Mediagazer: In Media's Wedding Frenzy, Hints of Viewer Fatigue (Ravi Somaiya/New York Times)

2:25 AM ET, April 24, 2011

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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: War photographers change their focus — The deaths in Libya of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros hit home with their fellow photojournalists. — Journalists take it as gospel that they have no higher calling than chronicling human suffering, particularly in the world's war zones.

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

In Media's Wedding Frenzy, Hints of Viewer Fatigue — LONDON — When Prince William and Kate Middleton emerge from Westminster Abbey as a married couple next Friday, they will be greeted by hundreds of reporters from around the world. But as the day draws near, there are signs that the media frenzy …

New York Times:

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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:

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Judy Dempsey / New York Times:

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Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:

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Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:

The Happy-Time Network — At USA, all shows must be colorful, sunny and upbeat. As the No. 1 cable channel readies a host of new programs, a danger lurks—is the formula too formulaic? — Actors Jeffrey Donovan and Gabrielle Anwar film a scene for the upcoming season of USA's ‘Burn Notice’ in Hollywood, Fla., Tuesday.

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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:

Jim Romenesko gets back to reporting — For the past 12 years, Jim Romenesko has been the guy who rapidly rounds up and links to every little morsel of gossipy, wonky, inside-baseball journalism news for diehard media news junkies. — Over the past few months, however …