Mediagazer: How to publish news and reach your audience when your website goes down (Jeff Sonderman/Poynter)

2:53 AM ET, June 1, 2011

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

How to publish news and reach your audience when your website goes down — When the PBS website came under attack by hackers this weekend, the Newshour staff took to publishing its news transcripts and videos to Tumblr instead. A month earlier, a TV station in Tallahassee, Fla. …

Discussion: PBS NewsHour, Future of Journalism and Lost Remote

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:

Apple still wants films, TV shows for iCloud — Feature films could be part of Apple's iCloud launch next week. — In the past several weeks, Apple executives have stepped up their attempts to convince some of the major Hollywood film studios to issue licenses that would enable Apple …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Apple, PC Magazine, MacRumors, SAI, AppleInsider, MacStories, Electronista and parislemon, more at Techmeme »

Bobbie Johnson / GigaOM:

Can Twitter Survive the British Privacy Onslaught? — What is it that the British have against Twitter's legal department? Not only did the company become embroiled in a legal controversy in Britain surrounding a court order gagging the press from naming soccer player Ryan Giggs as an alleged adulterer …

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Press Gazette and Guardian

Greg Masters / American Journalism Review:

Leaning Forward — The peripatetic John Solomon explains his move from the Center for Public Integrity to Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Posted: Tue, May 31, 2011 — Greg Masters (gmasters@ajr.umd.edu) is an AJR editorial assistant. — John Solomon speaks very quickly …

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

Men's & Women's Health Launch Search for Most Attractive Bodies on Facebook — Men's Health and Women's Health have launched a joint search for the fittest bodies to feature in their respective magazines — and they're doing so on Facebook. — From now until July 24 …

Thanks:laureni

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

‘Worst Persons’ Producer David Sarosi Tapped to Helm Current TV's ‘Countdown’ — Former MSNBC host and soon-to-be Current TV host Keith Olbermann has announced the production team for “Countdown.” — The show will be helmed by new executive producer David Sarosi.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel and On Media's Blog

Lindsay Rubino / Broadcasting & Cable:

NBCU Promotes Schiller to EVP, Digital Media Sales — Newly created role oversees ad sales for Fandango, iVillage, DailyCandy, Swirl, Television Without Pity — Scott Schiller has been named executive vice president, digital media sales for NBCUniversal's entertainment & digital networks …

Discussion: paidContent

New York Times:

Retailers Offer Apps With a Catalog Feel — Mia Sara, 43, a Manhattan transplant in Los Angeles, misses window shopping in New York, but has found a replacement — shopping on her iPad. — “It's a reasonable facsimile of doing a little window shopping and maybe you stop in somewhere …

Thanks:jspepper

Brian Steinberg / AdAge:

News Corp.'s Hulu Hope: To Add More Commercials — Plan Is to Beef Up Inventory so Fox Can Sell Advertisers Richer Cross-platform Deals — Coming soon to Hulu: More ads? — As it negotiates its next contract with Hulu, News Corp. is pushing for the ability to run a greater number of ads …

Discussion: Mashable!, Media Buyer Planner, rbr.com and MediaPost

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

NYT Discounts iPad Access By 80 Percent For Lincoln Subs — The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) is pulling out the stops to build a base during the first year of its digital subscriptions. The latest: supplementing a marketing deal with Lincoln for free access to NYTimes.com and smartphones …

Discussion: Poynter

Gene Hoffman / AdAge:

How Online Advertising Turned Media Into a Race to the Lowest Common Denominator — The Need For Scale Means Niche Media Will Need Subscription Models to Survive — Late last year, Nick Denton posted a preview on Gizmodo of the now-known-to-be-controversial redesign of the Gawker family of sites.

Discussion: digiday:DAILY

Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:

Piers Morgan Tackles Summer Double Duty as 'America's Got Talent' Judge and CNN Host (Q&A) … Piers Morgan isn't lacking for air time. — Since taking over for long-time CNN host Larry King in January, the British journalist-turned-reality television personality has become a ubiquitous force …

Discussion: TVNewser