Mediagazer: Harvard Business Review Reinvention Is Paying Off (Jeremy W. Peters/Media Decoder)

2:10 PM ET, May 30, 2011

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Nat Ives / AdAge:

Jann Wenner: Magazines' Rush to iPad Is ‘Sheer Insanity and Insecurity and Fear’ — Successful Migration to Tablet Editions Will Take ‘Decades,’ Rolling Stone Co-Founder Says in Interview — Nobody mistakes Jann Wenner — whose Wenner Media publishes Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal — for a digital fanboy.

Discussion: mediabistro.com, Poynter and AllThingsD

Mathew Ingram / gigaom.com:

No, Twitter Is Not a Replacement For Journalism — Updated: In the wake of a number of events, including the use of Twitter as a real-time reporting tool by New York Times writer Brian Stelter during the aftermath of the recent tornado in Missouri, media theorist and journalism professor Jeff Jarvis …

Discussion: Editors Weblog, Common Sense Journalism, Future of Journalism and ...the deadline

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Harvard Business Review Reinvention Is Paying Off — Shortly after editors at the Harvard Business Review tore up their magazine in 2009, adding pictures to the cover, reader comments to their signature case studies and colorful illustrations — the horror! — cranky reader comments started coming in.

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Funny or Die: Groupon's Fate Hinges on Words — RACHEL HANDLER is struggling to say something funny or perhaps amusing or at least clever about horses. Her mind is empty. She can't recall the last time she was on a horse or even saw a horse. The minutes fly by. Horses are nothing to joke about.

Discussion: Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com and Deadspin

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Here's How You Might Be Able to Watch Live TV, For Free, on Your iPad — Your iPad can do lots of things, but live TV generally isn't one of them. With a few exceptions, the TV networks don't want their programming going out live anywhere but your big screen, under their supervision.

Discussion: Future of Journalism, more at Techmeme »

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Trifling Twitter — When a member of the old guard barges into their cozy backyard, the Digerati jump up and strike indignant poses. And when the intruder's point is missed, its author gets crucified. This is what happened to Bill Keller, the New York Times' executive editor, when he dared to write a column critical of Twitter.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner / Los Angeles Times:

Can Jane Pratt's xoJane.com preach to the snarky? — Sassy magazine's former editor, who spawned a generation of witty and cynical female bloggers, hopes her site appeals to 18- to 49-year-olds. — Emily McCombs, managing editor, left, Jane Pratt, creator, and Cat Marnell of Sassy and Jane magazines …

Katie Van Syckle / Grub Street New York:

Lipton, Lapham, Talese, and Others Have One Last Drink at Elaine's — On the Upper East Side last night, the door of the beloved Elaine's was one of the toughest in the city. It didn't matter if you stood in line for hours, had press credentials, lived around the corner for 30 years …