Mediagazer: Watergate journalists come full circle (Michael Mello/Orange County Register)

1:15 PM ET, April 19, 2011

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Al Tompkins / Poynter:

Few entries, no consensus, no Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting — The Pulitzer Prize jury that reviewed the Breaking News Reporting category recommended three finalists to the Pulitzer Board. But for the first time ever, no entry won the category that recognizes local coverage of breaking news events.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, On Media's Blog and BrauBlog

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Another online milestone for the Pulitzer Prize — It's prize season for journalists, and today came the biggest of them all: the Pulitzer Prizes. And the trend toward online-only news organizations playing a part in what has traditionally been a newspaper game continues.

Discussion: Poynter, Nieman Storyboard, Tower Ticker, Editors Weblog, The New Yorker Blog, The Wrap and The Huffington Post

Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:

Why Didn't WikiLeaks Reporting Earn A Pulitzer? The NY Times Didn't Submit It — The Times' Bill Keller (left) and Julian Assange — It's not every year that classified histories of two wars and massive troves of diplomatic secrets appear in America's newspapers.

Discussion: Online NewsHour and New Jersey Online, Thanks:forbestech

Pulitzer:
2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Big year for business journalism in Pulitzers

Discussion: CJR, Folio, Speakeasy, Media Decoder, NetNewsCheck Latest, Media News, Poynter, The Awl and New York Magazine

Paul Steiger / ProPublica:
A Note on ProPublica's Second Pulitzer Prize

Discussion: KnightBlog, Adweek, CJR, Future of Journalism, Guardian, The New Yorker Blog, Los Angeles Times, Talking Biz News, @propublica and Runnin' Scared

Kat Stoeffel / New York Observer:
BREAKING: No Breaking News Merits Pulitzer this Year

Discussion: @sdkstl

John Koblin / @koblin: Jake Bernstein & Jesse Eisinger's story that won National Reporting Pulitzer never appeared in print; 1st time ever says Paul Steiger

Arif Durrani / Brand Republic:

MailOnline overtakes Huffington Post to become world's no 2 — Associated's MailOnline has overtaken the Huffington Post to become the world's second largest ‘newspaper’ site, as defined by ComScore. — ComScore data for March today (19 April) highlights how the disruptive news …

Discussion: Guardian, The Atlantic Wire, The Awl, The Wire, GigaOM, Future of Journalism, The Wall Blog and Noted

Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:

Chart: The Battle For Global News Supremacy … To the competition between NYTimes.com (NYSE: NYT) and HuffingtonPost.com, add two British challengers... World news site traffic chart — Mail Online, the celebrity-laden website of the conservative British Daily Mail tabloid …

Discussion: Editors Weblog and Poynter

Alex Heard / Outside:

Greg Mortenson Speaks — The embattled director of the Central Asia Institute responds to allegations of financial mismanagement and that he fabricated stories in his bestselling book Three Cups of Tea. Brace yourself for a new Central Asian conflict involving powerful American forces, and count on this one to last a while.

Discussion: Media Decoder, GalleyCat, Mediaite, bookforum.com, The Atlantic Wire, Hit & Run, Personanondata and CBS News

CBS News:
Questions over Greg Mortenson's stories

Reuters:

Thomson Reuters overhauls news management team — * Hires several Wall Street Journal alumni — * Seeks to streamline structure and decision-making — * To bolster enterprise reporting resources — Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.N) (TRI.TO) named Pulitzer-prize winning journalist …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, New York Magazine, mediabistro.com, On Media's Blog and Talking Biz News

Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

Disney's ESPN Removing Poker Programming After Gambling Websites Charged — Walt Disney Co. (DIS)'s ESPN sports cable channel will remove poker advertising and programming after the U.S. indicted gambling websites that sponsor televised tournaments and froze their bank accounts.

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, Free Press, Bloomberg, TVbytheNumbers and ReadWriteWeb

Wall Street Journal:

At Tribune, Battle Expands — Ex-Holders Reserve Cash as Creditors Aim to Claw Back Funds; Deutsche's Market Creditors Aim to Claw Back Funds From Ex-Holders Using Novel Legal Concept — Tribune creditors allege that Sam Zell's buyout was ‘among the worst in American corporate history.’

Discussion: @iwantmedia

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Amazon's Lovefilm Strikes Disney Deal — Lovefilm, the “Netflix of Europe,” now has something Netflix doesn't have-a deal with Disney to stream the studio's movies. — Netflix does carry Disney's stuff on its Web service. It has the ability to show Disney movies, like “Toy Story 3,” …

Discussion: The Wire and Online Video News

Simon Owens / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The layered look: How Google News is integrating the social web — While many have been closely following the news of new social network projects from Google — whether it's Google Wave, Google Buzz, or a rumored project reportedly called Google Me — the search giant has been rolling …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, Editors Weblog, eMedia Vitals and Future of Journalism

Matt McLernon / YouTube Blog:

The Royal Wedding live on YouTube — As the historic day approaches, the much-anticipated wedding of Britain's Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton has people around the world buzzing with excitement. — While millions will be in London for the big day, it's clear that people around the world have wedding fever.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Forbes.com, Guardian and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »

David Card / GigaOM:

Privacy Legislation's Potential Impact on Online Media — Last week, the bipartisan Kerry-McCain bill proposed legislation on a Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights that would put the Federal Trade Commission in charge of policing the online collection, sharing and use of personal information.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Michael Mello / Orange County Register:

Watergate journalists come full circle — YORBA LINDA - More than 35 years ago, President Richard M. Nixon waved farewell to the nation from the steps of the Marine One helicopter, the same one now permanently parked outside the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum.

Discussion: Poynter and The Politico

The Wrap:

Where Will Television Be in 2020? — So where will television be in 2020? Seems an appropriate question with the annual NAB Show winding down. And also the subject of a panel I led last week in Vegas with execs from DreamWorks, Sony Electronics, Starz, Nielsen and Technicolor.

Discussion: Future of Journalism