Mediagazer: How The New Yorker Learned to Stop Worrying About Facebook and Love the Weak Tie (Matthew Creamer/AdAge)

7:45 AM ET, April 13, 2011

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Alfred Hermida / Reportr.net:

Canadians would rather give up newspapers than the internet — Canadians love the internet. That's the conclusion of a study that found that Canadians value their home Internet connection more than any other medium — An online survey of 1,682 adults, conducted by the Canadian Media Research Consortium …

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Vision Critical and UBC Public Affairs

Vadim Lavrusik / Mashable!:

Why Social Media Reinvigorates the Market for Quality Journalism — Social media has created a human filter for quality content. The social web, like the old water cooler, favors conversations around news and even in-depth journalism that may not otherwise receive the exposure it deserves.

Discussion: Noted and Online NewsHour, Thanks:cmmeetup

Matthew Creamer / AdAge:

How The New Yorker Learned to Stop Worrying About Facebook and Love the Weak Tie — Sometimes a ‘Like’ Is Good Enough — To a certain kind of person, Jonathan Franzen going to the deserted island that served as the setting for “Robinson Crusoe” so he can write about David Foster Wallace is an intellectual SCHWING! moment.

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

AOL, Arianna Huffington Hit with Class Action Suit — Jonathan Tasini. Image via Wikipedia — Huffington Post bloggers who think they ought to get paid for their volunteer writing have been litigating their case in the court of public opinion. Now they're taking it to a real one.

Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:

Apple To Launch Video-Focused Cloud Service, Jefferies Contends — Apple (AAPL) “is about to launch a new video-focused cloud-based service,” Jefferies analyst Peter Misek asserts in a research note this morning. He thinks that Apple will offer a subscription-based service …

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Kat Stoeffel / New York Observer:

Citizen Glenn Beck: The Former Fox Pundit Channels Orson Welles — When Glenn Beck announced he would be leaving Fox News last week, he fixed his maniacal gaze on the camera, which was still for once, and delivered a cryptic promise. — “We will find each other,” he said.

Joe Grimm / Poynter:

Live chat today: What are investors looking for in journalism startups? — In this week's career chat, our guest will be Dan Gordon, director of research at Valhalla Partners. This investment company helps information technology entrepreneurs build their businesses, and has invested in some journalism companies.

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Sweeet!: Sugar Gets $15 Million More in New Funding From IVP and Sequoia — Sassy women-focused content site, Sugar Inc., has raised another $15 million in late-stage venture funding from new investor Institutional Venture Partners, as well as its original one, Sequoia Capital.

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Patricia Sellers / Fortune:

Do women media stars know their own power? — Today, on National Equal Pay Day, it's worth noting that women still make only 77 cents vs. the average man's dollar. — I may catch flak for saying this, but one reason is that women aren't as good at negotiating as men are.

Discussion: New York Observer

Tom Krazit / paidContent:

NPR Launches New Facebook App As iPad Downloads Top 1 Million — They're app-happy over at NPR these days, with over 1 million people having downloaded the organization's iPad app over the last year and plans to introduce a new Facebook app that will let NPR listeners meet each other on Facebook and play trivia games.

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Hugh Grant / New Statesman:

The bugger, bugged — After a chance meeting with a former News of the World executive who told him his phone had been hacked, Hugh Grant couldn't resist going back to him - with a hidden tape recorder - to find out if there was more to the story . . . When I broke down in my midlife crisis car …

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Noah Davis / The Wire:

Here Are The 6(!) Ads In Newsweek's Latest Issue — Newsweek, the only newsweekly to lose advertising in during the first quarter of 2011, continues to struggle. — The April 18, 2011 issue features just six ads, plus an endemic one for “Newsweek's Digital Companion” The Daily Beast …

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Former CNN Anchor Tony Harris Now Anchoring For Al Jazeera English — Former CNN anchor Tony Harris, who left CNN in December after more than six years at the cable channel, appears to have found a new gig. — Harris was anchoring on Al Jazeera English beginning at noon ET today.

Discussion: Mediaite, Inside Cable News and TVWeek.com

Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:

A call to copy-geeks — I love the copy desk. For some reason I find style and copy questions absorbing and fascinating, so I'll just start by saying you should just hit the back button if you don't. — There's a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis; an irreverent and comic romp through …

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