Mediagazer: One View of the News World (Jeremy W. Peters/Media Decoder)

8:30 AM ET, May 23, 2011

Top News:

The Elephant in the Green Room — The circus Roger Ailes created at Fox News made his network $900 million last year. But it may have lost him something more important: the next election. — On Monday afternoon, March 28, Fox News chairman Roger Ailes summoned Glenn Beck to a meeting …

Discussion: Crikey, Mediaite, Firedoglake, The Atlantic Wire, TVNewser, Inside Cable News, The Daily Dish, The Huffington Post and ShortFormBlog

Lauren A. E. Schuker / Wall Street Journal:

Glenn Beck to Offer Discount Deals — As he prepares to leave his daily Fox News talk show later this year, conservative television host Glenn Beck is entering the e-commerce business. — On Monday, Mercury Radio Arts, Mr. Beck's production company, plans to announce a new website called Markdown.com …

The Independent:

30,000 Twitter users could face legal action over gag breaches — The attempt to use super-injunctions to gag the media in the internet age reached new levels of absurdity yesterday. — A Scottish newspaper became the first mainstream British publication to identify the Premier League footballer …

Discussion: Guardian, Adweek, Forbes.com and BBC

Chris Hastings / Daily Mail:
An international TV star, a pop singer, an author and a comedian …

Discussion: New York Times, @pkafka and FleetStreetBlues

Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:

Tired, Testy, Even Rumpled: French Reporters on the Big Story — They're weary and disheveled, overworked, underrested and above all cranky — some say they haven't had a drop of red wine for days. — Legions of French journalists were imported at great haste last week to cover news …

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Media & tech: Reconcilable Differences — Media and tech worlds must work together. There is not a shred of a doubt about it. The former have lost the dual battle for growth and economic performance; the latter are attracting eyeballs and endless funding. Still.

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

One View of the News World — When Xinhua, the official government news agency of China, wanted to upgrade from its old office in Queens, it sought out a space that matched its ambitions. So it leased the top floor of a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, one with commanding views of the headquarters …

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:

How the NY Times' social media strategy is evolving — Social media is always in a state of change, and the New York Times is adapting with it, explains the news organization's social media editor, Liz Heron, at the BBC's Social Media Summit (video). There are lots of good lessons in here for TV, as well.

Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

The Gossip Machine, Churning Out Cash — LOS ANGELES — In late July 2010, the Southampton, N.Y., police charged Michael Lohan, the father of the actress Lindsay Lohan, with physically harassing his fiancée. When the news hit on the gossip Web site TMZ, Mr. Lohan was at the Sunset Tower …

Discussion: LA Observed

Jennifer Preston / New York Times:

Seeking to Disrupt Protesters, Syria Cracks Down on Social Media — The Syrian government is cracking down on protesters' use of social media and the Internet to promote their rebellion just three months after allowing citizens to have open access to Facebook and YouTube, according to Syrian activists and digital privacy experts.

Discussion: Guardian

Nick Davies / Guardian:

Phone hacking: journalist's lawsuit against NoW revives ‘spying’ claims — Dennis Rice launches proceedings alleging that his voicemail messages were intercepted while working at the Mail on Sunday — A leading tabloid journalist has joined those suing the News of the World for allegedly hacking …

Richard Curtis / Publishing In the 21st Century:

Larry Kirshbaum to Run Amazon NYC — For some time it's been clear that Amazon was moving in the direction of original publication, such as its announcement of a romance line and the hiring of a science fiction editor. But no one could foresee that Amazon would jump in with both feet.

Discussion: Publishers Lunch

Amy Wicks / WWD Media Headlines:

Condé Nast Gets Digitally Active — Over the years, Condé Nast has taken its licks when it comes to digital strategy or, as the media has sometimes suggested, a lack thereof. Lou Cona, chief marketing officer, is ready to change that. “When you see some of this stuff we're doing …