence of public media funding, the US has outsourced its voice | Emily Bell — While an American BBC is unthinkable, commercial dominance has deprived the country of a culturally specific news medium — If you want to get coverage for public media funding, try turning up at Congress with a puppet on your arm.

New York Post:

Last rites for Adweek's iconic Hot List of mags — The Adweek Hot List, a staple of the magazine world since the legendary Clay Felker launched it in the mid-'80s, will not appear next month — and it may be scrapped for good as a closely watched barometer of the magazine world.

Jessica Deahl / American Journalism Review:

The 40-Year-Old Startup — Long known and respected for its pricey, in-depth analysis of government policy, National Journal retools for the Internet era. Posted: Fri, Feb. 25, 2011 — Jessica Deahl (jessica.l.deahl@gmail.com) is a journalist based in Washington, D.C.

Discussion: @romenesko, Online NewsHour and Cision

Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:

Univision Chief: We'll Be the Top U.S. TV Network Within 5 Years in Any Language — Univision reported growing quarterly revenue and net income on Thursday, as its chief reiterated his prediction that the Spanish-language television giant would become the top-rated TV network in the U.S. within five years — regardless of language.

Discussion: MediaPost

Allan Sloan / Washington Post:

Shareholder money funds Murdoch family deals — The Murdoch family owns only about 12 percent of News Corp., but Rupert Murdoch sure runs the place like a wholly owned family candy store. The company, blurring the distinction between public and family business, makes deals with family members …

Discussion: Poynter and New York Observer

Adrianne Jeffries / New York Observer:

Gawker's Ban on ‘Shiny Bauble’ Share Buttons Lasted One Week — Three weeks ago, newly-relaunched Gawker hit the web with a curious omission: the row of social media widgets frequently attached to blog posts across the web (examples below and to the right of this post).

Joseph L. Flatley / Engadget:

Android Market adds e-books; movies and music soon to come? — The Android world's been a-buzz this last week over a few new Android Market URLS, including http://market.android.com/music/ and http://market.android.com/movies/. In case you thought there was nothing to this tip, guess again …

Discussion: VideoNuze, Techland and TeleRead