Mediagazer: Carr, Stelter answer questions about media, New York Times at SXSW “Page One” documentary screening (Poynter)

1:35 PM ET, March 14, 2011

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

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Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:

British Publisher Buys Mental Floss — A decade after he flouted publishing's grim economic realities and launched a weekly news magazine in the U.S., British-born magazine publisher Felix Dennis is betting on another long-shot. — The 63-year-old Mr. Dennis has agreed to buy Mental Floss …

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

The News, in Bright Bits — Somewhere along the line, utility became a bad word at news magazines. And that's where The Week saw an opening. — While magazines like Time and Newsweek published heavy essays, distinguished guest columnists and artful photo spreads, The Week embraced magazine journalism …

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Frank Rich / New York Times:

Confessions of a Recovering Op-Ed Columnist — THE first political columnist I ever encountered, after a fashion, was Walter Lippmann. It happened on a snowy afternoon when I was a kid of 11 or 12 growing up in Washington during the J.F.K. years. My wallet had somehow slipped out of my pocket …

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Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

Founder of a Provocative Web Site Forms a New Outlet — AUSTIN, Tex. — For most entrepreneurs, running a Web site that is rife with pornography and frequently criticized as a menace to society would not be considered a résumé booster. Many venture capitalists would head in the opposite direction.

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Jennifer Preston / New York Times:

When Unrest Stirs, Bloggers Are Already in Place — As the protests spread across Tunisia for weeks, many international news organizations scrambled to cover the unrest just before President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali fled on Jan. 14, ending 23 years of authoritarian rule. But Amira al-Hussaini was all over the story.

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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:

Google to Help Broker Video Ads — Google Inc., trying to become a middleman for selling video ads on the Internet, will soon test a service that matches advertisers with website publishers, including Google's own YouTube video site. — The Silicon Valley company is creating …

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Sebnem Arsu / New York Times:

In Turkey, Thousands Protest a Crackdown on Press Freedom — ISTANBUL — Thousands of people marched in central Istanbul on Sunday to protest a crackdown on the press in Turkey after the arrest of more than a dozen journalists this month. — In the most prominent case, two investigative journalists …

Poynter:

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

State of the News Media 2011: New revenues have not arrived, but new challenges have — A year ago, co-authoring the “State of the News Media” chapter on newspapers, I thought 2010 would be a year of rebound — and a test of whether newspapers would reinvest in “developing new lines of business and rebuilding skimpy news reports.”

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Deborah Potter / NewsLab:

Local TV news bounces back — After two grim years, the state of local television news is much improved, thank you. That's the bottom line of the chapter I wrote for this year's State of the News Media report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism, released today.

Liz Shannon Miller / GigaOM:

Will Girl Walks Into a Bar Lead Indie Films to the Web? — The idea that Girl Walks Into a Bar, an independent feature with a Hollywood-friendly cast and a $1 million dollar budget, is “The First Major Motion Picture Made For The Internet,” could be up for debate.

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Peter Preston / Guardian:

Does the i have it for quality journalism? — Small, cheap and modest, the mini-Independent may be proving a good idea — One figure stands out from a generally grisly set of national newspaper circulation statistics in February. It's not unexpected: Indy people have been bragging …

Jemima Kiss / Guardian:

Flipboard: game-changer or just a fad? — The founder of the social magazine application, Mike McCue, on its relationship with publishers, its funding, and his love of Apple — A great interviewer makes so much difference to a panel, as proven by Kara Swisher of AllThingsD interviewing Flipboard founder Mike McCue.

Aljazeera:

Al Jazeera staffer killed in Libya — Cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber was returning to eastern city of Benghazi from filing report when he was shot and killed. — An Al Jazeera cameraman has been killed in what appears to have been an ambush near the rebel-held city of Benghazi in eastern Libya.

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