Mediagazer: What's wrong with the BBC? All its old bosses are eager to tell you (Peter Preston/Guardian)

3:50 PM ET, March 20, 2011

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Peter Preston / Guardian:

What's wrong with the BBC? All its old bosses are eager to tell you — Every former director general and chairman seems to have a problem with the corporation it was once their job to defend. But the BBC doesn't always help itself when it's under attack

Jonathan Wolman / Detroit News:

Publisher's note: Reviewers' independence key — To our readers: — I want to share with you an episode that occurred last week which has sparked a vigorous discussion in our newsroom about the need to ensure the independence of our reviewers. Indeed, I owe our readers an explanation …

Discussion: Talking Biz News and Kirk LaPointe's …

Arthur S. Brisbane / The Public Editor's Journal:

Additional Letters: Too Little Information — Following up on the reader letters that appeared in my print column for this week, here are some additional letters via e-mail to my two columns, An American in Pakistan and Business News You Didn't Read Here. — Dear Mr. Brisbane:

Discussion: New York Times

Peter Preston / Guardian:

Paywall or no paywall, print is still what pays — The New York Times's model for online charging will no doubt be widely copied. But according to one analyst, print will still be providing 86% of UK newspapers' revenues even in 2017 — So, at long, long last, we have the paywall policy …

Larry Kramer / C-Scape:

Why I Won't Pay For “The Daily” and I Will Pay For The Digital New York Times — I wanted to love The Daily, the first news source from a mainstream media company designed purely for the IPad, a platform I love. I couldn't wait for it to get launched. I told everyone I knew in the business …

Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:

Libya: Mohammed “Mo” Al Nabbous, founder of Benghazi webcast “Libya Alhurra TV,” killed in firefight — Watch live streaming video from libya17feb at livestream.com — Via LibyaFeb17.com and via the Twitter updates from NPR's Andy Carvin, terrible news that the brave citizen journalist …

Discussion: Guardian, Committee to Protect …, Toronto Star, Guardian, Gawker, @acarvin, Libya February 17th, The Daily Dish, The Daily What and Global Voices in English

James Robinson / Guardian:

Met must hand over phone-hacking evidence — Police must pass documents seized from Glenn Mulcaire to lawyers representing growing number of people suing paper — The growing number of public figures suing the News of the World won a major high court victory when a judge said Scotland Yard must hand …

Gordon Borrell / INMA:

The Groupon phenomenon: beautiful deconstruction of an old media model — Groupon — and all it means — is here to stay. How did the newsmedia industry not see it coming? And what do we do about it now? — TAGS — In case you haven't noticed, media companies have changed their strategy of charging for advertising.