Mediagazer: 'What's Trending' Isn't Always What Matters (The Atlantic Online)

8:40 AM ET, May 18, 2011

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Dorothy Parvaz is free — The Al Jazeera journalist, who disappeared in Syria 19 days ago, is back in Doha. — Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz has been released nearly three weeks after she went missing after arriving in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where she was to cover the protests.

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Al-Jazeera journalist has vanished

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

What Journalism Is Like Now: Working With 2,000 Sources — We've written many times at GigaOM about how the media industry is being disrupted, and how that is being caused in part by the “democratization of distribution” that social-media tools such as Twitter and Facebook allow.

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Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:

Condé Nast Will Be Anchor of 1 World Trade Center — Condé Nast Publications, whose stable of magazines chronicles the American zeitgeist as meticulously as any anthropologist, has reached an agreement to lease one million square feet at 1 World Trade Center …

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ProPublica:

Schwarzenegger and DSK: When Powerful Men Cross Lines — The week's news about the sexual conduct of politically powerful men gives me a queasy feeling of déjà vu. — As the French agonize over whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn's star power quashed past allegations, I can respond cynically: Yes, that probably happened.

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Wall Street Journal:
French Watchdog Reins In Media Coverage of IMF Chief

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James Barron / City Room:

Elaine's to Close — Six months after the death of its legendary proprietor, Elaine's restaurant will close its doors next week. — On Tuesday, Elaine's longtime manager, who inherited the restaurant from Elaine Kaufman, said that the business was no longer viable. She said that Elaine's last night would be May 26.

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

“Hulu For Magazines” Opens Its Android Newsstand — Apple has won over some of the big magazine publishers, who have reached deals to sell subscriptions via iTunes. But it's not an exclusive arrangement: Now the magazine guys are starting to sell on Google's Android, too.

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Lauren Kirchner / CJR:

Q&A: David Plotz, Editor of Slate, on Aggregation — “It was never simply an act of summarizing.” — Last week, CJR released a new report by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, entitled “The Story So Far: What we know about the business of journalism.”

INMA:

Satisfied with paid content strategy, Sulzberger turns bullish on social media — As the newsmedia industry fights to retain relevance in the digital age, many companies look to The New York Times as a bellwether for media trends. In an exclusive question-and-answer session during INMA World Congress 2011 …

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

The Daily Beast/Newsweek Profitable in 2-3 Years? Hmmm. — Tina Brown says the merged entity comprising the Daily Beast and Newsweek is set to be profitable two to three years from now. — That sounds pretty good — until you consider that, last October, Daily Beast executives were telling …

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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Tina Brown: Newsweek Daily Beast Co. will be profitable in ‘two to three years’

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virtualeconomics:

A citizen journalism model that really breaks news? — London-based citizen journalism start-up Blottr, which destealthed towards the end of February with a Techrunch write-up and recently announced a round of angel funding, led the news agenda for much of Monday by breaking the day's major UK news story.

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Wall Street Journal:

Hulu Near Deal to Keep Shows Coming — Hulu LLC is close to renewing its deal for TV shows from its media-company owners in a move that would secure the future of the online-video site but could delay Hulu's access to some shows for its free service, people familiar with the matter said.

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Web Ad Pioneer Dave Morgan Adapts Simulmedia To TV's Reality — The TV networks are spending the week telling advertisers to keep buying TV ads. — Great idea, says Dave Morgan. — If you pay attention to Web advertising but haven't kept track of Morgan recently, his position might strike …

Joe Mullin / paidContent:

Righthaven Target Hits Back With Class Action Counter-Attack — Copyright enforcer Righthaven is on the ropes in its home state of Nevada, where defense lawyers are attacking its agreement with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, saying the flawed agreement doesn't give Righthaven the right to sue.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:

Slacker vs. Rdio vs. MOG: Which Streaming Music Service is Worth Your $10/Month? — Slacker Radio, an Internet radio service similar to streaming music giant Pandora, has just introduced a new tier to its subscription service: a $9.99 per month Premium version which offers music on-demand.

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