Mediagazer: Activate New York 2011: Interview with Emily Bell (Guardian)

3:43 AM ET, April 1, 2011

Top News:

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Note to Media: Don't Fight Zite, Learn From It — In an entirely too-predictable development, a group of media outlets has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the creators of Zite, a magazine-style aggregator for the iPad. The publishers allege that by pulling in their content and displaying …

Discussion: Mixed Media, On Media's Blog, Folio, paidContent, ReadWriteWeb, TeleRead, Techdirt, App Advice and Poynter, Thanks:mathewi

Damon Kiesow / Poynter:

Zite incident shows why publishers need to enable automatic, controlled content distribution — In an era of free, frictionless content distribution, how can creators of that content be paid for their work? — The question was highlighted on Wednesday as 11 major media organizations …

Discussion: Local Media Watch, Mobile Entertainment, FishbowlNY and paidContent

Elizabeth Jensen / Media Decoder:

Bill Moyers Eyes a Possible Return to PBS — Bill Moyers' retirement from weekly television last year may not last long. He has received preliminary approval for a major grant to return to PBS with a half-hour show with the working title “Something Different With Bill Moyers.”

Discussion: Poynter, TVNewser, The Huffington Post and New York Observer

AdAge:

Volvo Unlocks MLB Paywall for April — Fans Get Free Access to Streaming Games on Apple Devices for a Month — Play ball. For Major League Baseball's Opening Day today, an advertiser is unlocking a paywall for rabid baseball fans: Volvo is presenting free streaming games on Apple devices for one month.

Discussion: paidContent, MediaPost, Mediaweek and MediaPost

Guardian:

Activate New York 2011: Interview with Emily Bell — Should the internet now be regarded as a human right? Emily Bell addresses this issue, and many others, in this Activate Summit interview — How has the internet and technology changed journalism? Is journalism a more challenging profession because of disruptive technologies?

Vision Critical:

CANADIAN CONSUMERS DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR NEWS — According to a collaborative survey conducted recently by the Canadian Media Research Consortium (CMRC) and Vision Critical, 92 per cent of Canadians who get news online say they would find another free site if their favourite news sites started charging for content.

Emma Hall / AdAge:

Nike, VW Debut New Ads As All India Stops to Watch Cricket Match — ESPN Takes Advantage of Huge Audience to Boost Spot Rates — The prime ministers of India and Pakistan were both in attendance, and India's Mohali airport had to turn away private jets after running out of space for the rich and famous to park their planes.

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Study of iPad users identifies obstacles for Murdoch's The Daily — Romenesko Misc. — The obstacles identified by iPad users surveyed by media research firm knowDigital “include the perception among those with the greatest interest in news that The Daily's content is lacking …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu and TeleRead

Ronald Kessler / NewsMax.com:

Katharine Weymouth Stands Up to Unions, Rescues the Washington Post — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — The Washington Post exists today because of cost-cutting and quality improvements instituted by publisher .

Discussion: On Media's Blog

Ken Auletta / The New Yorker Blog:

James Murdoch's New Job — When I encountered James Murdoch for the first time, sixteen years ago, I expected that he would be an officer-in-training—a young man preparing to become his father. Yet the first thing I noticed when we met for an interview was that his sleeves were rolled up, revealing a tattoo.

Discussion: Company Town and Financial Times

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Ranking of newspapers' market penetration indicates the market matters as well as the content — After our post last week on a new metric measuring the combined print-digital reach of newspapers in their home market, several readers suggested that a ranking by percentage of adults …

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

TidalTV Raises $30M For Online Video Ad Optimization Technology — Baltimore-based video ad technology company TidalTV has raised more than $30 million in financing led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Comcast Interactive Capital and Valhalla Partners.

Discussion: PR Newswire, AdExchanger.com, GigaOM, VentureBeat, paidContent and Multichannel

Peter Barron / BBC College of Journalism Blog:

Google not to blame for journalism's woes — Guest blog by the Google executive and former BBC journalist. — Some have singled out Google as being to blame for journalism's current woes. Unsurprisingly, I disagree. If Google didn't exist, the problems of the loss of classified ad revenue …

Discussion: Future of Journalism