Mediagazer: Q&A With Survivor Host Jeff Probst On Surviving Social Media (TechCrunch)

1:15 AM ET, April 25, 2011

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Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:

Picking On the Competition — IT was Pulitzer Prize Day at The New York Times on Monday. Hundreds had gathered in the third-floor newsroom and around the atrium balcony one floor above. Spouses, parents and children of the winners were there, the mood festive, almost like graduation day.

Discussion: The New Republic

TechCrunch:

Q&A With Survivor Host Jeff Probst On Surviving Social Media — This Q&A with Survivor host Jeff Probst was conducted by guest writer Narendra Rocherolle, CEO of The Start Project. He and his partners hold the curious distinction of selling their company, Webshots, twice.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:

KMOV puts Facebook to work covering airport tornado — When a tornado tore through St. Louis' airport and leveled a neighborhood Saturday night, KMOV-TV and KMOV.com went wall-to-wall with live coverage. At the same time, the station's Facebook page kicked into high gear.

Alex Pham / Los Angeles Times:

Game journalism goes new school with iPad app — Once upon a time, when articles about video game stories appeared on sheets of glossy paper that were bound together with glue, a 19-year-old named Geoff Keighley got the idea to go hang out with the developers of Half-Life as they put the final touches on the game and write about it.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

John Swansburg / New York Magazine:

The Comic Stylings of Brian Williams — How's an anchor to cope when network newscasts keep losing ground? Having a second career helps. — Over dinner at The Four Seasons, Brian Williams takes off his regimental tie and discusses his burgeoning side career in comedy.

Anthony Shadid / New York Times:

Exiles Shaping World's Image of Syria Revolt — BEIRUT, Lebanon — On the bloodiest day of Syria's uprising, Rami Nakhle's fingers drifted over the keyboard in a room silent but for the news bulletins of Al Jazeera, yet filled with the commotion on his computer screen.

New York Times:

A Note to Readers: The Background — The articles published today are based on more than 700 classified files on past and present detainees at the Guantánamo Bay prison, including the government's assessment of the dangers the individuals represent. The files are from February 2002 …

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Mediaite, The Nation and @chanders

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 …

Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

Elvis Mitchell Terminated As Chief Film Critic Of Movieline Over Review Mystery — EXCLUSIVE: I've just been told that Penske Media Corp has terminated Elvis Mitchell after more than 3 months as Movieline.com's chief film critic. The early end to his contract follows a company investigation …

Discussion: The Wrap and New York Magazine

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.

Discussion: New York Times

Lens:
At 27, Guy Martin Becomes a Veteran

Discussion: The Huffington Post

New York Times:

BBC, Under Criticism, Struggles to Tighten Its Belt — DAVID CAMERON, the British prime minister, was in Brussels meeting the press last October when he took a few moments to make fun of the British Broadcasting Corporation. — “Good to see that costs are being controlled everywhere,” …

Judy Dempsey / New York Times:

New Hurdles for News in Belarus — WARSAW — It's called Belsat TV, and it's the first and only independent satellite television channel for Belarus, broadcasting news and current affairs as well as cultural and children's programs like “The Adventures of Uszatek the Bear.”

Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:

Liberty Media's Greg Maffei on the future of the television industry — As a tornado of change sweeps through the television industry, Liberty Media sits in the middle of the storm. It owns Starz and QVC, and is balancing partnerships with cable and satellite companies and new Internet distributors such as Netflix.

Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:

Apple signs cloud deal with Warner Music — Apple has reached an agreement with Warner Music Group to offer the record label's tracks on iTunes' upcoming cloud-music service, music industry sources said. — In the race to the cloud, Apple is apparently stepping on the gas.