Mediagazer: Billboards suck. Promote your company's jobs on Techmeme! (Gabe Rivera/Techmeme News)

3:10 AM ET, April 29, 2011

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

CBS Reporter Talks About Her Assault in Egypt — Lara Logan thought she was going to die in Tahrir Square when she was sexually assaulted by a mob on the night that Hosni Mubarak's government fell in Cairo. — Ms. Logan, a CBS News correspondent, was in the square preparing a report for …

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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Godspeed on That Investing Thing, Yertle-But I Still Have Some Questions for Your Boss, Arianna — Would it surprise you to know that BoomTown doesn't really care or not anymore if TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sidelines as a blogger while he makes investments in tech companies his tech news site covers.

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Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Arrington Says The Real Conflict Of Interest In Tech Reporting Has Nothing To Do With Money

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Tom / TomsTechBlog.com:
The Twisting Web of Biases

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Tom Foremski / IMHO Blog| ZDNet:
Is it OK for AOL's Techcrunch Editors to invest in companies they write about?

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ESPN MediaZone:

All-Star Roster of Writers and Editors to Join New ESPN Web Site — Grantland.com- Conceived by ESPN's Bill Simmons - to Debut in June — Bill Simmons, in association with ESPN, announced the first wave of writer and editor hires for Grantland.com, the much anticipated sports and pop culture web site.

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Will Bloomberg's Opinion Section Echo Mayor Bloomberg? — NEW YORK — Will Bloomberg View ever diverge from Bloomberg's view? — Executive editor David Shipley, tapped in December — along with former assistant secretary of state Jamie Rubin — to run Bloomberg News' forthcoming editorial page …

Jack Shafer / Slate:
Michael Kinsley's First Bloomberg View Column

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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

Iconic Tuscaloosa News tornado photo lands on dozens of newspaper front pages — When Tuscaloosa News' Dusty Compton took a photo of the massive tornado that swept through Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wednesday afternoon, he didn't know it would land on the cover of The New York Times …

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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Veteran Alabama meterologist uses Twitter, Facebook, Ustream to broadcast during tornado, storms

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Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Chris Hamilton appointed social media editor for BBC News — BBC digital journalist Chris Hamilton has been named as the broadcaster's new social media editor for BBC News. — Hamilton will succeed Alex Gubbay, who is leaving the BBC to join Johnston Press in June as head of digital content.

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:

Meredith Vieira to Leave ‘Today’ in June; Ann Curry is Replacement … Meredith Vieira will exit the Today show in June, nearly three months before the end of her contract, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation. — Today newsreader Ann Curry will be promoted to co-host …

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Marco.org:

Why Instapaper Free is taking an extended vacation — Last fall, I conducted an experiment: I quietly removed Instapaper Free from the App Store1 for three days, leaving only the full, $4.99 Instapaper app. Not only did sales increase incrementally, but nobody seemed to notice.

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blogs.journalism.co.uk:

How to: Create a Tumblr blog for your news organisation — Tumblr is a very visual way of blogging. One of the many beauties of Tumblr is its simplicity and easy interface. You can create an account, choose a URL, select a design theme and create your first post in under five minutes.

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of story cost accounting — Editor's Note: Each week, Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of news for the Lab. — What's a story worth? — Last week, I looked at a single investigative story …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:

Billboards suck. Promote your company's jobs on Techmeme! — As you might have noticed, a hiring boom is underway in tech, leading to ballooning salaries, aggressive recruiting tactics, and finally, billboards. [1, 2] Yes, billboards along Bay Area highways now pitch jobs to the small fraction …

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Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Your handiest reporting tool may be the smartphone in your pocket — Every journalist has found herself in some version of this situation: Bianca Vazquez Toness, a reporter for Boston's WBUR public radio, drove about 40 minutes north of her office Tuesday to interview the controversial mayor of Lawrence …

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

A Year After Twitter's Cold Shoulder, Twitter Ad Shop 140 Proof Says It's Doing Great — What happens to a Twitter-based company after Twitter tells them to go away? — In the case of 140 Proof, it seems like they do okay. — About a year ago, Twitter put the kibosh on 140 Proof's plans …

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Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:

The Nonsense Quandary — How should news organizations deal with phenomena like the “birther” brouhaha? Posted: Thurs, April 28, 2011 — Rem Rieder (rrieder@ajr.umd.edu) is AJR's editor and senior vice president. — It's easy to understand why President Barack Obama is exasperated …

Discussion: Weigel and New York Times

Aida Alami / New York Times:

Web Offers a Voice to Journalists in Morocco — CASABLANCA — After the Moroccan journalist Ali Lmrabet wrote about the king's real estate holdings in 2001, he was tried in court on defamation charges and the article cost him his career: His satirical magazine, Demain, a symbol of the independent press, was shut down.

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 …

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