Mediagazer: Why I adopted a scorched earth policy, dismantled two blogs and jumped to Tumblr (Steve Rubel/The Next Web)

Henry Blodget / The Wire:

THE ATLANTIC: Andrew Sullivan Who? We're Crushing It! — A few months ago, when The Atlantic's biggest star, Andrew Sullivan, ran off with The Daily Beast, some folks worried that he would take The Atlantic's online business with him. — Nope! — Like a lot of other news sites …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

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, Lost Remote and Future of Journalism

Steve Rubel / The Next Web:

Why I adopted a scorched earth policy, dismantled two blogs and jumped to Tumblr — In military circles, a ‘scorched earth policy’ - according to Wikipedia - is “A strategy which involves destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while advancing through, or withdrawing from, a given theater of operations.”

Discussion: @macloo, Thanks:martinsfp

Felix Salmon:

Did the NYT hack Fabrice Tourre's email? — Louise Story and Gretchen Morgenson have a long and rambling story about the court case against Goldman's Fabrice Tourre, which is mainly interesting for how it was sourced: … I'm sure this was extremely carefully formulated, but it does raise a lot of questions without answering them.

Discussion: New York Times, The Awl, The Wire and DealBook

Ben Parr / Mashable!:

Fox News Launches Its iPad App [EXCLUSIVE] — Fox News is announcing Wednesday the release of its official iPad application, a visually-focused news experience with a big-name sponsor. — The app, which is now available [iTunes Link] in the App Store , was built from the ground up.

Discussion: rbr.com, Lost Remote and eMedia Vitals

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: Online Video News, PhoneArena, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, NetNewsCheck Latest, BGR, Apple, PC Magazine, Electronista, SAI, AppleInsider, MacRumors, MacStories, Financial Times, The Next Web and parislemon, more at Techmeme »

Richard Blackden / Telegraph:

Time Out to fund ticket expansion with Oakley capital injection — Time Out, the cultural listings guide that began in London in 1968, plans to accelerate its expansion online thanks to a fresh cash injection from a private equity firm. — Oakley Capital, a UK private equity firm …

Discussion: MediaPost and magCulture.com/blog

Kat Stoeffel / New York Observer:

Les Filles du Blog — Although many intellectual and literary magazines have come under scrutiny lately for a lack of female bylines (yes, again; it's an annual event), two of those publication's blogs have become visible launch pads for female writers: The New Yorker Book Bench and the Paris Review Daily.

Discussion: The Corsair

Richard M Kavuma / Guardian:

Mozambique's free newspaper becomes a tool for social transformation | Richard M Kavuma — @Verdade's goal is to ‘feed the brain’ of people who barely manage to ‘feed the stomach’, proving information as a tool for development — When Jornal@Verdade hit the streets of the Mozambican capital …

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: MediaPost and paidContent

Tim Carmody / Snarkmarket:

It's not the echo, it's the chamber — Eli Pariser's op-ed in the New York Times, “When the Internet Thinks It Knows You”: … The Times had run an earlier story on Pariser's The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You. It takes the easiest possible reading of this idea …

Discussion: gigaom.com

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 …

Kat Stoeffel / New York Observer:

We're Down With OPC: Social Networking for Foreign Correspondents — Unrest in the Middle East has made 2011 a dangerous year for foreign correspondents. The Overseas Press Club (O.P.C.) is taking measures to improve their safety by reinventing the culture of mentoring …

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 …

Discussion: SocialTimes.com and Audience Development, 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