Mediagazer: The business of digital journalism (Felix Salmon)

5:10 PM ET, May 10, 2011

Top News:

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

For Journalists, a Call to Rethink Their Online Models — COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY has surveyed the state of digital journalism, and it has concluded that journalists must rethink their relationships — and their audiences' relationships — with advertisers. — That does not mean yielding editorial control …

Discussion: Poynter, Adweek, Future of Journalism, @iwantmedia, @jayrosen_nyu, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, AdPulp, Noted and eMedia Vitals

CJR:

Introduction — The story so far: what we know about the business of digital journalism — To download the complete version of “The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism,” a new report on digital news economics from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, click here.

Discussion: CJR, GigaOM, CJR, Editors Weblog, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, CJR, FishbowlNY and NetNewsCheck Latest

Felix Salmon:

The business of digital journalism — CJR, in its worthy manner, has come out with a 146-page report entitled “The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism”. It includes the story of Gabriel Sherman's 463-word story on nymag.com about Roger Ailes and Sarah Palin …

Discussion: Poynter, The Daily Dish, CJR and CJR

Emily Bell / Guardian:
Why integration can be a barrier to innovation in the digital world

Discussion: paidContent and CJR

New York Post:

Huge Ellies upset — Harper's Magazine last night pulled an upset win for excellence in reporting over the heavily favored Rolling Stone and perennial winner The New Yorker at the National Magazine Awards in Manhattan. — The award was for “The Guantanamo Suicides” by Scott Horton, which appeared in the March issue of Harper's.

Discussion: The Wrap, AdAge, The Huffington Post, mediabistro.com and On Media's Blog

MPA:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NAMED MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR AT 2011 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS DINNER

Discussion: New York Magazine, Folio, Mixed Media and The New Yorker Blog

Matt Kinsman / Folio:
Liveblogging/Tweeting the 2011 Ellies

Discussion: The Wire, Gawker, The Fix, TVNewser, FishbowlNY, Media Decoder, Poynter, Media Buyer Planner, Adweek, The Wire, WWD Media Headlines and The Paris Review

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Pulitzer winner Stewart to join NYT biz desk — TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE — James Stewart, the Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist, is joining the New York Times business desk to write a column in the Saturday business section, a source confirmed to Talking Biz News.

Discussion: WWD Media Headlines, Adweek, New York Magazine, FishbowlNY, @felixsalmon, Cision and @romenesko

The Atlantic Wire:

The Associated Press's Case for Releasing the Bin Laden Photo — President Obama's decision to withhold the visual evidence of Osama bin Laden's death has created a fundamental disagreement between the White House and one of the largest journalism organizations in the world.

Discussion: Reuters, FishbowlNY, Mediaite, Runnin' Scared and Kirk LaPointe's …

David Kaplan / paidContent:

About Group CEO Irvine Out; NYTCo's Nisenholtz Will Run Unit — After three years in the position—and three straight quarters of decline, Cella Irvine is no longer CEO of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.'s About Group. She is being replaced by Martin Nisenholtz, the company's SVP of digital operations.

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

The Sun may stay outside a paywall after all — Do I detect a change of policy at News International about paywalls? If I read correctly between the lines of statements made last night by the publisher's chief marketing officer, Katie Vanneck-Smith, then The Sun is not going to follow …

Discussion: The Next Web, Journalism.co.uk and Editors Weblog

Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
News Corp. Appears To Favour Softer Paid Model For Britain's Biggest Paper

Discussion: Press Gazette and Mogulite

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Time Inc. EVP John Q. Griffin Exiting The Company — Barely six months into the job, former National Geographic Society publishing exec John Q. Griffin is leaving Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) by “mutual agreement” between him and the company. Griffin, who was not related to ousted Time Inc. CEO Jack Griffin …

Discussion: Adweek, AdAge, MediaPost and FishbowlNY

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

HBO Go Gets It Right; More Than 1 Million Downloads On iOS, Android — HBO's best production this year may not be a program. I had a few doubts at times with the browser version but HBO Go as an app is everything Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes promised with TV Everywhere and then some.

Discussion: Lost Remote, MediaPost, GigaOM, mocoNews and Multichannel

Al Tompkins / Poynter:

Steve Kroft explains why he broke interviewing rules when questioning Obama about bin Laden death for ‘60 Minutes’ — When Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama last week about the raid on Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Pakistan, the “60 Minutes” veteran violated many of the guidelines …

Discussion: National Review

Joe Mullin / paidContent:

Senate Hearing On Mobile Privacy Marked By Confusion, Distractions — In a hearing marked by odd points and side-tracks, representatives from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) told a Senate committee today that their policies do, in fact, do a lot to protect users' privacy.

Discussion: Forbes.com, Media Decoder, Gawker, Adweek, CNET News, Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, PC Magazine, ZDNet, Media Buyer Planner and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »

Paul Miller / This is my next:

Google's Music Beta is official (update: details!) — Google has a page up at music.google.com/music for its brand spanking new “Music Beta” service. You can request an invite already, but you'll have to wait until Google announces the service onstage at Google I/O to know exactly what you're signing up for.

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Apple Bitch, Search Engine Land, Gizmodo, ReadWriteWeb, The Next Web and Lifehacker, more at Techmeme »

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Survey Finds Huffpo Bloggers Want to Get Paid, But... Jonathan Tasini, leader of a class action suit on behalf of bloggers against AOL and the Huffington Post. Image via Wikipedia — The Huffington Post's hardest-working bloggers think they ought to be in line for some financial appreciation …

Discussion: Poynter, Scocca and Bloggasm