Mediagazer: Blurb Releases iPhone App for Creative Storytellers (Jennifer Van Grove/Mashable!)

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

CNBC's Burnett Is Said Ready to Jump to CNN — The CNBC anchor Erin Burnett is poised to sign a long-term contract with CNN, according to three people with knowledge of her plans. — The signing will represent a shift to general news anchoring for Ms. Burnett, who has shown interest …

Discussion: TVWeek.com, The Huffington Post, Dealbreaker, TVNewser and Poynter

Joel Meares / CJR:

The Royals Ban Satirical Coverage of Kate and Wills' Big Day — A video feed rule change and CJR's call for a royal boycott — Finally, CJR finds a Royal Wedding angle. — It comes to us all the way from Sydney, Australia, where the national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Network …

Discussion: Speakeasy, Mediaite, ABC News, Yahoo! News, FishbowlNY, Crikey, AdAge, Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Beast

How the AP will cover the Royal Wedding — “Friday is royal wedding day in London and our report will look a little different,” says a memo to Associated Press staff. “The Associated Press will be alerting every development, running live video in SD and HD, tweeting and posting on Facebook …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

An Update To My Investment Policy — Before TechCrunch I was an occasional angel investor, going back to the mid 1990s. I've also made investments since TechCrunch, in companies like Dogster, DanceJam, Seesmic and Daylife. Some people have seen this as a conflict of interest, which it of course is.

Discussion: Adweek, Gawker, memeburn, TomsTechBlog.com, @timdl, @semilshah, @baznet, @benparr, The Wire and SAI, more at Techmeme »

Is it OK for AOL's Techcrunch Editors to invest in companies they write about? — It's a question we once had figured out but a new generation of editors says it's OK. As long as it's disclosed. But is that enough? — Mike Arrington, editor and founder of Techcrunch, an AOL company …

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

In Trying to Debunk a Theory, the News Media Extended Its Life — The facts about Barack Obama's birth never wavered. But the more the fraudulent theories were debated and dispelled in major news media outlets, the more people seemed to believe them. — The conspiracy theories …

Discussion: FrontBurner and The New Yorker Blog

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times, Journalism.org, Democracy in America, Online NewsHour, New York Times, White House.gov Blog, The Huffington Post, TVNewser, The Wire, Pajamas Media and The Huffington Post

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Want to keep mobile users engaged longer? Just add audio — NPR's iPhone, iPad, and Android apps have together surpassed five million downloads, an impressive number — but most of their users never stream audio. When they do listen, however, they are far more engaged.

Discussion: MediaPost and eMedia Vitals

Simon Dumenco / AdAge:

Celeb Baby Bump: Slate Editor and Pregnant Media Vanguard Award Winner David Plotz (PHOTOS) — A Q&A on Slate's Old Print Editions, Current Fresca Fellowships and Advanced Age of 15 — As part of our continuing series of talks with Media Vanguard Award winners, today we present …

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Jersey Shore No Laughing Matter At Viacom; Helps Push Revs Up 20 Percent — A strong quarter from Viacom (NYSE: VIA), thanks to home entertainment, television licensing and domestic advertising combined with a 50 percent increase in film revenues. Domestic advertising was up 11 percent …

Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable!:

Blurb Releases iPhone App for Creative Storytellers — Blurb, a veteran self-publishing startup for do-it-yourself book makers, is launching Blurb Mobile for iPhone and iPod Touch Thursday to let users tell stories in a whole new way. — The application invites users to create mobile …

MediaShift Idea Lab:

'There's No Problem!' Newsrooms in Denial About Rampant Errors — Jonathan Stray has opened a new conversation about measuring accuracy in news reports. Stray, who works at the Associated Press and blogs on the side, comes at the issue with a refreshingly analytical, data-driven perspective.

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Finding the value in Guardian local ‘experiment’ — Yesterday the Guardian announced it was winding down its local blogging “experiment” Guardian Local. — The platform, which ran three blogs for Cardiff, Leeds and Edinburgh, was first launched in March 2010, described at the time by Guardian editor …

Discussion: matt.me63.com and Tom Foremski

Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

Thomson Reuters revenue rises, plans divestitures — NEW YORK (Reuters) - News and information provider Thomson Reuters Corp's revenue growth accelerated in the first quarter as it reaped the benefits of heavy spending on new products, and the company said it plans to sell two more businesses to fund further investment.

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Ahead of Earnings Next Week, Demand Media Shares Drastic Dip Due to Googley Panda-Monium — April showers bring...well, a bad month for the still-young stock of online content maker Demand Media. — After a successful IPO in January, shares of the Santa Monica, Calif. …

Yvette Kantrow / The Huffington Post:

The Maginot Media — Nearly three years after the financial world imploded, the business media is still operating under a cloud of shame for failing to sound the alarm that the end was near. The press, the story goes, should have warned us sooner that real estate was a bubble …